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Show -- - AN INDIAN WEDDING. CHILD-CRIMINAL- Paw-hmtk- a, IJltla Tb (A true Incident.) the little maiden opened wide , the . door, f To tet the honorej Washington de. part; general, her mother'! friend The flret In war. In peace, In every heart. The grest-aoule- d better office to you. dear." said he, And placed tile Band benignly on her head. With curtvy quaint and reverent, smiling gl&nee: "Yes, eir. to let you In. eh archly said. Charles I.ee, Is St- - Nicholas. A A HoandleM - Benny was a little boy who lived by river that ran into the great ocean, ad be liked to eai! ahlpa so well that hU father made him six, all of a ala, with a boom and a gaff and two tails apiece. They were not really ships, but he callrd them so. This waa Ben-y- 'a fleet, and In a little cove, where i the water was not too deep nor too .rough, he took great delight in sailing Peart,' fcia ships. They wercGnanied "Phoebe," "Dolphin, 'Uur.'' Racer," and Kate." Now, there was a great stirring about In Benny's family, for grandpa, who lived away out west, and who had a ranch there, bad written to them to come and join him, and help him raise beep and horse. So they began to but, as they pack up their things; could not take all, they sold some, and tome they gave away. Papa told Ben- oy he had better give hi ablpa to his playmates. ! "Why, no, said Benny; "I cant do without my ships! Ill give the boys 1 By checkers and my ninepins, but cant give away my ahlpa. I love my nhlpa!" And, with his mamma's help, he packed them the next day carefully in s, A box, along with her i oclock ' 1 ha. . t tea-cop- i "There Isn't even a brook on the ranch!" papa said to mamma; "and all the water haa to be pumped with windmills. r ; ! "Sever mind." she replied. Benny haa to leave the sea he loves," hut he shall not leave his hlpa. It may make nfiy nhppftd loot" artnwtreBtrttrr" member." In another month the little family reached the far-o- ff Tench, where grandpa welcomed them, Benny' waa very happy. He had a pony to ride upon, and a dog to follow him, and some lambs were given to him for his own. For three week Benny did not aay one word about hla ahlpa, but he did not forget them. Wherever be went, he looked about to see If there waa a pond of a brook, though ever so little, but there waa not one. asked , "Dp you like It here, Benny! grandpa, at the end of three weeks, as they stood looking over the billowy plains and pastures. Yea, grandpa, 1 do." eald Bonny, patting hla dog's head. "All 1 want now la a brook And then he told hla grandpa that ba bad brought alt ahlpa, named Pearl. Phoebe, Dolphin. Star, Racer and Kate. Grandpa whistled, and then he laughed. -"We must aall them! he exclaimed there la no water! said Benny. "Water le not the only element, nor the Only fluid," eald grandpa. "Water doesn't eWell the sails." No, the wind doe that. Benny ad mitted. "Grandpa now went to work and made a frame with six rm, and on each arm he fastened 'a ship. On the top of hla barn he Sxed a strong pivot, and ou the pivot he put the frame, like When he came A Wheel on Its axle. down from the ladder, a little breeze was filling the sails, and the ahlpa were gently careering around. By and by It blew harder, and the ahlpa in- creased their speed, Benny shouted for Joy, "and called every body to see. "They are going alxty knots an hour." aald hla father "So now the ships had a place where they could aall east, west, south .north, and many a time they went so fast that nobody could tell, not even Benny which waa Tearl, or which waa Phoebe, or which was Dolphin, or Star, or Ka er, or Kate. . - l .. , - i , - t - - A - - Martas been hunting her kitten all day and is so lonesome, and now here are all these little chickens and no mamma. Mamma smiled at Carl, but did not laugh, jtnd just then Grandma earns in with the basket of rhlekens. 