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,f-f-»-+'f-f-f>44-f+»^"f-f4-fi-ft I. YOUNG FOLKS K â- 'Sf ^â- ti ♦ . WILUIS'S Dli^EftlMA. Muw in stecpiH' bonesut tea â€" ITaU' 'tit stulT liko ever'ling ! But she sajs it's good for tan All' my B>8tum in th' Bpring;. Oot 111' sage an' ciirnius out, I'Vr spring fevni-'s gittin' iifi'o, An' tlmy'rc noo'i to liuvo about. Wlicu iii'luria is near. Sulphur 'n' 'lasses i.s all mixed; Kiev to take it twice ji ilay. Slaw is gitliii' tilings all llxeil If til' fever comes our way I If I uiiike a single uioan, Kr if maw she tliinks 1 nets Mopoy-likc er make a groan, She Siij'K, "Take tiiib euHKafrax!" If I give a single snooze, ]Haw slio says, ">'er massy sakcs! Beyoii k(?lehin' some d'seez, Kr 111' fever 'n' tli' shakes?" Men she gits th' hoiieset ton- Hate 'at, stiill like evor'ling I Nen she ups an' doses mo An' begins a-norryinii. Jes' Ins' Sunday night I coughed; Maw pot â- 'out th' oil an' lint. Nen she runnod np in th' loft Fer a bunch o' iieppermint. Nen she sed to yrnn'iun, ".Vow te you s'pose it's fever, maw '?" ran'ma she jcSM.sniooveil my brow, I'olt my puLsoTEgi' toT lier'M'shaw" If I'm fcclin' kind o' sick, Nen maw saj's, "J tol' you so! Git th'.sulphiu- 'n' his.sos, qiiick ! That boy's in for it, I know !" Nen 1 drinks some boneset. (en- Hate 'at stulT like cver'fing ! 'At's th' way maw doctors nie â€" Wish't itljevor wasn't spring ! TOFl TifrVKNOE OF MAltCIA. >• "Oh dear !" sighed Murcia, "Can't I go, mununa '?" "Why, my dear chili!," said inam- JiUi, "1 said no ! .Now, can't yen bo content ?" It seemed thai Marcia wanted to go to a .schoolmate's home to spend the night and her mother did not wish her to go as the schoolmate was not the kind .she wished Alarcia to associate with. Mar(!ia fretted and stewed and tried to think how she could gel rexenije. Slut lluiuglit uwhile, and di'cided to i-uri away. If her mother had looked out of the west window a little while hiler hIio wcudd have seen a little girl go- ing down iho road toward the Cor- ners. Marcia walked along qvatu a long way luitil she came to a cave where she used to play with lier cousins whim tliey came to visit ner from the city. She sto))peil hero and looked in. There weie the pails and broken plates they had been jilaying with. .She went in and said to herself, "1 guess I'll Htay here until 1 get to be a big woman, then I will go homo and I can go anywhere 1 want, to, so there I" She took off lier hat, shawl and gloves and 'laid them on a little tabh; which her cousin .Adolphus had made her. She then picked up her Innidle of (piills, pillows and provi- sions she had brought with her, for she had thought that perhaps she Would need them. She made a bed up in one corner of the cave nnrt put the picivisions in a little crevice in the wall. It was getting dark and she thought she had better eat supper. She put the sandwiches and ii piece of take on the table, then went out to a spring back in thi? pastiu'e to i!ct some water in a tin cup. She came back and ate her supper, wash- ed up the dishes and wiuit to bed. She went to sleep directly and Blept well until she awoke with a start. There was a large form com- ing into the cave. She kept very still. Ah soon as the man, for as lie camo nearer Miucia saw that it was a Minn, came nearer he look u match and lighted It. Ho came over where she was. She partly closed her eyes but not eaough but that shy could Bee that tUe man was her father. He picked her yp in his arm.s and carried hef home to her mother. Sho never heard one word of re- proach from her father or mother and she sometimes thinks she was too naughty to have evw coiuo home again. ^^ AUTIKICIAL NKSTS. Now Is the time for those lovers of birds who pos.sess gardens suit- able to devise means for attracting many species into them for nesting. Those who will take the trouble to do so will be amply repaid later on by the pleasure of watching the domestnc arrangenuuits of our