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, 1901-08-08
MorHERED BY A BUSTER.
Chickens Thrive Under the Protection
OF an Inanimate Fo,ter-Parent.


of an Illuminate Foster-Parent.
Seven fluffy little chickens belonging
to a family living on Twelfth street,
near Broadway. have a queer mother,
says the Louisville Courier-Journal.
For the past two weeks the only pro-
lection they have had has been a big
feather duster. The substitute for the
mother has served its purpose so well
that the family expects to raise chick
n in the same way every year. The
chickens were Matched about three
weeks ago, their mother being an old
hen which the family had bought in
market and had intended to fatten and
eat. Before she arrived at the proper
condition to be baked she took a no.
ton to set. AS is usual in such cases
persuasion was vain, and she held to
her determination to raise a family.
A dozen eggs were given her and she
Matched out eight chicks. OF these she
was very proud. About two weeks ago
a number of friends from out Of town
visited the family Unexpectedly. The
problem of what to have for dinner
was a serious one. as 1t was Sunday
and no groceries were open. 1t was
suggested that the hen be killed. but
the children were not willing that the
chickens should be left to shift for
themselves at so tender ar age. The
problem was solved by the boy. who
suggested that the hen be killed and
the big feather duster be substituted
for the hen. The duster was suspend
ed just above the floor in the corner
OF the kitchen, and the chickens
placed under 1t in a box. There they
have remained ever since and are
growing rapidly. They seem to take
kindly to the innovation. INT at the
first sign of danger they all retreat
to the duster. nesting among the
feathers.
, 1901-08-08

Have you considered all that l have
said. my boy?" asked the old gentle
man the day after he had given his son
n little satherly advice.
Eyes, father" replied the young
man meekly.
You are getting near the age at
which a young man naturally begins
to look around for a wife. and l don't
want you to make a mistake"
I'll try not to. father"
N butterflies Of fashion. my boy.
lbut a girl OF some solid worth; one
who has some practical accomplish
ments."
Yes. father"
Never mind the piano'playing and
Delsarte lessons: never mind the dane
ing and the small talk. When you Hnd
, 1901-08-08
aaspsfEsAgaNSon
wSMSgHSV


You never can tell what kind OF a
shot you're going to get from the
crowd when you're campaigning" said
Jake" Kemple. a veteran spell
binder" vt the Fifth Avenue Hotel the
other night.
THE State committee sent a kid
speaker along with me in Stanton
street last October. 1t was a trying
out process for the youngster, a stu
dent in Columbia and the son of a rich
lawyer. Just for fun, call him Slim
kins. Slimkins wore a long Prince
Albert coat. and over that a light,
short, fall overcoat that lacked about
seven inches of covering the Prince
Albert Add to this a skyscraper col
lar. a pair of light colored tan gloves
and a plug hat. and you have a line on
Slimkins' getup. The chairman of the
cart tail meeting knew me. and as soon
as hove in sight with Slimkins he got
hold of me and said:
Say. Jake, wot's dis yer springin'
on us. II de gang gifts after dis pictur
plate wunst deyn make him look Ike
tfrty cents
II said I guessed the young fellow
wouldn't make any bad break. but the
chairman looked apprehensively at
him n at his fine clothes. 1t was
arranged that my college friend should
follow the chairman. who made a good
short talk. When Slimkins got up he
was badly ratified. but he removed his
overcoat, tossed his gloves into his tall
hat, and said:
"'Fellow-citizens and Republicans
of the Fifteenth Assembly District:
The-aw-issues of the campaign-aw
-have-aw-been so fully promulga-
ted-aw-by the gentleman who has
Just spoken-aw-aw-that law
a-hardly know what to talk about
Talk about a half minute m set
down. an let the fat lobster spake his
piece said a koarse-yoiced man on
the far edge of the crowd.
That settled Slimkins," added Mr..
Kemple. He seemed to shrivel up
Soon his short light overcoat faded
away in the darkness toward the Bow
cry. The fat lobster referred to was
myself, and I had a hard time getting
started / told the State committee
about it afterward, and Slimkins was
scratched of the speakers list
New York Tribune.
, 1901-08-08
"srRIcTLY FRESH EGGS.
You Cannot Make Hens Lay when rhsy
Don't Want To.

