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enough! No one Will buy my pills, and
am rulnedr'
Johnny stared at him in astonishment.
But why?" he said. why won't they
buy your pills?''
Because they say that they are bad
have done more harm than good-have
given faults instead OF curing them?"
said the professor bitterly. The other
day woman asked me for pill to cure
her litle girl Of taIkativeness, and she
says that II has given her a violent
temper. 4 man who had a pill for bad
temper has become greedy, while n boy
who took one Of my pills for greediness
has become talkative. / cannot under
stand it, added the professor, with a
groan. unless the pills have become
mixed. But I am so careful to keep them
in the proper boxes"
''Mixedr exclaimed Johnny. and the
professor looked UP sharply at his tone
But If they were, they wouldn't give
people faults"
''Oh, yes, they would" said the profes-
sor. That is the funny thing about my
pilIs-they can give the fault they cure
to any one who does not already possess
it. That's why I'm so careful not to mix
take pill for bad temper. he would be-
come bad-tempered. Do you see?"
Johnny did see; and, remembering how
he had mixed the pills, knew that he was
at the root of all the mischief And the
professor. watching him, had grown sus-
picious.
Gould you have touched my piIls?'' he
said
'Oh, no." answered Johnny. for I am
sorry to say that he was untruthful as
well as mischievous. And then. because
he felt his face getting red, he ran away
But the professor felt sure that he had
told a story, and, thinking how useful
pill for the cure OF untTuthfuIness would
be. the professor proceeded to invent one;
and a few days later, when he saw
Johnny passing by his window, he called
him in. Johnny went very reluctantly.
do you like ,honey?' said the profess
sor. Il have some, and should Ike you
to taste it." And he took q spoonful from
a pot upon the table.
For q moment Johnny eyed It doubt
fully; then, he opened his mouth and
swallowed the spoonful Of honey. Then,
after saying It was very NICE" and
thanking the professor. he went away.
But before he had got home he turned
round and ran back again to the profess
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very real difficulty. Although at times
a captive zebra will seem quiet enough
and viii even appear to appreciate the
caresses of its owner, Il can never be de-
pended upon, and often, without a mo-
ments warning Il viii lash out with its
legs and will bite furiously at the hand
that feeds it, This probably results from
the highly strung condition 10 which We
have already alluded.
While the zebra can exert considerable
strength for a time, il seems TO lack en-
GUTance, and in this way contrasts
strongly with its near relatives, the ass.
After putting forward great strength and
perhaps needIessly eXerting itself fer a
short time, It becomes exhausted ana
cannot do any more.
Notwithstanding these obstacles, many
experiments have been made In domesti-
eating and breaking in the zebra In
South Africa it has frequently been
taught 10 so in harness and TO draw light
vehicles. while in England the Hon. Wal
ter ROthschild trained a team OF Bur
chells Zebras, which he used 10 drive
four-in-hand along the quiet roads around
Tring
The Cost OF n Zebra Team.
A team Of zebras would prove a some
what costly luxury. At the present time
a Burchelrs zebra-by far the commoncst
species-costs about $50 $500. The
mountain zebra that has now become
rare in South Africa. costs about e21f
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THE Professors MAGIC TEMPER PILLS FUNNY LITTLE TALE

Then he burst into tears. and the pro-
fessor patted him kindly on the shoulder.
He was looking quite happy again now.
That's right" he said; adding, as
though TO himself, Il knew that would
do itr'
Then he set 10 work to make some
fresh pills for the cure OF greediness. bad
temper, and talkativeness, and took them
at once to the people who had suffered
through Johnny's mischievousness; and
when he had explained what had hap
pened. and begged them 20 let him set
things right. they were only too glad 10
accept the pills and pay for them.
So the professors pills became popular
again, and he went on inventing them till
he had cure for almost every fault-in-
cluding mischievoUsness. And he gave
Johlny one Of these (in another spoonful
Of honey, so that he should not meddle
with his pills again.
But I'm so glad-aren't youAthat YOU
and I don't have pills for faults. It's so
much better 20 fight fault and conquer
it.-Amy Forrest
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Homemade Hand Grenades.