8he set the basket down by the fire and weat to And something to rover the chicks. While ahe was gone Marla, the gray cat, came into the room. Maria had had a running family of three little klttena until that day. but Mamma bad given them away, an! poor Maria wai very lonely without her babies When Maria came Into the room and saw the basket In which her kittens had slept she ran quickly to It, put bei front paw on tha edge, and was about to spring in, when she looked down and saw thAt her kittens were not there. Carl bad started up when Maria ran to the basket but Mamma put her band on hla arm. "Wait." she said. "Marla won't hurt the chicks. Marla drew back, looked sorry, mewed, and then to their surprise she put one foot In carefully, thn another, pushed the chhk gently aside to make room for herself, climbed in aud curled around as many of the chicks a she wmld. and began to purr iu a perfectly satisfied way. The lonesome little, chick nestled up to her and cuddled Into her soft fur, tu ked their little heads under her neck und legs, made soft little sleepy sounds and seemed quite happy. Mamma and Carl stood watching, afraid to say a word for fear of spoiling the pretty sight htfore Grandma came In. But Marla liked her new family. She slept with them all night, and In the morning after oating bread and milk from tha acme dish, took them out In the yard, where they scratched to their hearts' Nontent or climbed and played over Marla as she lay under the bushes. If one wandered away she went after It, calling as ahe did ber kittens; and she washed them as ahe did her kittens, with her tongue, and they didn't seem to mind. At noon Carl saw ber bringing them In. They ran before her, and after, and on both sides, and even be tweed her legs, and all the time, ahe kept making the queer sound a eat maxes for her klttena 1 said Grandma, "I declare, wouldn't he surprised to hear hei cluck." For over three months Marls LB Paw-husk- Kit. G. A. Frlamuth of Philadelphia baa borrowed an Idea from the balloon fly, or tell-talused on ships to show the direction of the wind, and has constructed a kite consisting of three cones, one within the other. The mouth of each cone consists of a bamboo circle, to which the silk bag Is fastened. The circles In the experimental kite are 12, 18 and 24 Inches In e, diameter, and the cones are 24, 38 and Inches In length each, with a two-incoutlet at the end. A little protuberance at tha bottom of the outer bamboo hoops shows where a small lump of lead ballast is attached. The weight of the- entire construction is seven ounces. The kite at a height of 1,000 feet registered a pull of 16 pounds. It seems to be an easy form of kite for boys and amateurs to construct. y h - . Ynnthfii! IMurrluitnatloa. Alice and Doiothy, aged four and fair Exchange. three-, had caught up certain undesirGrandma Altman waa teal worried able word from their iUUe neighbors, Old Tep- - and rnrtirrmjr'hntf tomtit tt because Torhnot-ws- s nrmsatr fc knot was a pH hen and hud just come reprove them, and to forbid the words off her neat wit L a brood of J5 rh eks. as she heard them. One day she heard Grandma said, "1 noticed she the children talking in the corner ol Y'cs, -- was-n- ot will this morning, and 1 Just found her lying dead; and now there is another flock of chickens to bring up by band. I suppose t fhall have to bring then? In. nd taking a basket f oa the cellarway, Grandma went iafter them. Mamma went on wfth her work, but 'noticed, her boy looking very quiet and tbou-LiIuPresently she Ashed. Carl, Whats puzzling you, little man! "1 .was thinking Carl looked up. fcdw queer It Is, he aald, "poor old tho room, Alice giving her little sister a summary of the various talks from , Dotue, mamher mamma, "luu ma sews and she knits and she crochets and she darns; we'eantalkjboul sow and crochet, but we mnsnt aay knit, 'cause It isnt nice, and we must never say darn, for It's very naughty. Now, member. Lottie. L - Between Madagascar and the coast of India there ate bout 16 001? Hands, only 600 of which are Inhabited, Si tta txMUwt gsinwlMr Week Kbaau the Gws ef the by erk I. wyr. Tb.tR-l.