Don't Want To.
With all hat men of science have
done to procure for our tables ~luxuries
without regard 70 season, SO that al
most we say there is no season." NO
one OF them has yet succeeded in
wheedling a hen into laying her best
and biggest eggs at any other season
OF the year han hat at which the
primal hen SO distinguished herself.
There have been many experiments OF
all kinds tried with regard to Matching
chickens and they have all been more
or less successful, till the term spring
chicken" has become a misnomer. Or
rather there are others beside spring
chickens. We have winter chickens,
thanks to ~incubators and breeders and
all sorts of appliances, and fall chick
ems and summer chickens, and chick
ems In between seasons. which e ons
OF the co~mpensations scattered all
through life II we look for them. But
the hen plods on in hat tiresome IN
changing way and looks untouched by
all the e that man has invented
for Matching her eggs for her, though
no one knows Just what she thinks.
Probably her line of thought takes the
stand that you may lead a hen to any
kind of artifcially warmed and lighter
nest, but you cannot make her lay;
and cold storage has done much to
make us Indifferent to the stubborn at
titude of the hen. The farmer who
doesn't know that he may by the care
he takes of his ems influence the man
ner and kind of eggs they lay for him
does not deserve to succeed. Hens like
clean, SUNNI houses. and they like
good wholesome food. and in variety.
They wan a certain amount of corn
n meal and they dearly love a flavor
Of meat in their food. Also they like
something in the nature of oyster
shells that the shells of the
eggs may be up to standard quality.
Housekeepers who receive day after
day from their grocer eggs OF not only
a uniform size and of rel tinting-
either all white or with a tinge of
brown-take it as a matter of course,
and think perhaps that 1t is just SO in
every case. But there are sorters
whose business it is to put into cases
egg that match" in color and size.
And they do say that in Boston the
bIownish eggs have the first call, while
in New York the demand is for purest
ity in size and color that induces a
poultry farmer to have his lens all of
one breed.-Epicure.
, 1901-08-08
CHRIST HoNoRED BY JEWS.
Paid the Founder OF Christianity
by American Rabbi

A beautiful tribute paid to the
founder of Christianity was the i'm
pressive feature of the session Of the
recent conference of American rahbis
at the Temple Keneseth Israel III Phil
adelphia. Th. incident was brought
about through the representation of n
report prepared by Iiabbis David Phil
Ups, G.. Dutsch and Joseph Krauskopf.
The object of the report was to define
the attitude of the Jewish Church to
the religion of Jesus and to decide
whether 1t should be taught in Jewish
theological schools. The report set
forth thai Judaism could J accept
.Iesus as part of its theological creed.
but commended the beauty and moral
view of the teachings attributed to
him.
The sincerity of the applause that
greeted the reading of the report was
evidenced by its unanimous adoption.
, 1901-08-08

girl friends. By return mail he re-
ceived a spicy and perhaps not unex-
aggerated account of Roses carry
ings on"
Now Jared, absorbed in speculation
as he was. had kept a little corner
Of his heart for Rose; and thought
himself a miracle of constancy because
he had not allowed another to share
1t. There are pretty girls in Kansas;
and there was n in particular, with
wondrous dimples. that he had noticed,
just barely noticed, you know-so he
made the customary remarks about fe-
male perfdy. He wrote Rose a biting
letter-and tore 1t up; for a subtler
revenge had occurred to him. He di-
vined that Rose preferred him to
Harold-if he succeeded in making
money; and he plotted accordingly.
From this date his correspondence
, 1901-08-08