feath- ered friends. The bird most easily to be attracted into our garden and shrubberies is the lively titmouse, nil the variotioH of which, with two ex- ception.s â€" the longtail and crested â€" \vill gladly avail them.selves of an artilicial nesting-place. Ho.xes should bo constructed about twelve inches in length and four inches broad, with a lid that ma^ be easily lifted. At one end a Email hole must be cut for the in- jirross and egress of the tenant. It is as well not to cut the hole too large if your object be to induce the tits to take up their abode in heso boxes rather than the ubi(|uitous sparrow. 'I'hc bo-xes should bo nailed against a tree or wall bc- twce live feet and eight feet from the ground, and should not be tilled with any nesting juaterial, for you ma.v be sure that if a bird selects the sight for its homo it will first of all turn out everything that it contains and stai't afresh on its nest. Ito.xes of the size given will probably bo tenanted during the coining spring by one or other of the following birds : great tit, blue tit, cole tit, marsh tit, redstart; perhaps a shy nuthatch, wlio will take the precaution to .seal down the lid with clay aud contract the entrance with tho same material; or it may be a wryneck, who is (|Uitc capable of evicting a tenant, and who, after turning out the nest and its con- tents, will lay tho eggs upon the 1 bare wood and rear its family in scorning discomfort. Old watering- cans are very attractive to robins, and even to the dainty wagtafT if the can be hung against a wall â€" one such last jear served for the suc- cessfnl iciiriiig of two broods. About the i LON(!-FOUaOTTEN I'ICTURE, "John IMUus, I found this photo- graph in the inside pocket of an old i vest of yours hanging up in tho I closet. I'd like an explanation, l^\'ho.se is it ?" I "Can't jou SCO it's an old picture, I Maria •? What's the use of stiring iiyi memories that " "1 want to know whose picture ! that is." ! "Uatlier a pleasiuit-faced girl, isn't she '!" "I want to know her name." "Ko jealous fury in that counten- ance, is there ?" "Whose is it '?" "It's a portrait of a girl I used to think a great deal of, and " "Vler nan:o, sir ?" "Well, you sat for it yourself, Maria, about nineteen years ago; but to tell (he truth I always did think the pleasing ex[U-ension was a : little overdone. I'ut on your spec- itacles and look at it again, and then compare it with the reflection in that mirror over there, an<l seeâ€" what are you getting mail about?" Bronco Peteâ€" "What kind of a -loath would you prefer t<^ ilie, To»ei" j Tornado Tomâ€" "Oh, T kinder think I I'd sooner die In a feather bod. with j kindly female faces clustered round, 1 and a few weeping childn-n. and a I minister." Mronco Pete â€" "t)h, but I moan sulhin' within tho range of â-  proliability â€" would .vou sooner bo lynched, shot, stabbed, or hit on tho head with an axe?" I Am Stron Nervous System Was EKhaustetl anJ Pa!ns Wei-o Almost Unbear- ableâ€" Koalth EostototI by Dr. Chase's lerwe % As a convaloHcent food there is no- thing to be compared to f)r. Chase's Nervo Food. tJrndually and certain- ly IhiM treatment oiu'iches the weak, watery blood, restores vitality lo lh(t Wasted nervous system and builds up ih(! body gcnorully. If you are pale, weak, Mervinifi, ir- ritable and unable to idee]) or i«*t there is hc.nllh anil Hlrength awaiting L you in the use of lir. C'ha.se's Nerve r'oofl. Mrs. J. TTatcher, 22 J Sherbi-ooko street, I'oterboro', (int., and whoso husband is u motduer at tho Ilainil- ton Foundry, Btntes: "I had nn at- tack of indnnimntory rheumatism, which left me in a very rundown â- tate of health, and in fact my whole »(*t rouH system stH^med oThnustpd and Woru out. I could not sleep, nnd at timoB the pains in my head were al- most unbitarable. As a residt of those symptoms I was imable to at- t(!nd to my housework, nnd felt mia- ernble mo.st of tho time. ! (Ill the advice of n friend, I begun using Hr. Chase's Nerve food, and I can any that it has proved of very groat heiietit to mo. I am able to , do my own work now. nnrt feel j stronger and hoallhier than I have for yoar.i. I can (riithfully state that this is duo to tho ««! of 'i'r. Chase's Ner\e Food, which I consider a great health builder." Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. .'lO cents a box, si.x boxes for $2.50, at all dealers, or Kdninnson, I'atcs & Co., Toronto. To protect you against iinitation.si, the portrait and signature of l>r. A. W. Chase, the famous r<^ ceipt book author, are on o\er> box. ....House I HOME MADE UUGS. Mrs. Candacc Wheeler, well known as a promoter of women's industries and for her articles on and designs for lioine decoration, has written a hook on "How to Jlakc Hugs" in which she suggests that the weaving of rag rugs might solve the prob- lem of how to earn nn independent incojne for some women in form homes. .Just at present, rag rugs are quite "the juoper thing" for the floors of country and seaside cottages for piazzas, for bedrooms, and bath- rooms, nnd for general use. They have been foond to bo durable, suitable and economical for such purposes, and have been seen on sale at tho ware- rooms of one of the largest decorat- ing firms in this city. The rugs are woven out of new rags, in two-yard lengths, with border and fringe at each end, and are not only useful out salable. Rag carpets have been made for many years and almost every coun- try neighborhood has oven got its "wo.avor" â€" who is usually over- crowded with work, and has no time for rug-weavinir. It would be pos- sible to .wt up u nov/ industry with- out infringing upon tho established one. Fi!W old looni.^ still exist, un- fortunately; the er.a of cheapo jute and ingrain carpets brougiit most of f.iein to the wood-pile, and tho secret of the onlv diOicult part of weaving, the warpinir. or placing tho warp in the loom, died with the v.'omon who years ago, wrought upon them. There are still looms to bo piirchnFed, how- ever, and where nn old loom still stands tho secret of wari)in:j may be learned from tlio nearest \voa%er. THE FIR.ST NICCKS.SITY, after the loom, is tho carpet warp, which can be bought at any country storeâ€" a tact which shows the preva- lence of homo weaving. 1 he warp can be bought in white or colors, tho latter being not always reliable, (nc of the chief recommendations of these rugs is that they are washable, there- fore tho colors must be fast and not fafle or "run." Mrs. Whei'lor recommends the color- ing of w^arp and rags at home, by tho old-fashioiuHl process, which pro- duced fast colors. Some of the ani- line dyes fade, nnd rugs that fade would soon bring discredit on the en- tire industry. A faded warp is e.<»- pecially detriniental to the good looks of a rug. A good indigo blue will neither run nor fade, and a number of shades can bo produced with indi- go. Mrs. AVheeler says that orange and a very deep red are tho only two colors in warp that she has found reasonably fast, and the orange "runs" so badly that it must bo steeped in warm water before using; and she adds that she has used the water in which it has boon stooped to dye cotton rags, which take a good lemon yellow from it. Orani;e red, nnd the crimson rod known as cardin- al she oxcoi>ts from the usual com- mercial dyes. By dippin.g orange warp in indigo blue a fast, bright green can bo secured, nntl this with the colors mentioned, give a choice of five colorsâ€" green, blue, oranse, red and white. Uuga intended for s;ilo must be made of new rags, nnd here the ipiestion of economy must be con.sidiuod. 'the waste from cotton mills can he bought for from ton to twel\e cents per pound, and consists for the most |iart of piece ends,â€" the imperfect bo- ginnino-s nnd eiioings that iiii'st be torn off when the piece is made up. This makes nn ideal AfATKUlAI, FOl! WKAVlXt!. Cotton bought by the yard is mere expensive, and it would bo necos.saiy lo ligure out. the cost and .see whether ruga could bo made at a prolit b.v using it. To many it would seem n crime to buy now goods to tear up into carpet rags. Hought by tho piece, the goods would come cheaper. The old fashioned way of s.