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we! One sacred thing remains to me THE LITTLE L0“! ROCKER. Of all the vanished past, I hold it as a treasure dear By memory's dreams o'ercast. 'Tis the little low rocker where moth- er sat Rocking her babies to and fro. And crooned for them the lullabies That still through memory go. Devoid of paint. with many a scar. And legs that creak with age. M loving thoughts still linger there. Tears soil this written page. For the little low rocker where moth- er sat. Brings up such a train of thought. . On. the deep wooden cradle one foot did rest. While (her hand with the needle wrought. The spinning wheel whose droning sound Hums down throughout the years. And the shining thread, she us- ed to spin. - Glances through falling of tears. But the little low rocker where moth~ er sat.’ Is a link 'twixt the now and then; Though those happy days and home- ly joys. Oan never come again. All. youthl thou flying feet. Far over the hills of time. No sight nor sound comes from thee, Save in faithful memory’s chime; But the little low roeker where moth- er sat. Its spell o'er me ever will cast. For as I look on its ancient form, I Live once more in the past. vanished with back I see again my mother's form, The sunshine on her hair, I hear afresh my mother's voice In music or in prayer; And the little low rocker where moth- er sat. Creaks aye. with a gladsome sound; While the spinning wheel adds its rythmical hum In a happy musical round. â€".â€"â€"-s' WINTER ROSES IN PTOS. ‘ -‘Would you enjoy a few roses in the house during the winter? No doubt you would. but unless you have a very sunny window to devote to them, in as room where you can regulate the heat so as to have the temperature'at about 50 degrees during the night and 75 durâ€" ing the day. grow something else. But, given the sunny window with the right heat, a few roses will thrive as well as geraniums, but not with the neglect that geranium will bear. Pura chase the plants in the spring, prefer- ably two-ycar-olds. because of thein size. The yearling plants are as thrifty as the older ones, and will be as good eventually, but of course the larger plants will give more bloom at once. Have rich soil, and fourâ€"inch pots for the yearling plants, and six~ inch pots for the twoâ€"year-olds. Un- glazed pots are better than the glazed. Put a piece of broken flower-pot over the drainage hole, and a handful of pebbles, or something. for drainage, on top of which place a. few spoonfuls of dry. pulverized hen manure. ' Fill the pot nearly full of soil com- posed of good garden loam. mixed with about one-fourth its bulk of old stable manure, preferably from a stable where cows are kept. Place the plants in the pots with the roots spread out. 'over with soil. and press the whole lawn firmly, adding soil and firming down, particularly around the stems, until the pot is full. \Vater and keep garden, and plunge the pots a few inch- es below the surface. After they are well established. keep the soil above the 'pots lightly stirred. and water sparingly throughout the summer. not neglecting to frequently sprinkle the foliage. Keep a sharp lookout for insects. and if hand picking, and sprinkling with clear water will not keep them off. try some insecticide. A Spoonful of powder- ed white hellebore stirred into a pail of water. and applied to both the upper and under sides of the foliage. will usuâ€" ally do the business. An ordinary whisk broom. if you do not have a crooked neck sprinkler, will enable you to spray the under side of the leaves. This is really the most important part to reach. as there is where the bugs and worms congregate. \Vatch closely for buds. and keep them all picked off. On the approach of frosty nights. lift the ots and remove as much of the soil rom them as possible without dis- turbing the roots. and replace with very _rich soil. Give the outsides of the pots a thorough scrubbing. not a more washing. but a scrubbing with a brush. Take the plants to a warm. sunny room, water freely. and look for blossoms. As soon as each bloom shows any sign of fading. cut it off with all the stalk on which it grew. excepting two or three eyes. This pruning will encourage new growth. and that means more blossoms. After the plants are done blooming. cut them back from one to two-thirds. and put them in a cool collar to rest for a few months: “’hen it a sin becomes warm enough to plant tho: can be tron and again plunged in the garden. where they will brine and store up vitality to: another winter’s flowe:ing. he roses out. agitated to larger pots .553" in a cool. shady place for a few days. 1y or togetherâ€"one a perfect string or- Thon select some shaltered spot in the chestra, the other a military brass band house ‘ spider. and your best weapon is clear water. Keep, if possible, a dish of wa- ter on the stove or radiator. and every day fill bowls with boiling water and set near your roses. Every other day, ‘ H While your roses are growing in the -mâ€" w . I». you will have to fight the red spray both lower and upper sides of’ . the foliage with tepid water. .A quart of water used as a preventive LS worth gallons of the same remedy