q girl who can cook. my boy. II VIII
be time to think of marrying. When
you find a girl who can make up her
own bed. knows how to set the table
without forgetting something. is able
to put up the preserves, and, above
all. is good at sewing. go in and win
her, my boy. and you will have my
blessing"
81 have resolved, father. to seeR
such a wife as you describe" said the
young man with determination. II see
the folly of seeking a wife in society.
I will go to an intelligence Office this
afternoon and see IL I can find one
that will answer. And then I'll have
mother call on her. and-and-'
Young man. III break your neck in
about a minu.e!"
But you said"
Never mind what I said. I've
changed my mind."-Leslie's Weekly.
, 1901-08-08
A Boomerang.
By MARY MARSHALL PARKS.

BY MkRY MARSHALL PARKS.
Copyright. 1901. Daily Story Pub. COD
When Jared Peters went west to help
the country g1ow up. Rose Hawtnorhe
thought her Heart was broken. This
was a logical sequence Of the firm con-
hat she could not live without
IJared. which had led her to engage
herself to him. In accordance with tnis
liked idea, she, for a day or two, re-
fused food. and mournfully contem-
" pIatea the prospect Of an early demise.
4 But an immature mind cannot long
\ dominate a young and healthy ply
\ sique. On the third day she mades sew
4 eral surreptitious visits to the pantry;
4 on the fourth day she dined openly and
heartily; and the day after she was
startled by the discovery that she had
not thought of Jared for several hours.
The Sunday following Jared's de-
parture, she permitted Harold Winter
set. the son of a wealthy manufacturer
from a neighboring city, to accompany
her home from church and linger for
an hour at the gate; and she was again
startled by the discovery that she en-
joyed his society quite as much as
Jared's.
Then she went upstairs and sat down
In the moonlit window to consider.
She had all the rules of love a. her
fingers ends. She knew that Absence
makes the heart grow fonder," that
true love never forgets or waivers for
tho fraction of a second. She was
therefore forced 10 the conclusion tina
sne did not love Jared; that she never
had loved him; n the manufacturers
son was allowed to call regularly.
Jared's letters were intensely inter-
esting. The little western town which
he had taken under his wing was on a
Doom He had already doubled his
small capital and was proceeding to
double 1t again. Rose had all the rules
Of arithmetic also at her fingers ends.
She knew something Of geometrical
progression; and having become, in
view OF her large experience, skeptical
In regard to the tende passion, she
planned her future operations On a
strictly commercial basis. After care
full consideration, she decided that a
budding Western capitalist in the
hand was worth more than a wealthy
manufacturers son In the bush; SO h
did not break her engagement; and
abe did not mention Harold in her nu-
merous and entirely satisfactory let
tiers to Jared
Although his love was false. Jared
had n devoted admirer. From the
day 1t was declared that the red-faced
mite Of humanity called Jared was the
Image of his grandfather. the old man
had found his chief occupation In trac-
Ing his W characteristics in the
growing boy.
Hes a Peters. every inch of him."
gran'ther would shout when Jared's
boyish achievements creditable or
otherwise, came to his notice.
aran'ther Peters had always liked
Rose; and of all the girls in the u
try round. he would have chosen her
for Jared. When, therefore. at the
age of sixteen. Jared first walked home
from church with her. gran'ther re-
tired to the grape arbor int chuckled
till he wa black in the face. He did
all he could to foster the budding
romance; and when the engagement
, 1901-08-08