-wiiig carpet rags will not answer iii this new departure. The tilling iiiu.st be smooth, without luni|is or ends. If tho pieces are largo enough the edges may be la|>l>ed and Kewi\d on tho ma- chine; the lap shtnild be from a (|^ar- ter to half an inch, and lie sewed I twice. The cloth can thin be torn I tho seams being cut with tho scis- sors; the work is exjioditiously done, and a smooth linisli secured. The rags should bo tru-ii instead of cut, wher- ever possible, as uniform width is thus secured. In ordinary cotton cloth an inch is recomiuendod as the most suitable width. A pound and a half of cotton rags will make a yard of ynrd-wido weaving. The simplest weaving, says Mrs. Wheeler, is warp of indigo blue and white filling. There must be nn al- lowance of five inches of warp tor fringe before tho weaving is begun, and ton inches between the first and second rugs, to make the frimre for each. Tlio rug should measure three foot l>y six, without tho fringe. The latter" is to be knotted, six threads to a knot. Such a rug can bo as easily washed as a counterpane, or may bo thrown on the grass during a hoav.v shower and bo thus washed. Variations on this are easily made, t>no way is to use half a pound of blue rags to the two nnd a half ro- (tuireU to make up tho three pounds of tilling rojjuirid for n six foot rug. This blue material must bo distributed through tlio rug evenly, and a good way is to divide each color into three portions so there is tin equal share of the blue in each third of the riig. A I!OUDE:u AT EACH ENI3. may be made by weaving in from eight to ten or even more threads of blue or any desired color, and scat- tering the rest "haphazard" in short Ien;^ths through the body of the rug. Dark and light blue rugs on a white Warp make an ellective rug, and where much blue denim is worn the materi- al is easily securtKl. In any except a blue rug a stripe of red in tho bor- der is effective. A red wajp with a white filling will mako t> iiink rug; if begun and linhshed with a half inch weaving of the red used for warp, with the red fringe a pretty border is provided for. The rule is a light w^rp with dark filling, and dark warp with light or white lilling. Larger rugs can be made by sewing breadths together and adding a bor- der. Mrs. AA heeler advocates the buying of cheap, coarse muslins and calicoes which can be bought at from four to live cents a yard, l-'roin eight to ten yards, according to fineness, , will make a yard of weaving. Very cheap unbleached cotton, that ap- proaching the fpiality called cheese- cloth, dyes well and makes a light, strong, elastic rug. A well made rag rug will soli for $2; if prettily made in colors, from $2.50 to $3.50. Some on which ex- tra work is expended and which are artistic in color, will bring S*t to 56. Tho average to bo reckoned is about $2. Mrs. Wheeler says that her most succe.ssful rag rug is a cardinal rod wo\on on white warp. It was made of white rags treated with cardinal rod .diamond dvo. and was purposely made uneven â€" that is, pains were taken to let the rags shade in color f''om dark to light. The border con- sists of two four-inch stripes of "hit er miss" green, white and rod rags, placed four inches from either end. with nn inch stripe of red between, the ends finished with a white knotted fringe CHOICE RtOCIFES. Ginger Snaps â€" Mix one-half pound of butter with one and one-half cups .