-- e Toii( Cil Ucoi , ' s a, Bhe euperia- -' , tends them wherever they go. ScfeooL taught by competent teach- ere. Is held dally.' Citizens are to attend, ut most of them dn. And they are paid for their work; while there. There is a good library of over 2.001) books" and an excellent collect! oag ot law books. A literary society has been formed, end the mcm-he- ra s, are encouraged to deliver read papers and discuss questions at the weekly meetings. There is a printing office in which several A bright little boys Me", employed. paprr ;4s published monthly. It la managed entirely, by the children. The the laundry carpenter shop, the farm,' ' and the restaurant provide employment for the majority. . The work of the Republic Is supported mostly by voluhtary contributions. The children's work couats for something, but they cannot by any means pay for their own maintenance. -They come from the slurps Of the great JMtles, for the .most part-- j Many are children hive been arrested reveral, times and were considered incorrigible too bad for the reform schools. "We take the worst children et the Judges whom despair! sail Founder George, those who have been sent to reform schools and have been lie-ture- . ao 'cll'w-citlzens- s et rro-ele- e. -- 1 t- JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT, returned worse thair before. To such our doors open readily. We have never yet had to pronounce a ejlld a hopeless criminal. I have yet to see the boy or girl in whom there Is not some spark of good that can be fanned into a flame bykind. Arm, Judicious treatment. Their past history Is never alluded to. They start here- with a clean record. We aim to make gdlri citizens of them to let all the Bin and sorrow of the past be forgiven And forgotten to Show them a future bright with hope and possible good. They learn gradually that it is possible for them to lead honorable- - and upright Uvea, and to win all things that are good and desirable by honest toll and square dealing. It is a work of patience and of time, but in its results we believe It to be one of eternity." Elizabeth M. Brains In ChrlaUan - . Stretch, a white cloth or a largt sheet tf white paper on the wal! In a darkened room, and .opposite to It place a email table, on which there la A lighted candle.' Put a book, or some similar object, between the candle and the cloth, so that It will cut off the light from the latter, leaving It comparatively dark. When you are ready to show your pictures hold a mirror sideways before the candle at such an angle that the reflection w ill be thrown on the cloth. The pictures that you show will be really silhouettes, and you will need, therefore, little figures cut out of stiff paper. Hold one of them br tween the candle and tbe mirror. and its sharply defined shadow will be thrown on the cloth. By moving It forward you may make It appear to walk across the cloth. The effect will be all the better If you make the mirror fast so that you may use both hands In moving the figures. Thu you may get a variety of movements, even In two directions at the same time. - SREDEEMED v AT FREEVILLB, N.fv. e Shadowgraphs. 42 V. 1 The George Junior Republic was founded in 1S95 by a young Christian lawyer of New York, who took '140 "(resh-al- r children" out to Free villa, N. Y., to spend three months. waa established in the little community, and a system of labo.-wawhereby each caill arranged t might feel that he was earning b I awn living. By degrees the scheme It was found practicable to expanded. make a permanent home for auch of !he children as had no other hone. As the number of rpgular citizens Increased. the number of sumnur tin-tenecessarily diminished, inti; n 1898 the practice of iav t us vis. torn Tor the summer was pbol.shed. Meanwhile the principles of ha) taken firm rout in the the same room. minds of the young cit zetis, and M '1 he wedding was celebrated In the George was enabled to leave r.or anl piibiii bquare at Pawhuska. Hundreds more of the direction of affairs in their At 6 o'clock hands Tbe of Indians were present. president of the Republic ,n :hc morning six young men ap-- P Is now a lad of e'.gh'een who bright . carol at the public square, disrobed, was elected to the office by his to face for The'Tnldeg pony, Mr. George, the fo'nler. while six squaws appeared and were merely a general ovciag.t and to rate for the brides robe. The robe the title of "Daddy." The gov-arto be discarded after the wed-i.ln- g of this miniature Rcp-- H d r is They all lined up 250 yards from largely afler the ( tntrj S;.. e, i he Red Eagle wigwam, where dwelt Government. Citizms oyer twelvs A "the bride-to-bshort distance years of age have the right to vale and aw ay, near tbe square, waa the tem hold office. . The laws