mADE tf-TO-DATE.
A teacher in a public school up in
the Hundreds tells this:
in one of my classes" she said,
was 4 young oma who had a way
of applying modern ideas to old sub
jects which now and then smashed an
idol. On one occasion l asked her to
writean exercise oil any ruin she might
select. The next day she brought in
the following:
'tIf thou would'st view fair Melrose
Alright
Take a kodak and visit it by daylight
This prompted another in the class
to urn in this:
I'm Venice Tasso's echoes are no
more,
And silent rows the ~songless gon-
dolier,
at the quay he plays the mandolin
To ragtime music, not by note. but
EAR
The young women evidently
thought they had struck a rich mine
in my suggestion. for at the next call
one of them handed in this:
"''Tis sweet to hear the Dachshund
in the dark
Whine welcome as we draw near
home. sweet home.
It's nice to know the Dachshund
doesn't bark
Or make unseemly racket when we
come
We'll. 1 saw l had made a mistake,
and Immediately informed the class
that it might in the future confne its
nominations to scenes on Manhattan"
New York Sun.
, 1901-08-08

took on a dismal hue. The boom was
declining; n there were vague hints
of pitfalls that ensare the unwary and
the inexperienced. Close on the heels
Of these dire ~forebodings. followed a
rumor hat Jared had come home I'M
expectedly. looking very seedy; and 1t
was surmised. dead broke
Friends and neighbors. Rose and
Harold among them. promptly gath
cred on the broad piazza to greet the
home conner. and learn the truth of the
matter. One glance at the young
mans doleful face was enough. Dis
aster was written on it.
At FIRST he seemed 6isinclined to
talk; but numerous well put queries
finally loosened his unwilling tongue.
Among the friends Jared made In the
west was n who a been porn I'M
der an unlucky star. He was intelli-
gent and shrewd; but everything he
touched turned to ashes. Where others
reaped golden harvests, he reaped mis-
fortune, and his affairs became serious
ly involved. He was too young to
know that while there Is life there Is
hope; and one night. Jared, who room
ed with him. came home t. find his
friend stretched on the floor with a
bullet through his head. and the
empty revolver in his own stiffening
right hand.
With the callousness OF youth. Jared
adapted this young fellows story to his
own uses. Up to the eliminating
tragedy. he told it as his own. and told
1t well. He was a clever actor, and
fully realized the dramatic possibili-
ties of the situation.
The stage setting was perfect. A
rising thunder storm had dyed the
summer twilight an inky black; and
continual flashes of lightning ilium-
mated Jared's handsome. melancholy
face and sombre eyes. He sat oppo-
site his false sweetheart and Harold;
and behind him. the old man. white
faced but frm-lipped. glared over his
boys head like a wounded lion.
AS Jared's sad, mellow voice died
away with a little break-he felt a
pang OF genuine emotion as he remem-
bered poor Wiley's face with the bull
let hole in the observation-disclosures heart
melted. All that was sweet and WON
anly and good in her untutored soul
iUbc " tue SuIlhCt. Onc GIOSStu tno
piazza. and laying her hand on Jared's
shoulder, resolutely faced her frown-
ing parents and the chagrined Harold.
81 shall stand by Jared" she said.
in ringing tones.
Jared started to his feet In dismay.
This climax was precisely the opposite
of the one he had courted and ex-
pected. The face of the dimpIed Kan
sas girl fitted across his memory. and
then disappeared forever. The boom
erang he had launched buried itself
in his own heart. The two young
things who had beer playing with the
eternal v~erities Of love and death.
looked into each others eyes. and. by
the white light Of the approaching
storm, saw there hat which made
them afraid and ashamed of what they
had been doing-saw the dawn of an
everlasting affection-the affection that
mocks disaster, and calmly ignores
dsubters and dstractcrs, as the placid
, 1901-08-08
MMEGMMeHESR 9F FROM Mp
Cured of Catarrh of the Stomach
by Pe=ru-na.

