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I I t II o. I i if lie amnes ana Incidents that Will ! Interest and Enter- tain Toung Readers J t Rannln9 Away I -v.V . I i I Vtl I Sec You've done it, I know yer hev! Most every youngster Gets bis dander up reggeler, once in so long; Gets to thinkin' the ol folks is too domi neeriu', An' that he's in the right an his eld ers is wrong. he figgers that, round the ol' , place, he's consid ered The smallest perta- r7jnmni"iiiUie hill. Tells his pa an' his ma they'd be power ful sorry Ef he run off an' left 'em an reckons he willl Once I tried it myself. Won't fergit it, I reckon! Got to threatenin' round I wuz goin' ter go. Thought 'twould frighten the folks into treatin' me diffrunt Didn't hev no Intention of doin it, though. Got riled an talked uppish an' peart. Never see That father an' mother wus kind an' unselfish, An' a-wearin' their lives out, a-workln fer me. "Well, father he called me ter where he was settln', An' smiled, kinder sober-like, into my face, An' sez: "Son, I'm sorry we can't seem ter suit yer. An yer wants ter leave mother an' me an' the nlnce. "When you're ready, though, boy, I won't make no objections; ' Ef you're tired o' home, I've got noth in' ter say. But yer needn't sneak off without tellln' us of it 'Cos I'll hitch up an' carry yer part er the way." 3 dunno how it wus, but the way that he sed it Sorter took all the starch outer me, auloker'n scat: An' I tell yer, I didn't hev nothin' par- tic lar Ter sav about runnln' away, after that. I jest see how thunderin', ornery foolish I'd bin. An I hope that ef ever again I get one er them tantrums some Tel ler'll be handy Ter bring me up standin', as father did then. Farm and Home. How Karly Sleds Were Made. From history we learn that the boys Sn the time of George III. coasted on sleds made of a small board with beef bones as runners, but these dropped out of sight when an Inventive genius built one out of a barrel stave, for his Invention was extensively copied. The barrel staves was called "junipers' and "skippers," and were made of a single barrel stave of moderate width, to which was nailed a twelve-Inch seat-post about midships. A piece of barrel head constituted the seat. To navigate this craft required no little skill, the revolutions and convolutions performed by the rider while "glttn the hang of the derned thing" being akin to the antics of a tenderfoot on a bucking broncho. A more stable and docile Jumper was made by fas tening two or three staves side by side, but these were not considered as fast travelers as the single staves. Outing. Blackbird and Kittens. The blackbirds have no confidence In the kitten; they regard neither her youth nor the season of the year, says a writer m Longman's Magazine. "A cat." they say, "is a cat, whether young or old, whether we have our bantlings to keep out of her clutches or whether we have only our own skins to protect 1" Therefore they curse her, pursuing her with maledic tions wherever she goes. You may know at any moment exactly where she Is, because blackbird pere and mere follow her up; and this spoils ber stalking game, for naturally ber sur prises do not come off while two spiteful, sharp-tongued persons are forever sitting or flitting over her head scolding, chiding, cursing, pillorying the poor thing until she must be sick to death of their voices. What a nuisance they must bet They will not even allow her to sleep peacefully In some sunny spot she has found and occupied, but plant them selves close by to keep her awake with their maledictions. No wonder she rises presently, glares In their di rection for a moment with a cold eye, opens ner moutn as tnougn 10 say, something, shakes herself, and goes home in disgust In ,the Wrong Place. Little Josephine gathered up her doll and playthings one day, and told her mother that she was going to visit ber best friend, a dear old lady who dearly loved to see her. The mother only had time to call after her, "Be quiet and don't forget what you should say when you leave!" 