are has pr marily on those of New Yo k St-t- c, but-thcitizen hold Jro jurat me -. ings, at which are passed many laws suited to the Deeds of thei com- munity. It Is remarkable how clever the little fellows have become in constructing bills to meet th.ir viJau? A custom bouse has be n esneeds. tablished, and a ruinous tariff is imposed on all unripe fruit imported. A store Is kept by certain citizens, and here are sold all sorts of things, from candy to clothing. In the early days of the Republic, a speculative youngster fresh from New York acquired a capital of a few dollars, bought the entire stock of candy and proeee ed to speculate on the corner thus created. Others followed suit, and In a day or two there were corners ot every available article, Mr. George and his friends watched the affair with interest Perhaps they hoped In this small society to find a remedy for the speculation In the big world outside. The children showed themselves fully able to cope with their own troubles. They passed law limiting the purchases of Individuals to what was demanded by .their own . personal needs. a Nt long ago the eUlsena, sifter1 heated discussion,, passed ag eight-hou- h law. This was at 3 P. M. At 5 P. M. the gtrla who work in the restaurant formed In procession and marched around the Republic, bearing a banner on which was printed, Harr rah for the eight-hou- r day!" As they marghed they chanted; TALL. ELK AND HI3 WEALTHY BRIDE. You dont git no supper cny more Our eight hours ended at four! fled from business cares and he de- porarily erected tepee of the groom. This caused consternation among termined to win her heart. It was a . Shortly Miss Red Eagle, clad in daz- the bpys. A meeting was hastily .reval courting with millions for both. zling robes of red and blue, appeared called, hut after a stormy debate adThe girls father was determined that from the folds of her father's wigwam journed, haring accomplished noshing. his daughter should not wed the young mounted on a little pony. Behind her The Republic went supperless to Led clerk, who, though rich, was the son came her mother. When they had adthat night On the following day the of his hated enemy. Bad Elk. The vanced to within 150 yards of the runlaw was repealed. More important than young man had to get around this ners the two women halted. The pony Is the Independence, proposition, but just how he could not was turned loose and the six bucks conceive. In the meantime he lost no started after it. Ths bride in the and thrift that life In the Junior Retime In making fast friends with tbe meantime was being hastily undressed public teaches. Each citizen Is thrown Work is girl whom he wanted to make his own: bj( her mother. The gay robes and on h(s own responsibility. An Indian courtship cannot be carried dainty lingeries was strewa to the supplied for every one, and all labor Is out without a public announcement winds and the very paid for in tbe aluminum coin of the Uiat the couple are engaged, so tale stood there clothed in a smile and a Republic. Food, clothing and shelter In exchange for this pair had to sneak around behind the nightrobe. Tall Elk, blushing, happy are to 4e had trees and wander off Into lonely paths. and robust, then came running from Theirs is the first case known to the his tent, threw a blanket around the Indian Agent, who is a great student unclai! bride and carried her away .to of Indian where the the wigwam. Then the visitors rushed Into the young woman braved the storm of popular abuse (if she had b.ea de- square, clapped their brown hands in tected) by running away fnom her delight and the ceremony was over. father's house to meet her lover. That Is, all but the feast This conThese were lovely times for these two sisted of dog soup, and all the redIndian hearts, but they knew it could skins sat on the ground around boilnot be carried out much longer with- ing kettles of dogs and drank the faout being discovered, which meant dis- vorite dish of their people. After a grace to both. The young government while the bride and groom appeared rlerk determined upon a coup He and ate from the game plate. Thus knew of some, very valuable mining ended the wedding. r grew end thrived and scented happy. A New one-keepe- suffices