people who are suffering from catarrh
of the stomach who are wasting preci-
u time. and enduring needless suffer
ing. The remedies they try only tenn
porarily palliate the distress. but never
effect a cure. Remedies for dyspepsia
have multiplied SO rapidly that they
are becoming as numerous as the leaves
of the forest. and yet dyspepsia con-
tinues to flourish in spite of them all.
This is due to the fact that the cause of
dyspepsia is not recognized as catarrh.
II there is a remedy In the whole
range of medicinal preparations that is
In every particular adapted to dyspep-
STA, that remedy IS Peruna. This rem
edy Is well nigh inyincible in these
cases.
DR.. Hartman, President Of The Hart
nan ~Sanitarium. Columbus. o., says:
I'm my large practice and correspon-
dence l have yet to learn of a single
case of atomic dyspepsia which has not
either been greatly benefited or cured
by Peruna."
No one suffering with catarrh OF the
stomach or dyspepsia, however slight,
can be well or happy. II is the cause
of SO many distressing symptoms that
1t Is a most dreaded disease. Peruna
acts Immediately on the seat of the
trouble. the inflamed mucous men,
branes lining the stomach and a last
ing cure is effected.
II you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use OF Pc
runa, write at once to DIR. Hartman.
giving a full statement OF your case
n he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President OF
The Hartman ~Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
, 1901-08-08

The longest cold season in the Unit
ed States is found in the Rocky noun
tain region. where 1t exceeds the wsrm
by about ten days. The warm season
in Texas and the lower Missouri val
ley opens about ten days earlier than
in the region rear the middle Atlantic
coast, and from twenty to twenty-five
days earlier than on the southern
of California In the Northwest the
warm seaso opens from twenty to
twenty-five days earlier than in the
lake region and from fifteen to TWEEN
ty days earlier than in the north Pa
eihc coast region.
, 1901-08-08
moon Ignores the yellow dog that bays

moo ignores the yellow dog that bays
II.
Gran'ther's face was ~convulsed with
delight. Tears Of joy meandered un-
Needed down his wrinklsd cheeks. as.
glazing at the discounted Harold. he
raised his stan n brought 1t down
with a force that split 1t in twain.
She's a Peters, every incl of her"
he roared. "~Leastways. she soon will
be-"
Rose was somewhat shocked when
she learned that Jared's woes were all
assumed: and hat he had prudently
escaped from the ~collapsing boom with
the neat little nest egg of one hundred
thousand dollars; but she became
reconciled to the situation in time.
, 1901-08-08

Hon. Robert w. Wilcox. Delegate
to Congress from Hawaii and the Sand
witch Islands. in a recent letter from
Washington, d. c., writes:
~ have used Peruna for dyspepsia
and ! cheerfuHy give you this fesfi-
n1oniaL Am satisfied II IL Is used
properly IL will be of great benefit 10
our people. can conscienfiOusIy rec
ommend II TO anyone who Is suffering
with stomach or catarrhal troubles"
R. w. Wilcox.
All over this country are hundreds OF
, 1901-08-08

was formally announced. his rapture
nearly caused a 1T of ~apoplexy.
When a tattling neighbor brought the
news OF Roses double-dealing, the Did
man flatly refused to believe IT; but
when with his own eyes. he saw bose
and Harold strolling by, arm in arm
In the dusk, he took to his bed. After
two or three days Of misery, mental
and physical. he arose and spent IN en-
tire afternoon in inditing a letter
which struck CONSERVATION to Jared's
soul. 1t was vague in manner and
matter. but he gathered from 1t some
mixing of the truth; and Immediately
Iwrote-not to Rose. but TO one OF her
, 1901-08-08
AN ANrIPopEAN LUNCH IDEA.