From the Kansas City JUurnaL
A Kansas country paper wants every
farmer to have protection against fire II
says:
Every home should have in convenient
places some means Of fighting fire. Prob
ably the most convenient is hand gre
nades-not the kind that you buy, but the
homemade ones at the cost Of a few
cents and a little trouble. Take twenty
parts Of unsiacked lime, i've parts Of COM
mon salt and dissolve in seventy-five
parts OF water. When thoroughly dis
solved pour into thin bottles and cork
tight If a fire occurs. break one or two
bottles into and the mixture will smoth-
er it out, even when it has gained con-
siderable proportions"
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COuundrumS.

% Which are the two smallest insects
in the Bible?
60 How is it that Methusaleh was the
Oldest man, when he died before his
father?
90 What is the difference between Joan
Of Arc and NOah's ark?
(D Why are sinners like corn and
potatoes?
90 Why are cashmere shawls like deaf
persons?
60 When boy falls into the water,
what is the first thing he does?
CD What Is the best way Of making a
coat last?
C9 What makes more noise than a pig
in q styI
90 What is that which, the more you
take from it, the larger grows?
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Riddle.

And what do you suppose this creature
was? You have all heard the Bible
story about him. In riddle-rhyme the
story IS as follows. See If you can guess
the answer:
Beneath the skies a creature once did
dwell,
So sacred writers unto Us do tell;
He lived, he breathed, in this vain world
it's true,
Though he ne'er sinned or any evil knew;
He never shall IN heavens high kingdom
dwell
Or e'er be doomed to feel the pangs Of
he'll:
Yet IN him an immortal soul there was,
That must be damned-or, live among
the just
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This lamp IS not the famous lamp Of
Aladdin. which he had only to rub gently
in order to bring about the most wonder
ful and extravagant doings in the world.
It is, however, wonderful lamp, for
It has power to produce an extraordi-
nary light similar to that OF a powerful
fncandescent electric globe, and that too,
without either smoke or any sort OF dis
agreeable OdOr.
First, you must be told that platinum
Is metal that has the property Of abb
sorbing great deal of gas or vapor.
Very well. Now prepare your lamp
thus: Take an ordinary ehafng-dish
lamp (alcohol lamp0 tx uD strong wire
arm over it, something like a fancy
street-lamppost or shop sign support, and
from this arm suspend 8 platinum wire
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name by which the French poodle is
known in his native land
He is a very important member Of
the family. and every Sunday morning
he is sent IN care Of maid 70 the dog
barber. on the banks OF the Seine, for
his bath and shave.
A franc for the bath and a franc for
the shave In the wonderful clipping ma
chine 40 cents in all. and then Touton
is ready for his beautiful new pink rib
bon and the pleasant amble down the
boulevard toward bOme''
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enough in certain fairly healthy regions.
but in others, where the tsetse fly
abounds, these animals invariably fall
victims to their tiny enemy. The African
elephant has never been a success as a
beast OF draft or Of burden, -vhile
the cost Of importing Indian ones IS too
great fer practical purposes.
Why. then. should not the zebra be
dOmesticated and broken 10 labor? But
the task Of dOmesticaung this animal has
proved to be no easy one. The zebra s
nerves seem to be exceptionally highly
strung, and however long it may have
been kept in captivity and accustomed TO
the sight and sound Of human beings, Il
is always ready 70 take fright and 20
dash of at an unexpected sight or sound
Hence Its very nervousness units It for
use in the streets, except TO a limited
extent.
Its vicious temper also constitutes a
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son, the flies are very numerous and
very annoying.
Kind masters try TO protect their horses
from these hies by covering them with
nets and plumes which, incidentally.
give them a very gay and festive appear
ance.
The masters, too, make an attractive
picture under their queer, gay sunshades.
a friend from Paris sent this picture
Of dog-5arber plying his trade on the
River Seine.
a Touton." says she, is the tender
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Riddle.

What am 7. boys and girls? Listen to
my description Of myself and see If you
can guess me.
My head and body equal are,
Ny middle slender as a bee;
Whether I stand on head or heel,
'Tls all the same to you or me;
But If my head should be cut of:
The matters true, although It's strange,
Ny heed and body. severed thus
Immediately to nothing change"
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AN ALADDIN'S LAMP.