'No, mamma," came a voice from the other side of the street, as the lit tie figure with doll's legs hanging from her arms ran up to a big front door, and on tiptoe reached up to the big brass knocker. The friend opened the door, and lit tle Josephine, anxious to do her mam ma's bidding, stepped In and said. "Good afternoon, Mrs. Adams! I have had a very pleasant visit, thank you." Then her mind was free, and Jose phine and ber hostess had a delightful time. Youth's Companion. HEAT IN THE OVEN. How I he Baker Determine It by the Here Tonch of the Hand. "Bakers have a curious way of tell. Ing Just what the temperature of the oven Is," said a down-town baker, who has been in the business for more than a quarter of a century, "and they can tell, too, with almost marvelous accur racy. You take a man who is an expert in the business, and he can tell what the temperature of the oven is by sim ply touching the handle of the oven door. In nine fuses out of ten he will not miss it to the fraction of a degree. Bakers have other ways, of course, of testing the heat of the oven. For instance,- when baking bread they some times throw a piece of white paper In to the oven, and If it turns brown the oven is at the proper temperature; or, when baking other things they will throw a little cornmeal flour Into the oven In order to test the beat. But the baker's fingers are the best gauge, and when you come to think of the differ ent temperatures required in baking different things. It Is no small achieve ment to even approximate the heat of the oven by touching the handle of the oven door. Bakers figure that during the rising time of a loaf of bread before It has been placed In the oven, it ought to be in a temperature of 75 degrees Fahren heit. During the baking process, In order to cook the starch, expand the carbonic acid gas, air and steam, and drive -off the alcohol, the Inside of tbo loaf must register at least 220 degrees. In baking rolls, buns, scones, tea bis cuits, drop cakes, fancy cakes, New York cakes, muffins, puff cakes and thLngg of that sort, the oven must show a beat of 450 degrees or higher. When the oven Is at 400 degrees it is fit for cream puffs, sugar cakes, queen cakes, rock cakes, jumbles, lady fing ers, rough and ready and Jelly rolls. At 350 degrees wine cakes, cup' cakes, ginger nuts and snaps, pies, ginger bread, spice cakes, such as raisin, cur rent, citron, pound, bride and so on, may be baked. It requires a still lower temperature to bake wedding cakes, kisses, anise drops and things In this class. But whatever temperature the old baker wants, he can tell when he has It by simply touching the handle of the oven door. New Orleans Times Democrat ' ' Insanity Amonn Women. Professor Zimmer, of Berlin, who is a very wise man, has been investiga ting the causes of Insanity among women, and has reached the conclusion live on ridiculously small sums per week. As a consequence the one who pro vides the" money for household ex penses is readily convinced that his that with the coming of women In com-1 hard-earned cash Is being wasted, and petition with men must follow a tre mendous increase of insanity among women. It sounds reasonable. And it hurts. The man who Is a real man feels sorry every time he sees a frail woman patiently doing labor that would tax the strength and endurance of a man. Nature didn't plan it that way. 1 Na ture failed to make for her the big bones and strong muscles that are needed. And there Is the food ques tion. You see the girl who works hard quietly take a seat In the restaurant and order tea and rolls. She fits her lunch to her purse, not to her needs. She doesn't provide enough fuel for her body, because she cannot; and at 6 o'clock, when the big store closes or the factory wheels are still, she goes home with a raging headache and tor tured brain, and worries when she should be sleeping. Yes, it Is easy to see that more wom en are going Into mad-houses, and It Is not easy to find a remedy. Business Is heartless. It . doesn't take much ac count of sex. It demands more, and always more. It cries for Increased efficiency and greater energy in the school room,' office, factory. It Is nev er satisfied. The world respects the business woman, and recognizes her efficiency. It knows she can do most things as well as a man, and many things bet ter. But the thinking part of It re members the tired faces of the. army that Is going home from work; search es almost in vain for smiles, and hopes and prays that the day will come when the need for and the needs of' the woman In business will be less keen, and the lot of the mothers of a coming generation be less bard: GIRL 8TUDENTS AT ABERDEEN. Domestic Statistic. One of little Paul's sisters had been married only a few weeks when he was asked by a workman to whom he had been talking for quite t a long time: "How many sisters have you?" "One married and two alive," was the amusing answer. A Thoughtless Boy. Three-year-old Paul's father was playing Santa Claus, and In reply to a question said, "I'll bring you an old broken horse or something. What do you think of that?" "I don't fink nuffln," replied Paul, "Cos what I finks Is naughty." Nothing; to Return. My little brother was crying