used as a cure. . The following list of roses, wrth a short description of each, makes a good collection for the window: Enchant- ressâ€"Creamy white, with buff tinted center; free blooming and thrifty. Perle des Jardinsâ€"A free blooming. lovely, yellow rose. second only to Marechal Niel in popularity. The Brideâ€"A pure white. delecately scented rose; a free 'bloomer, with lovely buds. Papa Gontierâ€"A remarkable free blooming, strong and rapid growing rose of an intense shade of rich crim- son. Belle Siebrechtâ€"In color, a deep, rich pink; commences to bloom when such as neither he nor any of his very small; fine in both.bud and flow- progenitors could possibly have em 91" sunset-Free blooming Strong and countered. He may not do the wisest robust in growth. with large and eleâ€" gantly formed flowers and buds; in color it is a. rich golden amber, or old gold, elegantly shaded with dark. lind- dy crimson, resembling the beautiful tints seen in a summer sunset. Ni- phetOsâ€"The loveliest of all white roses for winter blooming; lovely. long pomtâ€" ed, show-white buds; one of the freest blooming roses in cultivation. :~ l PICKLED BEETS. Pickled beets differ from almost any other pickle in the fact that they may be prepared at almost any season of the year and are best when fresh. Boil them till they are two-thirds done. They will require slow, steady cooking for from an hour to two hours, ac- cording to the season, whether sum- mer or winter. The young small beets of summer require the shortest time. Cut the beets in half-inch slices or in fancy shapes, as you please. Add one slice of raw onion to every beet Throw in six cloves and two blades of mace to every quart of vinegar. Heat the vinegar with the spices bailing hot and pour it over the beats, which should be placed in an earthen crock. Add a ta’blespoonful of lgrated horse radish to every quart of vinegar used. These pickles will be ready for use in twelve hours, but they will not keep in perfection longer than two weeks. MUSIC BY WHOLESALE. â€"â€" nomm-kaifie Instrument Equal to any Number or Orchestras. The largest musical instrument on earth will be on exhibition at the Paris Exposition in 1900. It is called an "au- toelectrcpola'phone," and its inventor and builder is an Italian, Antonio Zibordi, who claims to have worked up- on it for fifteen years. The instruâ€" ment executes every kind of concerted music, and contains no less than eight thousand different and independent musical instruments. It costs about $15,000. ;. The inventor has employed most var- ied applications of mechanical skill and electrical apparatus, which are not en- tirely new, but the composition of which represents an incredible am- ount of most careful study and hu- man patience. The instruments will be worked "by means of two petroleum mo« tors, each of three horse power, which, by driving a dynamo, furnish the light for the inside. or the instrument, show- ing its countless details and illuminâ€" ating the hall where it is shown. A curious combination is the small electric fountain within the instrument which will show, in vari-colored light when the lights in the exhibition hall are turned down, the music from the orchestrion continuing all the while. There are two separate sets of in- struments, which can be worked singâ€" of 130 pieces. They have separate sets of cylinders, but there are some pieces for both orchestras, where the two cy- linders are started together. The apparatus will be taken from Mi- lan to Paris on two railroad cars, and after having been admired at the 1900 Exposition it. is the intention of the inventor to present the instrument to Queen Margheritu of Italy. PULLING OFF HATS. ‘-!â€". A Rough Form of noylsh Sport That Ad- pcnrs to be ('ommon to All. " I have not yet lived a million years,’ said Mr. Goslington, “ but so far Iob-l comfortably wi,hin_within | ME ACTUALITIES. ’A LOST REPUTATION'. It is altogether old-fashioned and out-of-date to talk nowadays of ani- mals a little below us in the zoologi- cal scale as being actuated solely by “instinct.” This sort of thing is be- come more ignorant prejudice. Let anybody fair-mindedly watch the pro- ceedings of a moderately clever dog for one day, and then deny that dog intelligence if he can. Put the dog face to face with some circumstance. or some combination of circumstances. thing on the whole. but, then, would an average human being do the wisest thing in a like case? Of course not. But whatever the dog does will be suggested by a natural train of thought, and often by a train of thought of amazing acuteness. Here is no opportunity for the operation of inherited experience. no chance for the work of mere blind “instinct.” Anybody, by the exercise of a mo- ment‘s thought. can recall a dozen such cases to his own memory. and probably not cases occurring to dogs only, but to other animals of all de- grees. â€"VVe expect to present our readers with many instances of the sort. . I . First we offer a case rather of and- acity than of intelligence. but of a very odd audacity. It occurred in the' winter of the year 1894. in Shire Hall Lane, Hendon. on the premises of hire. Rowcliffe. Now. in Mrs. Rowciiffe's