che free lunch system of the United
States is a thoroughly American insti-
tuition. but. transplanted to Australia,
1t fourishes at least as l~uxuriously Is
its parent in the great republic, says
a writer in Beverages. There a per-
purchasing a glass of beer at an
inn or restaurant may supplement it,
free Of charge. with a cut from a joint
or a choice of dishes.
Under more favorable conditions,
Australian hotel keepers and publicans
have brought the free lunch system to
a point OF excellence which fills one
not only with an admirable meal, but
also with the conviction that it will
the limits of profitable transaction.
The injury. therefore, that has been
worked upon the ordinary caterer by
the rapid extension of the free lunch
business may be gagged from the fact
that there are at present in Sydney
several first-class hotels where, by
purchasing a 12-cent drink. you may
partake of cold %luncheons the equal Of
which, II eaten in a restaurant, would
cost several times the money-without
the drink.
In these places there is no indis-
criminate self-help by the patron, no
spelling OF the symmetry CT the sir
loin by hungry and inexperienced car
vers. no ruthless wrecking of the lob
ster salad by selfish selectors of lob
ster without the proper proportion of
lettuce. You are attended to at a
handsome cedar counter and whatever
you may fancy, and as much of it as
you care for, is served by the walters
In attendance.
, 1901-08-08

"streeter tells me he has stopped
giving his wife any pin money"
"stingy of him, | say"
oh. no. He leaves n smaller
amount in his pocket for her to hel1
herself to when she thinks he's asleep
It gives her more pleasure and sh,
never tells him 1t isn't enough."-Phil.
adelphla Bulletin.
, 1901-08-08

The crown which adorns the brow of
queen Wilhelmina is said to have cost
Rl,5OO. In 1929 it was stolen by bur
glars. and for nearly two years re-
NAMED In their possession. says Home
Notes. Some of the stone were event
ually discovered in America. and the
remainder were recovered from Eel
gium,
, 1901-08-08

Ohio chooses its governors for terms
of two years in the year preceding and
in the year following each presidential
contest. A candidate for governor of
Ohio runs. therefore. In off years. He
has no veto power and. therefore, very
little actual control over Legislation u
Columbus.
, 1901-08-08

The air in the English channel was
so clear II day recently hat the
dome of BOulogne cathedral, twenty
eight miles away. could be clearly seen
from Dover with the naked eye. In
the Rocky mountain region such an
object could be seen that distance al.
most n day in the year.
, 1901-08-08

Don't you think that a public man
should devote himself to study of his
country's history and its present
needs"
We'll" answered Senator Sorghum
'all that is interesting. But It is q
mighty slow way to get Office. Wash.
ington Star.
, 1901-08-08

TITS desc little exhibitions O. mind
power what makes me tink dat pr'aps
1 oughter incorporate meself as a com
pany an give de world at large de
benefit OF me brains"
, 1901-08-08

Il see since Packman has been EN-
ployed on the yellow journals. his
father has refused to recognize him"
Indeed What does his father do?"
Hes serving a life term at Sing
Sing."-Life.
, 1901-08-08

We are sometimes sure of the reality
OF things We can neither see nor hear. A
boil on the back of the neck. for in
stance.
, 1901-08-08
LAUGHLETS.


THAT social reformer has a very
spectacular way OF presenting some ex.
traordinary theories" "
Yes. The man is either posing OF
supposing all the time."-Washington
Star.
, 1901-08-08

The Kaiser has ordered an American
schooner. But II 1t happens to have a
bottom four inches thick 1t may hold less
than the German mugs.
, 1901-08-08

Perhaps II Wanamaker had offered 81
10000 to the councilmen instead OF to the
city he might have got those franchises
that were given way
, 1901-08-08

FITS Cured. no nts Or nervousness aftei
FIRST day. use Of DIR. klins's Great Nerve Rsstorer.
send for FREE s2.OO trial uottls and treatise.
DR. r. ii. kLISk. Ltd, 81 Arch ST.. Philadelphia, Pa
, 1901-08-08
u.rrs Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.

A Chicago paper prints THE Song of
the Thermometer" Doubtless the read
ers would Ike to have 1t Sing low"
, 1901-08-08

"Pittsburg Phil'' put spectacles on his
race horse on the Gravesend track in
New York during the recent races and
created quite II sensation. II the horse
had been from Boston no one would have
wondered.
, 1901-08-08

Every married man should Join some
good society-.the society of his wife and
children. for instance.