which has been twisted into q spiral
Make cure that the wire hangs directly
over the wick or the hole through which
the flame rises.
Now light the wick or alcohol. and the
flame viii quickly shoot up the platinum
wire and make 1t red hot
In few moments put out the fame.
\ ou will then discover the astonishing
iact that the platinum wire, far from
gradually cooling, will grow steadily
hotter tthe wick being warm enough TO
promote continuous vaporization OF
the alcohol and the vapOr being steadily
absorbed by the platinum wirel and as
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color. which exactly corresponds with
the bUrnt-u9 grass and sandy stretches
over which the animal Toams
The wonderful photographs recently
taken in Africa by Herr Schillings abun-
dainty prove this. Several of them show
groups of antelopes and zebras feeding
together in the distance, and, while the
former stand out conspicuously, the lat
ter have TO be looked for before they
are noticed"
Where the Horse Is Useless.
Being a kind Of first cousin to the
horse and the ass, It may be matter for
surprise that the zebra has not long
since been domesucated, at any rate in
its native country.
The question or transport animals has
always been one OF the most serious
problems that the African explorer has to
face. The horse and the ass serve well
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PUZZLES TO TICKLE YOUR WITS.
Picture Puzzle.

Won't you boys and girls put
these blocks properly together in a
row so as TO spell the name of a
dear story-book friend of all boys
and girls?
Three OF the blocks are already
in their proper places IN the row, to
help you along in solving the puz-
zle.
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sor's cottage. His face was very red as
he entered, and he hung his head.
IL mixed the pills." he stammered.
I climbed through the window and
looked at them, and split them, and"
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a FELLOW Of the Royal Zoologi-
~ cal Society Of Great Britain, ".
T. White, has recently been
making a study of zebras and, in
a lately published article, he has told
what has thus far been done toward
training the zebra 10 harness and saddle.
'Of all the members Of the horse fam
ily." says he, 'the zebra is undoubtedly
the most picturesque.
with It's wonderful striped coat, the
pattern Of which not only varies with
the species, but differs IN small details
with the individual animal, the zebra
forms a most conspicuous object as It
browses IN the paddock or stands in the
stall.
1T comes as a surprise to learn from
the lips Of African explorers that In its
native wilds this animal is one Of the
most difficult to see at a few hundred
yards distance; but, on the veldt, the
stripes seem to blend into a hazy ground
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He slams the door too soon by half
And pinches my fingers with just a laugh.
And tosses my hat in the red pear tree:
He's rough old fellow, and ne teGses
me.
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BeheadinEs.

btNtuulnBSs
/. Snow. ?. Dark. 3. Bread.
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Liternrr Conundrumn.

!, Because he left Rose Terry Cooke.
2 To make Andrew Marvel.
9. Until Justin Winsor,
4. When George ". Cutter.
5. To put a stop to Francis Quarles.
s. To teach Julia Ward Howe.
Z. Bunyan.
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Drop-Letter Puzzle.
Enigma.
Printers PI.

St. Petersburg.
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Natter" said the professor, and ne
spoke in a very sad voice matter
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Answers to November 10 Puzzles.
Historical Picture Puzzles.
/. Tne landing of the Pilgrims.
?. King John signing Magma Charta.
Drop Letters.

DVAANaAWlItt5o os
/. Chair-hair-air. Q That-hat-at.
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April verso.

love the season well
When the forest glades are teeming
with bright forms,
Nor dark and many-folded clouds fore
The coming ON Of storms.
-Longfellow,
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shame" and to make the remarkable
assertions here following.