••ugar, add one and a half teaspoon- tuls of baking soda dissolved in hot water, three eggs, season w ith ground ginger, and add one cup of flour, KoU tJ)iii, cut as desired, and bake in a iiuick oven. Cup Pudding â€" Take two eggs, one cup of nielicd butter, one cup of sweet milk and one cu|i raisins seeded and chopped, two cu|)s of flour, two teasno'ns baking powder mixed with Hour and a little .salt. Half till tho cups and steam four mimites. Serve with sauce. Chocolate Filingâ€" Heat one cup of milk ana two tnble.spoonfuls of grated chocohile together, then add three- fourths of a cup of sugar and yolks of three eggs beaten to a cream. Fla- vor with vanilla and bake with under crust, with a moringe of tho whites spi'oad over tho top. A teniuting pick-nie-ui> for an inva- lid can ho I'reparod by beating up the white of a new-laid egg, add the yolk, ilogother with a spoonful of wine or brand.v, a little ca.stor svigar, nut- meg, nnd vanilla essence to taste, boat well, and serve in a breakfast cup with a few wafer biscuits. Tea lli.seuit â€" Take oni>-lmir cii]! su- gar, a piece of butter the si/e of an lisr (mi'lted), one egg not be.aten. then aild one cup of milk, a little luitmeg. mix them together and St io into three cupfuls sifted flour, into wliicli you have I'lit two nnd one-half toaspooii- fu!s of baking powder. A simple and most beneficial rem- edy for catarrh or cold in the head is to mix about 15 drojis of eucaly[ tus oil in a tea.spoonful of vaseline and villi a little inside tho nostrils at night befoie retiring to bed. In this way the tiiines of the oil are inhaUvl iiH night while the patient is asleep. Imperial Souii â€" (^ook a sliced onion uiid carrot in one teaspoonful of Imtter three minutes, then add on' rpiart stoel;. Cook lii'teen minutes, strain, nnd ad*l one pint of milk, one tablespoonfiil each of Hour and butter bleiu' • "n.ii.i- i^iicl suit, thou add four Itablesrooiifiil.s grated cheO!=e. Cook I ten minutes. I HINTS TH II01!S1',KK,1:!M;US, To remove the white sjiots from zinc-lined sinks, or from stove zincs, jruii with a cloth wot with keios,me, 'says a correspmident of the I'ractical Farmer. I A cooking school teacher cautions her pupils against stirring oatmeal while It is cookini;', as doing so makes it jmsty. Oatmeal, to he at best cHtato, ought to he cooked slow- ly, thi(v or four homn. Tho nlwnys .at htind siilidiiir match is the most conve'nicnt thing for re- moving ink stains from the lingers. IVtoisten tho suljihur end with cold water and rub the stain until it di»- appears. Hake apples for breakfast. Hake them the day before, if you haven't tune to do it bolore the meal, and if tho tnniily prefer them warm, just sot them in the wnriner. Serve with nice sweet crt-ain nnd yotl have a healthful, appetizing dish, which tends to reduce tho quantity of meat eaten. .After one is M<>. tho tendency of the average individual is to eat more meat than is good for hitn. Tho baVed npplos supply the digestive tract with fruit acid.i, which aid di- gi>stion nnd supply mineral salts also. Not nlw.iys baked apples, hut fried npi'los nnd apph' s,inrc â€" apple sauce cookeii slowly for wnio time till rich and jelly-lik*. A CRISIS IN WOMAN'S I.IFE. There are Backaches and Head aches and Days When Life Seenu Scarcely Worth Living. There conies a time in the life oi all women when they are face ti face with a grave crisis; when then are distressing backaches, head aches, dizziness; when even 'sonil women are threatened with the losi of their reason; when they suffer be cause they are women. The happi ness of women for the rest of thch lives depends upon being safely tid ed over this crisis. Dr. Williami Pink Pills have proved a blessini to women at all ages, and are par- ticularly valuable at two critical periods â€" when girlhood is mcrgin| into womanhood and when womci are approaching the turn of life These pills make the rich, red b!oo< that stimulates ; 'I the i^rf-iis oi the body, expels disea.se and make* the weary sudcrer bright, active and strong. Mrs. A. Jones, Cypress River, Man., says :â€" "Out of grate- fulness 1 feel that I must let you know the good Dr. Williams Pink Pills have done me. For years 1 suffered from inflammation of the Womb and kindred troubles. Only those who have