for a pencil, and Father lent him one. At noon he asked my bsother to return it, and he replied: "Oh, Father, I have sharpened it all up." Reflected on Her Ancestry. Little Mary was fond of using big words she heard. One day she said, "I dess I's a doose" (goose). , "Why," asked papa. "I dess I inherited it" REMAINED FIRM. Man Livlnsr Who . Was ' Concerned In Strike Lasting Forty Years. "This Investigation by Congress of the local coal condition as a result of the recent anthracite strike reminds ine of the longest strike of which I have ever heard or rather, I should say of which I have ever known," ald R. H. Rawlins, of Concord, N. H., at the New Wlllard the other day. "Forty years ago, when I was a boy, living in Concord, a man built a fac tory for the manufacture of sleds and wheelbarrows. It was a water power concern, and I think the cost was about $20,000. When the forty em ployes had turned out about one hun dred wheelbarrows a difference of opinion arose between them and the boss. I cannot recall Just what it was, Jjut it was stated over and over in after years that It would have made a dif ference of less than a dollar a week on liither side. The owner wouldn't give in and the men stood firm, small as the matter was, and a strike took Dlace perhaps the first in New Hamp shire. When the men walked out the owner told them they could go, but at the same time Informed them he would see the factory rot to the ground before he would give In. "The reply of the men was that they would starve before they would yield, and so the factory was closed op and the strike went on. A score of at tempts were made to arbitrate, but without avail. The owner grew old and gray and the bands died or dis persed, and five years ago, by personal Investigation, I found that only the owner and one of the strikers were left alive in Concord. "Knowing them both I had a talk with them about toe bcrike, and both were still firm. I was in Concord again a month ago, and the last of the strikers was dead. The owner was hobbling about the streets on crutches with only a few months of life left. When I asked him if he Intended to start up the factory again, 'No,' he said, 'being as I have been a fool for forty years, I am going to keep it up the rest of my days.' "Washington star. Time Was No Object; A shrewd old farmer named Uncle Harvey was approached by a bright breezy young man who was selling In cubators. The Green Bag, which tells the story, says that the salesman gave Uncle Harvey the usual eloquent ar guments. There was not another such Incubator to be found, the prices were remarkably low, and so on. Uncle Harvey did not respond. The young man taiitea nimseir out and made no impression. Finally he said, "You don't seem to appreciate these Incubators." - "No," said Uncle Harvey. "But Just think of the time they will save!" Uncle Harvey gave him one cold look and said, "What do you suppose I care for a ben's time?" Life in the University Town Between the Don and the Dee. - According to London Lady, the Ab erdeen University Court, after a ten years' trial, has no reason to regret the admission of girls to Aberdeen Uni versity. There are two ancient , col leges King's, founded in 1494, and Marlschal's, founded about a century later. Not only in arts, but In medi cine, do the girl Btudents distinguish themselves. In the former, for ex ample, the "Dr. Black Prize in Latin' and the "Seafield Gold Medal In Lat In" were won in the winter sessions of 1900-1 by the same young lady, while In Greek many honors have fallen o the lot of the girl students. The "Flfe Jamleson Gold Medal for Anatomy," the "LIzars Gold Medal" for the same study, have been carried off by girl students, and It should be noted that the first-named prize Is considered the "blue ribbon" of that branch of study, Girl students have also won laurels for practical work In the- dissecting room. From these facts it will be seen that girl student life In Aberdeen is quite different from life at Glrton, Newn ham and other girls' colleges which are "among the universities, but not of tbem." Aberdeen is a university for women students as well as for male students, and the former are on exact ly the same footing as the latter, and share along with them every privilege of their alma mater. Side by side they sit In the classes, together they go up to the exams, and the girl student, -especially If a "medical," considers it a point of honor to secure for herself, If possible, the best prizes and medals of the university. These girl students are Interesting figures In the streets of the Granite city, attired as they usually are In the scarlet