shame" and to make the remarkable
assertions here following:
or course Ryan and Belmont were
active in forcing the assembly to
pillory itself. They want the sub
ways, and in that matter, as in all
others, Mcclellan is eager to oblige.
To them he is an ideal mayor. And
Hartman had a hand in the infamy,
too. 1t was published the other day
that he and Ryan-the same Ryan
whom he threatened with his political
vengeance unless he, Hartman. were
left In to share the Equitable pickings
had become reconciled for the noble
purpose of Fighting the growth of
Socialism" AS first fruit of their
alliance in behalf of sane, safe and
conservative" government-the Parker
kind, the Mcclellan kind, the Tam
many kind-they doubtless point with
pride to the refusal by the legislature
of New York to allow the people the
privilege of having their votes counted
when those votes show majority
against the governing combine of
criminal capitalists and political
crooks.
We see as queer bedfellows made
by politics In these days as in any
earlier days. The Hearst paper is no
more vehement and vituperative on
this occasion than the New York
Press" republican paper of sorts.
The Press" says that an honest re-
count would show Mr.. Hearst's cleo
ton by $4,000 plurality. 1t says that
the Assemblymen have licked Thomas
Fortune Ryan's boots and the Stand
ard Oils boots. 1t says that they have
compounded an electoral felony. 1t
says that they are "assassinating" the
republican party of New York.
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tial," he writes, will be put upon the
shelf or eliminated altogether" This
\ change Of emphasis will be manifest
In the Interpretation Of the Bible. To
quote further:
The stress will be laid, not upon au-
thorships, but upon essences; not upon
the literary vehicle. but upon the
be seen that truth Is truth whether en-
shrined III myth, or fable, or parable,
wi ih'storyfor prophecy, or what you
This change Of emphasis will be man
ifest In the Church. The stress viii be
laid upon fundamental agreements and
not upon small and unimportant differ-
ences. The divine fire and not
centuated. Denominations will grow
l lefS, the Christ Of God more. The drift
will rise. but 1t will be evangelism sup
plemented by greatly augmented efforts
to promote social Righteousness -.
There will be a reaction from much Of
the. sentimentalism Of our day. Sin
will be seen in all its awful reality.
and over against It Calvary will stand
out more clearly than ever as the only
hope of humanity.
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The 1nsratitude Of Mr.. Hearst.

Hartford Courant: They all say at
Albany that the sre-committal of the
bill for recount of the votes cast
in New York city at the mayoralty
election last year is the killing and
burial of the bill. This being SO, the
assembly has done Mr.. Hearst the
greatest kindness it could. Now he can
go right on using his grievance In his
business. He can invite sympathy as
MAI elected by the people and
wickedly cheated out of his office. He
can also tell what fine things he
would have done for the people-how
valiantly he would have smitten their
oppressors and despoilers-if that
crime against the elective franchise
had not been perpetrated.
SupposOthe ballot-boxes opened and
the ballots recounted. One of two
things would have been ascertained
and established beyond further Ques-
ton: either Mr.. Hearst was elected
mayor last November or he was not
elected mayor. II the recount had
shown clear plurality for the other
man, Mr.. Hearst would have been left
gasping and ridiculous. II It had
elected Mr.. Hearst. he would have
been expected by his followers to
make good as mayor the promises OF
the candidate contract he couldn't
possibly have filled. He would have
found himself Ito borrow one of Beige
hot's illustrations) In the Ak Of the
speculative merchant whose notes
have come due and who hasn't the
cash.
Yet, instead Of being thankful to
the benevolent assemblymen for saw
ing him from political bankruptcy,
Mr.. Hearst incites-or at any rate
permits his New York morning news
paper to scold them mp hill and down
dale. 70 call them Creatures without
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DRESS OF INDIANS.
Professor Libby Paid Wills to Reser
walton to Make Investigations.

Styles and habits of Indian women
nave changed just as those of their
white sisters have within the last hun
dred years. This fact has been ascer-
tanned by Prof. o. G. Libby of the
state university and Leonard Crunelle,
the sculpture, who have just returned
from a trip to Fort Berthold Indian
reservation. where they went for the
purpose of securing information con-
corning the dress of the squaws of the
eros Ventre tribe.
Mr.. Crunelle has been commissioned
to make the statue of Sacawea, the In
dian woman who accompanied the
Lewis and Clark expedition, and he
was accompanied on the trip to the In
dian reservation. by Professor Libby
who has made study of the habits
and custom of the Indians of North
Dakota.
The Indians at the reservation were
untiring in their efforts to assist in
securing the information which Mr.,
Crunelle desired. The redskins apre-
ciated the fact that Mr.. Crunelle's
work would perretuates the memory of
their tribe and took q deep interest
In the Investigations of the two white
men.
1t was especially to ascertain the
dress and pose of the Indian women
of the tribe hundred years ago that
Mr.. Crunelle visited the reservation
although there were other points on
which the sculptor desired informa-
ton to assist him in his work. No
effort was made to secure a model face
at the Berthold reservation because of
the fact that Sacawea was Shoshone
and had been captured when she was
child by the eros ventres.
Poor Wolf. an Indian Sc years of
age, gave the most valuable informa-
ton on the subjects desired. He de-
scribed wildly the dress of his mother
and grandmother who lived about
the same time as Sacawea
1t appears that hundred years ago
Indian women carried either a blan-
ket or small sized buffalo robe. The
robe was preferred. The hair was
worn either to the shoulders or in two
braids drawn up over the head. Now
1t Is the custom for Indian women
to braid the hair and let it hang down.
babies were carried in marked diff
ferent manner from what is custom
airy now.
All of the changes in the customs of
the Indian women are accounted for
by changed conditions. The fact that
woman in another section of the
country dressed in certain manner
had no effect on the way any other
woman dressed but the dress was adj
, adapted to suit conditions. For in
stance the change in carrying babies
was the result of the introduction to
common use of wagons and trains. In
days of old a squaw often took long
journey on foot or on horseback where
now she rides in a wagon or on a
train. BY the last named methods of
transportation the baby might be car
ried in number Of ways but on foot
or in a saddle, the infant had to be
carried in some manner that would
(. leave the use Of its mothers limbs
free.
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"THIS DATE IN HISTORIC
April'1a