been similarly af- flicted can tell how much I suffered, or how dreary life seemed. I tried many medicines but none of them helped mo. Then I was advised to try Dr. Williams Pink Pills. I am grateful now for that advice, for after using about a dozen boxes every symptom of the trouble dis- appeared and life again seemed worth living. It is now several .vears since I took tho pills, nnd as there has bccnino sign of the trouble since, I fool safe in saying the cure is permanent." What those pills have done for Mrs. Jones they will do for all suffering women if given a fair trial. But you must got the genuine with the full name "Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People" on the wrap- per around eveiy box. Sold by all medicine dealers or sent by mail post paid at 50 cents a box or six boxes for S2.50 by writing The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockvillo, Ont. JAPAN'S MARY JANF.. Politeness di.stinguishes the rela- tions between mistresses and maids in .Japan. Even the ceremony of "giving notice" is turned into an occasion for coiupliments. A ser- vant will never tell her mistress that she is dissatisiied, that would De unpardonably rude. Instead, sho asks for a few days' leave of ab- sence. This is willingly granted, for Japanese servants have no set- tled time for taking holidays. At the end of the given time the mis- tresg will begin to wonder what has become of the girl. A letter arrives, couched in tho most polite and hum- ble terms, and giving a'ny excuse but the real one. Sometimes it will be that sne has found herself too wea> for service, or that illness at bomi detains her. Whatever it may be. tho plea is never contested, but ac- cepted, a:t final, and u new servant engaged. 'I'hcn. after some week! have passed, the old sei-vant will turn up one daj\ express her thanks for past kindnes.sos, will take her ar- rears oi wages' and her bundles, and disappear for ever. So the mattei eiuls. with the -semblance of kindest feeling on both sides. Choll.v (oxaminiag first print troiii tho negative) : â€" "Isn't there som< way to make iny moustache show a littlo plainer ?" IMiotographer;-- "Why. yes: you migiit wait a few years and then come again." EXPERIKNCEl) MOTHERS. ]Oxi>erienco(i mothers know that most of the troubles that aftlict young cliildren are duo to some de- rangement of tho stomach or bowels, and that if the cause is removed tho little one will be plump, ros.v and happy. For such troubles us indi- gestion, colic. eonslipatuin, diarr- hoea, simple fevers and tetithing troubles there is no medicine in thi wo>ld can" equal Baby's Own Tab- lets. 'Iho action of the Tablets is speedy, and above all things safe, as they contain not one particle of opiate or harmful drug. Ask nn,\ mother who has used tho Tablets and she will .soy that tl'.ey are tho best medicine in the world. Mrs. John tiill. Cranberry, Que., says :â€" ".\fter havijig thoroughly tested lialiy's Own Tablets I can sa.y they are the best remedy for the ail- ments of littlo ones I have evcf used. No mother should be with- • out them in the 1iou.se." You can j get tho 'I'ablets from any druggist or they will V>e sent by mail at 25 cents a box by writing The I'r. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., lirockvillc, Ont. LESSENING THE SENTENCE. , A judge in Vienna recently had be- fore him a prisoner against whom thoro were over 4liO charges of theft. He was convicted of all of them, and if ho had Ihhui sentenced for the full term of punisHment he would be doomed to 2.5(10 years' .imprisonment; hut tho judge's heart melted, ami. in passing sentence, he took olT 1,(I0(.> years. DR. A. W. CHASE'S n!| CATARRH CURE Is seiu direct to the dtseiitO l>.irts by tha Imprc-vcd Mc.wer. Heals ihe ulccis. clears Ihc »lt p.tSMff«», itopj tll-opp:r?« In th* throat ard rK-rcD*^>aniVy cures Catarrh acil Hay rtver. Plowcf -â€" â- â- T. All d,-a!cra. or br. A \V ( hiM "^ kirdlcino Co.. Tocontn tint B«tU«t