Show COL COLUMN A queer dentist A very queer dentist it beems seems to TOO me he fie never studied at a dental college lie ile lins ins DO no diploma that I 1 know of lib ife does not belong joany medical society yet he 14 1 not a quack that name might ba be applied ton to a duck but not to a turtle As a de dentist atit he Is perhaps a little slow but he does fit faia work well at icart he can pull a tooth out whether he be could put ODO one in or noi not Is another matter the little boy who owns this turtle is named philip that means lover of horses A 6 turtle atlo ia Is not a it horse and cannot travel nearly as fast bat but he be has corae some attraction for philip and I 1 think that that boy might be called a lover of turtles for he lellow now has four of them one day this summer philip found that one of his teeth was retting getting loose lie ile has never had but one set and a second crop of teeth la Is beginning to push the first cr crop op out philips mother was away aleco he could u id not wait for her to como come back he ile thought it was important that this loose tooth should come out at once so he lie went to the seamstress and asked to have a thread tied around his loose tooth S she lie did not wish to do it at first but at last as t I 1 bonsen consented ted e then philip fastened the other end of th thread to a hole bole in the shell of one of hi ht turtles the turtle walked off into th grass philip braced himself and atoo 8 stock tock still in a minute the queer litt dentist had pulled the tooth out I 1 am sorry to say that this dentist turtle has since died leaving a family of four he ire was buried under the grapevine with a fitting epitaph on one occasion this ti turtle U artle went out for a little visit in a neighbors yard the servant had placed upon her back stoop a dish of doughnut fat to cool the dentist left to himself calmly walked into it narrowly escaping an untimely death lie was rescued and after a deal of bathing and wiping was restored to his former self philips turtles are often taken in a small red wheelbarrow to the common pond for their baths they are allowed to swim the length of their strings and then brought home looking frebe and happy the death of the dentist turtle set lis his master to thinking the turtle was silent before his death and has been silent ever since I 1 suspect that philips tongue is not often so silent as that of the turtle it may have been this tills fact or it may be his ill mother thinks that he heard beard the text about silence in heaven for halt half arbour an hour which prompted him to ask the question mamma it if I 1 should die talking would I 1 always keep on talking christian register the queen and her grandchildren A correspondent from the isle of wight writes perhaps one of the most charming incidents of the lifo life of 0 the queen is her grandchildren princess beatrice took her eldest boy a line fine manly little fellow with her to bayreuth and the three younger children were left practically in the charge of their royal grandmother Mornin morning gafter after morning her majesty has taken them out into the grounds and sometimes even to quaint little whippingham ingham they riding in their little carriage drawn by her maje tys latest present a cream colored pony sand and the queen riding in her comfortable donkey chaise the elder of tho the little ones is quite proud of the queens care and he lie assumes a quaint air of discreetness and decorum her majesty insists on the old english title of grandmother and ever and anon the little ones olie will swill babble out some request to her ber which la Is of chui coui ev e lauvai v ably granted A kingson well learned one day ralph used some naughty words to mamma he ile said shut up mamma punished him and told him he must not use those words again the next day it was rainy and ralph came home from with his umbrella up the catch both bothered eyed his little fingers and he wanted to ask mamma to shut up his umbrella for him 11 mamma 11 amma wont you I 1 dont mean the naughty words mamma but wont you pull the stick down youths companion a she ilko like that kind luna of crackers it was the fourth of july A little inks miss was wits told to take her afternoon nap and then she should get up tip and watch the boys put off their firecrackers pretty soon a heavy thunder shobei came on and aunt mary went up to see if miss rachel was frightened evidently she was for she called out at once aunt mary I 1 dont want to heir bear any more water crackers 11 byland Ba baby land woman dear do you 1 know now tho tile two most faithful friends that you have ever had bal in this world no they are not your father and mother but your own two feet do yon yell appreciate the fact that many a time when soro sore and weary the they have carried you home safely without exact exacting ing a fare when you yell have spent your last sou son for ice cream soda or a bunch of posies and now the question arises do you take proper care of these patient carriers do you bathe them carefully every night of your life rub them lovingly and gratefully the poor tired things after nil all your foolish gadding around with a little al alcohol CO or just a wee bit of F florida water and then sift a dust of violet powder between the toes that they may feel cool and rested P if you neglect these things oh woman you deserve all the corns and bunions that outraged nature will ivill send she will ge gei even with you yon in one way or another and knowing of your black ingratitude to the friends that bear your whole burden through every step of your life this is the way she has of showing you her methods of preventing cruelty to feet st louis republic time for Dr drelling while venturing on exact figures figure t the following time table will give an approximate idea of the time required for articles frequently broiled st steak eak 94 loch inch thick underdone 8 steak 91 inch thick with tho the gravy la in 10 steak 91 inch well done li loin chops ai inch thick lightly done 10 loin chops 1 inch thick well done I 1 U neck chops M 14 inch thick lightly done 7 neck chops inch thick well done 9 sheep kidney kidneys split 8 spring chickens split open 35 pigeons split open as fresh herrings her ringi whole 10 to 15 bloaters split 6 0 slices of cod or salmon 9 inch thick and wrapped in paper SO 20 mackerel 15 partridge ilee si mushrooms 10 A pretty haby quilt to make ft a pretty quilt for baby double two yards of cheese cloth basting a layer of wool between turn in tho the edges and run them together with fine stitches tack in squares or diamonds with any color of worsted as in a n comfortable and buttonhole stitch the edges all around with mith zephyr of ft a contrasting cont rastine fc haile use white pink or pale blue cheese cht ie cloth ai N 1 I |