farmyard abode a dog of terrible re- putation. His savage and formidable character was famous. not only in the farm. but in the neighborhood round about. ,fl‘ramps avoided Mrs. Row- cliffe's dog. and left hieroglyphics on posts. warning tramps -who might .come after to avoid the jaws of this terrible quadruped. and to keep outâ€" side the radius of the chain that con- fined him. "Beware of the dog l” stared in large letters from a board hard by the kennel, and visitors to the farmyard sidled by With a labor- ious air of indifference. though on the extreme edge of the path, and not that edge that was nearest the ken- nel. So this formidable Cerberus rul- ed the district. and horrifying legends went. among the extreme youth thereâ€" ubout as to the exact number of lit- tle boys and girls per week devoured by way of diversifying his diet. The dog himself understood the state of affairs. and abated no whit of his arrogance. Plainly. the world, of these parts. was at his feet. and he was monarch of all he surveyed. But there was a duck in that farmyard wholly indifferent to the general ter- rorâ€"she never thought about it. in fact. She was_an adventurous and happy-go-lucky sort of duck, always ready to make the best of what luck came along. and never backward to seize her share of the good things â€" and a little extra on occasion. Now. it chanced at the close of a cold day. when the snow lay thick everywhere, that this duck lagged away from the returning fleck. per- haps in pursuit of some pleasantlsnack that it would have been foolish for a duck of business instincts to make too widely known. Anyhow. the oth- er ducks got. safely home, the pen was shut. and this particular duck, our heroine. straggling in alone after clos. ing hours. found herself shut out in a. cold and snowy world.- Never mindâ€"- she made. no fuss. but waddled calmly off round the farmyard to find the best shelter she could. Plainiy the snuggest place was the dog-kennel. Certainly the dog was in it. and snor- ing. but that didn't matterâ€"he’d have to find a place somewhere else. So in floundered the duck and out floun- dered the Terror of Shire Hall Lane. with his tail between his legs. \thlher the cold had affected the Terror's nerves. whether the attack of a quacking biped was so altogether beyond his experience as lo dissipate his strategy. or whether the sheer audacity of the thing induced temporâ€" ary paralysis is not determined; but certain it is that the farm-hands on entering in the. morning found the. dog shivering and crouching outside his kennel. and the duck sousliing the ken- serve that there is one form of play; nel, that is to say, and not within the that all boys have alike during acou- siderable period of their youthful ex- istence. This conSIsts in pulling off i digestive apparatus of the Terror. as everybody would have expected. That dog’s reputation was ruined. Small boys openly flouted him, and other boy's hats and throwing them tramps chalked a different figure on in the street. The desire, or impulse, to do this comes at a very early age, and it remains in the boy until he is pretty well grown. “ It is not unusual to see a boy ten or twelve years old, or even older than that, pull off another boy‘s hat, usually, in such instances, the hat of asmaller boy, and throw it away. Here the act is intended to be annoying and exas- perating, and it is a pretty mean thing for the big boys to do; but little boys do this thing just out of sheer play- fuluess." ___..._â€"< THE PROGRmS OF SCIENCE. Jonesâ€"Medical science is making wonderful strides. isn't it! Brownâ€"Yes. marvelous; I don't be- ever discover a disease lieve they'll . they can't find a name for. l gate-posts. meaning that any tramp in want of a useless, harmless dog might steal one at the place indicated. The duck left the kennel when she thought it time to go and see what was for breakfast. and thereafter used the pen with the others. But though the dog got his quarters again. he. never recovered his reputation. He is n ruined. bankrupt Terror. Of the ultimate fate. of the duck there is no record. Probably it was the. ultimate fate of most ducks â€"â€" a twisted neck. and the rest all gravy and green peas. Though. indeed. one would almost expect this indomitable bird to arise and kick the green peas off the plate. .â€" II. AN UNDEBIRABLE ATTACHMENT. Three years ago "The Cricketers" at Addington. in Surrey, was the scene of a. sad tragedy of love at first Sight. unrequited and. indeed, jeered at. Mrs. Qvendeu was the landlady of "The Cricketers" at that time â€" a charming old lady. who died. alas! early in the present yearâ€"and "The Cricketers" faced Addington Palace. the Archbishop of Ginterbury's resi- deuce. A_smnll farmyard was attached to the run. well populated with the usual sorts of birds. Mrs. Ovenden made an addition to these by the purchase of a few geeseâ€"one a particularly fat one. Now. all was happy in that farmyard before the arrival of those geese. The hens agreed as well together ashens usually do. the chicks found plenty of amusements and few disappointments. and the cock lorded it over all. loved and respected by his subjects. and an ornament