for them. lease which the father of b!s sweet heart was holding contrary to the law He Investigated the matter, secured evidence sufficient to cause the arrest of the man he wanted for a father-in-laThen he made bold to beard the lion in its den. The evidence was presented and the girl demanded. The old maa agreed readily to sell hi daughter when be found that he had been trapped. A bargain was Boon agreed pontes being the conupon, forty-fiv- e sideration. Tbe engagement was Announced and the young people were allowed to court In the regular style, Ahich must be much more tiresome Ih.m the new way this couple at first practiced. The young man calls at the tepee of his beloved and sits for the flist half hour without opening hla month Then he begins to move closer io the gil and cast occasional glances She does not even look at i t hn him Alter the young man baa been (ailing for two bours be can take the oui'g woman upon big lap if she does not object, even If the parents are In (Wit hits Letter.) The swellest Indian wedding in the t' story of the Osage Indians, the richest tribe of red people, or. In fact, any other class of persons on earth, was celebrated in gorgeous style at the Osage capital, the -- other day. Tail Elk, the owner of a half million doilais, ami Maiy Red Eagle, the heiress of I'bltf Red Ragle, Were married with all the dignity, pomp and glory surrounding their position It was the society even: In the trim-- . of the ' Four Humt'ed ' Osage society. Both the bride and room are Usages and they are owners aud heirs to over two million dollars. Their wealth is Urgel) invested in all wells. For a nurolx-- of years Tall Klk attended tb si tmols in the East. There he dressed iu the regulation style of the college student and west among the pretty white girls, who adored his due form and graceful man-nei- s Hut a jear ago he came back from the Fast and returned to hla old Indian habits. The broadcloth wts cast aside for the gaudy raiment of the Indian wai rior. Ked Eagle waa a clerk in the government office at being placed there by his father to guard the Dnandal interests of the Tall Elk also had his ilch Osagts own Interests to look after, and the numerous hills favorable to vninlng and oil leases were the samples of bis handiwork He was successful in getting a great many of them through. But when he met the pretty Indian maiden. Mary Red Eagle, his thoughts , many glrla. Consequently, girt pri- oner are not. very numerous, and SAYINGTHECHILDREN Her.,,. Bllfla TUILER1ES PALACE. Small Portions of tho XroImi BoUiUngs Homatn. love-makin- g, NEWS FOR WOMEN. l:etrtclly Wt.l Drive AJ the Dish- - Wfttfhlug lIUfSlNKI. --women have tbe eumag site Fw dinuer, when the day is done, That Is drudgery. It means the cups and sane, i plates, putting platters and vegetable disln - uito-- A them big pan o( hot sf!ds. ruhb.; with a dish cloth, setting iem to drain, and wiping each pn.. with A towel. Noah's wife's d - - were cleaned in the same way. '. very her probably NT ah's wife la t. reddened and roughened ho, - as the i t a wives of le-- s distinguish! have dtuie. ever elace. laving j.i did In cmrh-i shThat diy be blamed for nott Jcceptng y thing sweet. If any of h- -r da ig ' - hve bothered their heads min ri.fr It s has been to miyhty ll'.t'e ; that they have not L j iH1 Met; li.it keep' proved the process hotels, though, being abb' t v.t r nly ) v sh the lowest class of dishes, fodnd that the it., f i hn hen china was ruinous, ft;, x mn-eupon being served upon ; slabs of lain, and refflsed to eit Ironstones, so some way o u had to.be found.. A machine was inv rrod, C4p. able of being operated hv anyb.