gown and black and scarlet tasseled trencher of the Aberdeen undergraduate, or In the robe and black and white hood of the M. A. de gree, which, when "capped," they wear with a laudable amount of hon est pride over their evening gowns at the graduation evening reception in the beautiful Mitchell hall of Marl schal College. the new marketing methods are adopt ed forthwith. But this is by no means the end of this important matter, for every' member of the family Is sure to register a complaint when their fa vorite dishes fail to appear, so It Is small wonder that. In her efforts to please and still be economical, the weary wife and mother should de velop locks of sliver. LEPERS ON DARCY ISLAND. Women in Odd Calling. Women workers are Invading every line of employment. The census of 1000 makes returns for 303 separate occupa tions,' and In only eight of these do women workers fall to appear. None will be surprised that there are no women among the soldiers, sailors and marines of the United States Gov ernment, yet there are 153 women em ployed as "boatmen" and sailors. Women have not as yet Invaded the ranks of the city fire department, still j not less than 879 women are returned In the same general class of "watch men, policemen and detectives." There are no women street car driv ers, though there are two women "mo tormen" and 13 women conductors. They have not as yet taken up the employment of telegraph and telephone "linemen," yet 22,550 of them ate oper ators for these companies. There are no women apprentices and helpers among the roofers and slaters, yet two women are returned as engaged In these employments. There are 120 women plumbers, 45 plasterers, 167 bricklayers and stone masons, 241 paper hangers, 1,759 paint ers and glaziers and 545 women carpen ters and Joiners. No women are returned as helpers to steam bollermakers, but eight women work at this industry as full mechanics. There are 193 women blacksmiths, 571 machinists, 3,870 women workers In iron and steel, 890 In brass and 1,775 women workers In tin. : Among other unusual employment for women are 100 workers as "lumber men and raftsmen," 113 woodchoppers, 873 Bawmlll employes, 440 bartenders, 2,083 saloonkeepers, 904 "draymen" and teamsters, ' 823 undertakers, 143 stonecutters, 63 "quarrymeri," 65 white- washers, 11 well-borers and 177 station ary engineers and firemen. Explained. "I was surprised ta hear Bagsley, who so cordially hates Smith, say the other night that he would delight In Inscribing a tribute to Smith that should last through posterity." "Nothing inconsistent about that Bagsley makes a specialty of epitaphs." H. E. Warner, In Baltimore News. A Beautiful Electrical Display. A sublime spectacle was witnessed a few weeks ago In the Tyrolean valley near Tannehelm. A violent storm arose suddenly and many globes of light ning rolled over the surface of the lake. Then a column of water thirty feet high rose from the middle of the lake and from Its top small flashes darted. The spectacle lasted three minutes. DresB skirts of white fabrics are cut with seven gores, are well flared and trimmed with round or diagonal rows of Insertion inserted. These skirts are cut with a dip at the back and an inlaid boxplait at the back of the belt. If a partly worn white skirt needs re modeling it can be enlarged and length ened with a deep yoke of open embroid ery; where a flounce is used it may then be fitted plainly and need not flare any more than a gored skirt does. Linen skirts, alone, and also with waists to correspond, will be trimmed with bands of hand embroidery done with heavy silk, or mercerized cotton In white or colors. Ladles' Home Journal. Woman Shines as Solon. Alice M. Ruble, member of the low er house of the Colorado Legislature, who distinguished herself by nominat ing Henry M. Tel ler for United States Senator, is having her first ex perience with offi cial life. Mrs. Ru ble was born In Vermont. Her fa ther was a Kansas pioneer. She has always been an earnest worker in the State Suffrage Association and has taken a keen in terest in politics, although It was not until the last campaign that she con sented to stand for an office. She is a devoted mother, and her home Is a model of cozlness and comfort She Is Idolized by her children. Needed a Pair. "This is the second time you've come home drunk in two days." "Yesh, h' dear; but It's so awful slipp'ry I couldn' 'a' got home 't all 'thout a pair o' skates." Brooklyn Eagle. Forestry in Saxony. Saxony has one of the best regulated system of forestry In the world, the net profits from the forests amounting annually to over $2,000,000. Materials