and a credit to the yard. But the fat goose brought strife. dis- cord and jealousy. The moment her eye fell on the cock she conceived a violent. attachment for him. The cook, a very respectable bird. was na- turally scandalized. and did his best to avoid the fat goose. But in vain; for the fat goose cut him off from his family and headed him away. She urged him before her. and finally shut him safely in a corner. standing before him to defend her acquisition. while the unfortunate cock humped himself forlornly and brooded over plans of escape. and the indignant hens stared and gasped at an outrage so entirely foreign to all their experi- ence of the world of farmyards. After a while the cock resolved that. at least, he would not be starved. and made a motion to go and pick up something to eat. The fat goose re- flected that this desire for food was only reasonable, and allowed her pet to emerge from the corner for the purpose, but of course, under her strict surveillance. The cock, cheered a little by the concession, proceeded to peek about in his accustomed manner. and made a very fair meal. consider- ing .the circumstances. Becoming fairly satisfied with himself. and still perceiving a few grains scattered near. he raised his voice. according to habit. with a cluck and a gobble. to call his faithful. hens and chicks to the remnants of the feast. They came with the usual rush. but were stop- ped in full career by the fat fgoose. and driven back in confusion. Reason- able refreshment she would permit. but no renewal of the old family ties. This was the beginning of a lsad life for the beloved rooster. A goose in love never listens to either reason or ridicule. and indignation meetings of the hens were as ineffectual as the open scorn and derision of the whole farmyard. The fat goose followed the cock about wherever he went, and passing travellers were attracted by the sight. and called in at "The Cricketers" to ask an explanation .of the phenomenon. The unhappy hens and chicks were deserted entirely, and the persecuted rooster seemed to mediate suicide. So things went. till at last relief came from an unex- pected quarter. 'Mrs. Ovcnden had a favorite little niece. and after this unhappy state of family affairs in the farmyard.- had lasted some time, the little niece had a. birthday. Mrs. Ovcnden resolved to celebrate this birthday byl a dinner. to grace which the best available goose should come to the roosting- jack. The love-lorn goose had lost no flesh in consequence of its unrequit- ed affectionâ€"was fatter than ever, in fact. So Mrs. Ovenden's choice fell on this goose, and this goose fell into a glorious state of gravy and stuffing, to the great honor of the little niece's birthday. The incubus was removed from the farmyard. the rooster re- turned to the bosom of his family, and was received with great rejoicings. III. A DOG STORY. The hero of this little tale was an ordinary dog enough to look at â€"â€" a common fox-terrier. and not particu- larly well bredâ€"by name. Zig. .But his character was extraordinary, in- deed. He had a most violent temâ€" per. and a most wonderful individu- ality and independence of everybody and everything; and his pluck was al- most incredibleâ€"fear of any sort or kind he knew not the meaning of. His great accomplishment was diving â€" an accomplishment entirely self- tnught. and one be delighted in. He would dive to the bottom of any pond, however deep, and bring up anything he might find. Great crowds would collect to watch his extraordinary feats. and his owner, Mr. G. C. Green, now of Buluwayo. then living in Bromley. Kent, was extremely proud of him. Zig would deliberately walk into a pond from the edge, along the bottom, and then swim to the sur- face with uny treasure that he may have found. On one occasion he div- ed inlo one of the Keaton ponds and brought up from the bottom on old. water-logged bop-pole. The thing was big and heavy enough. but Zig was nowise donated. and struggled ashore with it. almost dead with ex- haustion. Nothing would make him give up his prize. and presently he set off for home by himself. dragging the pole with him. regardless of his master. He took a short cut. that was his independent way. and present- ly found his way barred by a paling. The pole wouldn't. go through as he was carrying it. so Zig. who was be- .ing closely watched. just sat down and thought the difficulty over. Thcn he laid hold of one end of the pole, and backed between the posts of the fence. dragging his property through endwise. finally arriving home in tri~ umph with the pole. There can be no question of the exerciw of deliber- ate reason in a case like this. In ad- dition to Mr. Green himself. the feat was witnessed by Mr. \V. H. Hawkins and Mr. J. A. Shepherd. Poor Zig was drowned at last. in worse of a stroll along a pond.bol- tom. He never rose to the surface. and doubtless was caught by weeds. .._â€".