-fly- , and that could he trjMel to wash -- 1 i - ! -- e-ing 1 -- d ju thoroughly, rinse and dry the most delicate ware without chipping or breakage, all at the rate of 6.008 plec an haurThink, bat an rmy of dishwashers such a machine must displace, and what an economy it must be! For, not only Is the hotel-keeprid of the necessity of giving standibg room and subsistence to that army, but of providing captains and generals' for It, and of enduring the damage that tt must inflict upon friend and foe alike, after the fashion of all armies. The dishes are collected and scraped and then dropped Into wire baskets, with, wooden Interiors, .A . pranged Jhat. the dishes stand Ott edge without touching each other. Ditchers, cups, bowls and tbe like go lute the center. The basket Is lowered Into the washing tank, where hot suds, mixed with air, so as to preseht thousands of sharp cutting -edges. ire driven against the dUhes and force. with tremendous-rapidi- ty They are washed in twenty seconds. A trolled carries the basket to the rinsing tank, where two aouses take off the ioapsuds. They drain and dry front the heat they have absorbed from the rinsing water. China, ..Jtnd silverware thus treated always look brighter and newer than if washed by hand. Ainslee's Magazine. er , es Ri-vo- li, self-relian- -- . The fine old palace of the Tulleries In Paris has been terribly destroyed and injured; there remain now 'only the north and south wings which connect it with the corresponding wings of the new Louvre, and the larger part of even these remains has been rebuilt. The main building of the Tuil-erlwhich fronted the gardens and stretched across from the Rue de almost to the Pont Royal, was, ia 1871, ruthlessly burned by the communists, before the troops could prevent Its destruction. Formerly the ground on which this palace stood was covered by tuileries (tile kilns), hence its name. In 1564 Queen Catherine de Medicls began to build this' palace, and succeeding French king finished tt, but they did not live there much till after the outbreak of the revolution; they seem to have preferred the Louvre and later on Versailles. It will be remembered that Louis XVI., aMrle Antoinette and the royal family were compelled to return here from Versailles and were escorted by the people to the gates of the palace. After their attempt to escape and their recapture at Vincennes, they remained at the Tuillerle8 till they were taken to the prison of the Temple. After the restoration It was used as the royal and imperial residence until the Franco-Germa- n War of 1870. The Pavilion de Flore was used by Marie Antoinette lor evening receptions; it is in the south wings, which hag been restored since the fire of 1571, and is now occupied by GIRL PRISONERS I NDEU GUARD the colonial minister and his staff. a'iDsva .( ( Right away westward to Use Place de Bioaeyr-r- k work must go without. He may even la Concorde, one the bloodstained be arrested for vagrancy and plac d In Place de la Revolution, stretch the airy the prison, where he w.ll be com; el el Tuileries gardens. The larger portion t'o work. United States n.onc is j' of these gardens was planned more na value there. A dollar iu ihe R - than 200 years ago, in the time of public currency replevins no int u- - txaiiiR Quetorze. Some of the. orange sic value. trees, .which are put out in their tubs An active police fori e Ins' r s oli in summer time, and form a most recssors markable avenue along these gardens, to the las. All tia-m- g are promptly arrested and b.u glit le- - are said to be nearly 400 years old. fore the court, whii h sits la t' e s o - These Tui'rles gardens Are especially house on Saturday morn ng. fu " i used as a resort and their judge, a bright I'TiTe TTRow -- o' fl.'t e; ';liuirses, end here may be seen many "sluiw with and Blgultj presides amusing and characteristic scenes- - of surprising knowledge of Icg.l rich-- I Parisian life. nicsllties. A glance at the prisons Is enough to Electric Waves. convince one, that the life of a crimA striking possible application of inal In the George Junior Republic js not over pleasant Culprits are dressei electric nates is pointed out by Proin striped ticking and confined In fessor Lodge, who has noticed that small wooden pens In the state houg. these waves cauce drops of mercury They are placed in charg. of boy keep- and oil to unite, thus overcoming a ers, who are resjionsible for them and difficulty of certain metallurgical He thinks that Scotch without whom they never leave the operations. prison. They are fed on bread and mist could be converted into rain by water and compelled to work at dig- electric .rays, which would precipitate ging ditches or cracking stone. Three most fumes, but doubts if the effect are over, seventy-fiv- e boyi In the Re- upon a London fcg would be as public and onlv unut one-thir- d ce ) 1 ' |