as Imports. One-half of the Imports into this country are of materials for manufacture General Only May Beat Them. It is one of the privileges of Chinese commanding officers that they may only be beaten by the hand of their generals. Children put grown people to shame when It comes to telling the truth. MHS. A. M. RUBLE. Economics Are Wearing:. Truly this world shou.d soon be able to produce an immense crop of beauti ful women, fine cooks and adepts in se lecting artistic house furnishings if the "Beauty Hints," "Cooking Les sons" and "Color Schemes" that are continually appearing on the pages of almost every publication are to count for anything and that they are being read and the various directions re ligiously followed is evidenced by the numerous letters of inquiry that are published In columns devoted to such matters. Something to change the color of the hair and remove wrinkles seems to be the most desired object of the ' beauty seekers, and so fre quently do these requests occur that one Is almost convinced that more than half the women are growing pre maturely old and gray trying to con coct appetizing dishes out of the ar ticles that have been Judiciously lected by authorities on household economy, who have announced (to the Infinite regret of hundreds of house wlY) that Urge families can actually Health and Beauty Hints. It Is said that the hands may be quickly . whitened . by the following process: Rub them well at night, for three nights In succession, with almond oil, and then cover with as much fine chalk as they will take. Camphor Is most useful as a deodor izer for the sick room. Place a lump of It In an old saucer and when re quired apply to It the tip of a red-hot poker. The fumes which arise will Im part to the room a pleasing freshness. Many women have had their finger nails ruined by bad manicuring. The first advice to be given to these suf ferers Is, if they cannot find a nianl cure who thoroughly understands her business, to leave manicuring severely alone. In regard to the time required for sleep, eight hours may generally be considered sufficient for the average person. Some, of course, can do with less. In keeping the body in good phy sical condition sleep Is next in Import ance to food. If you have not a night light take an ordinary candle and put finely pow dered salt round the wick up to the black part. A candle thus treated will burn very slowly and give the dull light which is so often desirable In a sick room at night. . To keep the Joints of the hands from getting stiff, after holding bands In water as hot as can be borne, massage them, both the backs and palms, with sweet oil, rubbing It In thoroughly. Then dip the hnndB in hot water again, using soap, rinse with clear water and rub on a lotion of glycerine one ounce, acetic acid one dram, rose water three ounces. Do this at night and wear gloves. Women as Agriculturists American women pride themselves on the advantages they possess In the multiplicity of business opportunities open to them; but despite America's broadmlndedness In this, Russia has had the courage to go a step further and establish an agricultural high school for women. Here opportunity will be given for general courses In agriculture or specialized training, as dairy farming, gardening, bee culture, poultry keeping, cattle and sheep rais ing, etc. The course of Instruction will occupy three years, and an equlv aleut grammar school education will be required as an entrance qualifica tion. The women who pass through the school successfully will be eligible for filling various posts under the Ministry of Agriculture, and will be further entitled to bold the positions of administrators of the crown do main and of teacher In the Interme diate agricultural schools. Philadel phla Record. Living Tomb of Those Afflicted with Dread Disease. Lying In one of the world's most beautiful archipelagoes, washed by the blue warts of one of the most plt-turisque island seas, Is North, America's only Leper island. Main tained in secret as the abiding place of wretched human beings vh"s curse necessitates their exclusion from all mankind, It is known to few of those who pass it and is Bhunned by all who have learned Its LUIi-oiis story. Darcy Island Is' the proiwrty of the city of Victoria, British Colum bia. It is the dying place for tlirc lepers who are found among the thou sands of ennnery Chinese In that aud other British Columbian cities, says a correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle. The curse of those who were placed upon it has scemlugly overtaken this islund. Fair In the track of the Alas kan fleet, passed