-â€" â€"__‘-â€"â€".. _ In idleness there is perpetual .dcâ€" speltâ€"Carlyle. PEANUTS VERSUS TUBAGGU HOW YOU MAY RID YOURSELF OF USING THE WEED. _â€"â€"q A Chicago Specialist “‘ho Says 111:! He Has Found 1: Sure (‘ure For the “Habit.” However fantastic my particular me< Lbod of dealing with the tobacco habit may seem on paper, it 'will effect a cure if faithfully carried out. writes Sydney Flower. LL.D. In the first place. be sure that your patient really desires to break off the habit of using tobacco. In the second place, remem- ber that your patient will react accord- ing to the impression your manner makes upon his mind. If you speak lightly of your method of treating him he will hold that method in small esteem. Therefore. speak impressively, and if he smiles at your modus oper~ andi frown him into a decent humil- ity. Suggestion alone is not sufficient to hold the average tobacco user, and you will therefore add a material medicine in the shape ofâ€"peanutsl Yes, my friend, ludicrous as the idea seems. there lies in the vulgar peanut a charm to sap the power of My Lady Nicotine and free the fotlered slave. “in all drug habits there are two conâ€" ditions to combatâ€"physical and men- tal, or physiological and psychological. I use peanuts to offset the physical cravmg and suggestion to calm the mind. ' What is the condition of the user of tobacco if the weed. is withdrawn! It is important to understand this, be- cause there is but a slight variation in one dozen cases from the average. The condition is one of mental unâ€" rest, some physical sensations and ner~ vousness. The withdrawal of tobacco acts as a withdraw] of a powerful ton~ 10, because this weed, used first as a nerve sedative, becomes by force of us- age A NERVE STIMULANT. Let us take the mental condltlon at first under consideration, 1 do not try to put a tobacco user to sleep, be- cause it is an unnecessary perform- ance, but give him positive suggestions while he is sitting opposite me to the following effect :â€" 1. That it will be easy to break him of the habit. 1 2. That he will not suffer, despite the fact that he has tried to break off pre- v1ously, but has failed on account of the discomfort ensuing. 8. That he is not a hero or a being to be pitied or sympathized with, beâ€" cause he'will not be called upon to dis- play any heroic qualities of endurance. fl. That if he follows directions he Will not suffer from nervousness or "smknngs" at the pit of the stom- ach‘. ‘ 5. Thur. he will begin at once to gain in weight; that his memory will be sharper and more tenacious, and that his digestive organs will regain tone; that his nerves will be as steel, his muscles as iron, and his complexion will lose the muddy hue which more its comeliness. 6. That the habit is 'uncleanly,-â€"in fact, degradingâ€"and that its gratifi- cation entails a gross waste of money. _\V hot right has he to literally burn his income when his wife is compelled to wear a gown that is out of dale? In the event of the operator being him- self addicted to the habit of smoking it is wiser to omit No. 6. Thus, then. do I prepare the patient": mind for the lightness of the task be~ fore him, laying special stress upon the fact that he will at no time con- sider himself an object of compassion or self-pit , for if he believe himself to be per orming a deed of no small heroism, he will suffer agonies, where- as if his abnegation is ignored and taken as a matter of course he will react accordingly, Now as to the physical symptoms. They will be but slight if the above preâ€" paration of the mind is properly done. and will Show themselves in occasional [ruins about the region of the heart. sinking at the pit of the stomach, a lassltude, weak and accelerated pulse an ' MUSCULAR TW'ITCHING S. Nervousness, jumping at a sudden nurse and irritability off temper will be in evidence, but will be greatly mo- dified by suggestion. Prescribe peanuts, to be eaten slowly. constantly and continually. He must be occupied; busy him therefore with peanuts. He would, if left alone, think tobacco; he must. on the conlrnry, think peanuts. Has he a loathing for mounts? All the better. He will learn to love them for their nutritious qual- ities and intrinsic flavor. 'lflocs his stomach rebel on the second or third day! Has he bilioufinoss or colic? it is still well, bectluse no man when bil- ious desires tobacco, Observe that you are supplying him With material for his digestive organs to work upon, and that his jaws are not idle. There is no vacuum. and there will be, under his rcgimen, no Sinking at the pit of the stomach. A fer-ling of l'ulncss, perhaps; a plethoric condition; a reuse of satiety; but this is exactly what we desire to bring about. Keep the system busy and at work; keep the mind at rest. Ah. my friends. how true it is that the mouse. may gnaw lhe ropes llmt bind the lion! Even the plebian [mn- nut may be the means of rcslnring harmony to an afflicted household. 1 have known this bumble agent. lukcn according to directions. slretch strong men Upon beds of sickness from which they rose in the course of a day or two clean of heart and purged of the craving for tobacco. l have known of others whose stomachs were not upset, and who went their way rejoic- ing and waxed fut speedily. l have never known of a failure if the ab0ve directions were carried out. The tobacco habit is not worthy to be classed as a drug. WW u g‘wahkvw.‘v‘flflw ' 4 l 4 4