l43G-Paris surrendered to the
French under Charles VII.
1593-Thomas Wentworth, Earl of
Stafford, born. Beheaded May ~. 1647
159S-Edict OF Nantes issued by
Henry ".
16Ss-Henry. Duke of Rohan. his
torian. died.
16s4-Nicolao Antonio. celebrated
Spanish author. died.
1733-Eord North, prime minister of
England. born. Died August S, 1892.
1743-Thomas Jefferson, third pres
ident of the United States. born. Died
July 4, 1926.
1747-Louis Philippe. Duke of Or
leans, born.
174S-Christopher Pitt, translator of
Virgil, died.
1759-George Frederick Handel
musical composer. died. Born Febru-
airy %, 1855.
1772-Warren Hastings appointed
governor of Bengal
1777-Engagement at Bound Brook
n. ].
l7S7-Columbia college, New York,
incorporated. Chartered 1854 as
Kings college
1795-Riots in England on account
Of high prices of food.
1S14-Dr. Charles Burney. author of
History of Music" died.
1S27-Hugh Clapperton, Scotch tray
eler, died.
1s53-William r. King, vice presi-
dent of the United States. died.
1S6l-Fort Sumter surrendered.
l86S-Abyssinian war ended.
Observation-Disclosures Marie, sister of
emperor of Austria, died.
lSS6-Suicide Of Earl of SALISBURY
in cab in London.
1S94-Strike of American Railway
union on Great Northern railroad.
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SOME IDEAS CLEANED FROM
THB EASTERN PAPERS.

.
Examine your words well and you
will find that even when you have no
motive to be false It Is a very h4rd
thing to say the exact truth, even about
your own immediate feelings-much
harder than to say something fine
about them which is not the exact
truth.-George Eliot.
The short curls are worn by just az
many who have wealth of hair as
BY those who are obliged to wear false
hair i
The RULED waists and skirts are q
favorite design, with girls Of slender
figure.
Some Of the buttons which trim the
seasons coats and gowns are SO large
y almost TO suggest saucers.
It Is false economy not to have some
one care for your, furs through the
summer who knows how and who can
be held responsible for their perfect
condition in the fall. >
The lingerie chemissettes and deep
cuffs are perhaps prettiest with the
silk and light wool fabrics. Certainly
their sheerness and daintiness are ac-
.centuated by proximity with fabrics
that do not launder. but Of course
they will be worn with linens. too.
and will BE- pretty with them.
The heavy torchon and Cluny laces
let into the ends Of yard-and-a-quar-
ter lengths Of fine .huck = make very
handsome towels. AZ young lady who
- anticipating home Of her own has
Just finished q full dozen Of them to-
ard the lot to be assigned for use In
her guest chamber. sis9s
8iS 80 popular are white serge. white
mohair. white wolfe and white panama
that they can be gotten ready-made In
entire suits and separate skirts, too.
s:8uGh dreases or suits will be very
popular for onting wear; they look
prsesy, lave some warmth 'a and olsan
whils there ~ sooa many sirls
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Queer Freak for Scotch.

On st. Patrick's day at Crookston
there was born to Tommy tombstone,
the genial representative of the La
France Fire Engine company an IL
pound girl. 1t is a queer freak for a
bonnie Scotchman to thus celebrate
the great Irish holiday.
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dealing with present trustees. If they.
want to make real naturalization a
success they will exercise careful
judgement and not be carried away by
emefal Impressions. All members az
e01oae boards ara, OF course, compro-
- n tAe 49, q poaloyAoidsrs. hvt'
= J; e - 0seD u31stlS. h laW w.