each week by scores .. of vessels, Its shores are never visited, except at rare intervals, by any save those who can never leave. It was set apart as a place for men to die, , and none save those who are marked for death land on Its beach. It is a sepulcher for those living who are -dead to their fellow men. Darcy Island is one of the few leper settlements in the world, and Is unique among them all. Unlike other colonies, it has neither nurses nor medical at tendants for the living, nor has It priests for the dead. Its inhabitants are landed on its shores and left to die and to bury one another. Food and supplies .. are brought them from the little town of Sidney near by, and what tools and . gardening utensils they need. Other wise they are left alone each to watch the others waste away while he himself ' waits for death. The Island lies In Peril Strait, several miles north of the Straits of Juan do- .. Fuca, out Into which It looks. It 1 close to the east shore of Vancouver Island, near Its south end. It Is far west from the northern end of San Juan I si- . and and separated from It by only a few miles of salt water. It Is one of an archipelago dotting the northern en trance from British Columbian waters . Into the Straits of Juan de Fuca, which, lie between the two nations. It Is about two miles In length by half a mile la width. It is well wooded and is wa tered by a couple of springs and a small stream. At Its southern end 1 . a small clearing. Here lies the leper settlement This settlement was built by the city of Vancouver, which pur chased the Island from the provincial government ten years ago. It conslsts of four well-built houses and a number of outbuildings surrounded by a clear ed space of about six acres. About these other small buildings, erected by the lepers themselves, have sprung up from time to time and have fallen again to .. decay. , When this island was purchased and the first house built, some twenty leper existed In the province of British Co lumbia. The cases occurred among the cannery Chinese of the Fraser River and of the salmon fisheries along the coast. These coolies work long hours during the fishing season. They live wretchedly ri meager wages. Tbelr diet Is mainly flsh-as a rule salmon and is rarely varied during the fishing; season, save by a little rice. . The con ditions In some of the Chinese fishing; settlements along the Fraser and In some of the Chinese salmon canneries, among the coolie workmen, is extreme ly conducive to any sort of blood or skin disease. The diet would Itself lead to an impoverished condition of the blood. When the coolies go to Victoria or Vancouver for the winter they live little better. In a race already Impov erished by Inbreeding, leprosy Is one of the natural results of such surrounding; conditions. As a consequence, before stricter health regulations were en forced among the Chinese In the pro vince of British Columbia leprosy sprang up. This was the cause of the? purchase by the city of Victoria of Darcy Island. Good-By Summer. "How old Is she?" "Oh, very, very old. She's quit pull ing out her gray hairs." The Weeping Willow. The weeping willow tree came to America through the medium of Alex ander Pope, the poet, who planted a willow twig on the banks of the Thames at his Twickenham villa. The twig came to him In a box of figs sent from Smyrna by a friend who had lost all In the South Sea bubble, and had gone to that distant land to recoup his fortunes. "Harper's Encyclopedia" tells the story of the willow's arrival . in America. A young British officer, who came to Boston with the army tov crush the rebellion of the American colonies, brought with him a twig from Pope's now beautiful willow tree. Intending to plant It In America when he should comfortably settle down on lands confiscated from the conquered Americans. The young officer, disap pointed in these expectations, gave his willow twig wrapped in oil silk, to John Parke Custls, Mrs. Washington's son, who planted it on his Abingdon estate In Virginia. It thrived and be came the progenitor of all our willow trees. Quite a Different Matter. "I cannot understand, sir, why you permit your daughter to sue me for breach of promise. You remember that you were bitterly opposed to our en gagement, because I wasn't good enough for ber and would disgrace the family." "Young man, that was senti ment; this Is business." Tlt-Blts. At Arm's Length. "Do you want a close shave, sir?" "No. Keep as far away as you can. Garlic, isn't It?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Next to having wisdom yourself la the ability to profit by the wisdom ot others.