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Show THE FRE MOUNG Brunelleschi, and he carried it forward to successful completion; it has the largest diameter of any dome in the world. It served as a model for Miehael Angelo in projecting the dome for St. Peter’s, it is also the plan on which the dome of St. Paul’s, in London,is built. Fokks. NHANES eye : TR KEN | ay y i in Ff, My ihi ~<ii— es An Improbable Story. It is amusing to hear the stories sometimes told of prominerit* men, stories which have little or no truth in them, and, indeed, which in and of themselves are simply impossible. There is asuperstitious strain in human nature, however, which is prone to delight in the mar- velous, and if it be united with ignorance, the most incredible fictions may pass as honest truths. Our young friends, when they hear improbable stories, should THE LAND OF LITTLE PEOPLE. learn to them and subject them known Lies a land where all have been, along its meadows its noises only seem Like the echo of a tempest Or the shadow of a dream; And it grows not old forever, Sweet and young it is today— "Tis the Land of Little People, Where the happy children play. And the things they know and see there Are so wonderful and grand, Things that wiser folks and older Cannot know nor understand. In the woods they meet the fairies, Find the giants in their caves, See the palaces of cloudland the mermen in the waves, Know what all he birdies sing of, Hear the secrets of the flowers— For the Land of Little People Is another world than ours. Once ’twas ours; ’tis ours no longer, For when nursery time is o’er over shore and meadow, Talking to the birds and flowers— For the Land of Little People Is a fairer world than ours. Auckland News. EASY WHEN ONE KNOWS At a banquet courtiers protect navi- county of Dey- onshire. When he set out on his famous voyage to the South Seas, it is said, he told his wife thatif he was away ten years she might passed igator on the of the marry again. by without any news of and without any failing part of Lady Drake. At prescribed time, however, ‘Ten years the of the she navfaith end con- sented to listen to the addresses and at last to consent to become the wife of a suitor. The bridal train were on their way to the church, when lo! a vast round stone fell whizzing from some high ground, close by her side, and its weight on the skirt of her dress detained her steps; whereupon she turned back, for she said she knew the rude messenger By and by Sir Francis returned in the guise of a beggar and asked alms at his own door; but while he was pouring out an invented story of his distress, he smiled an unmistakeable smile, and his wife led him. joyfully into the hall. The stone remaining where it fell was used as a weight upon the harrow of the farm, and if removed from the estate returned of its very improbable, even impossible, according to the knowledge of matters and things that he has gained. To imagine that a stone can return to a certain place of its own will, is according to inanimate matter a quality that it does not possess. The story says, too, in honor grandees English Even the youngest reader will recognize HOW. given and would great traditional in his native that this story is of the great navigator after having made the discovery of America, some of the assembled course own accord. Some of our young friends have doubtless heard the anecdote of Columbus and the egg. concerning to the tests of came from her husband. Through the Land of Little People We may wander nevermore; But we hear their merry voices And we see them at their play, And our own dark world grows brighter And we seem as young as they, Roaming reason gator, who livedin the time of Queen Elizabeth. Moreover, it was not the only wondrous story of him that became green. Where the busy world we dwell in And this Francis Drake, the Played beside its sparkling waters, And facts; and them against numerous impositions of more or less harmful character. A story of this sort was told of Sir Far away and yet so near us, Danced think were inclined to belittle his accomplishment. Columbus, taking an egg in his hand, re- that Drake was away for more than ten years, when the simple fact is that he was away less than three. The story is a mere fiction and when submitted to the tests of known facts its unreliability is at once disclosed. Our young friends should learn to reason about the things they. hear. quested the company to stand it on end, ee which they vainly endeavored After all had tried it and to failed, he do. A Numerous :Family of Dogs. Many of our readers will doubtless be interested in the representation here given of a dog with her family at play. “anyone could do that; so could he discover America after being shown how.” The argument was effective. A similar story js told of Brunelleschi, the great Italian architect, wholived just prior to the time of Columbus. He died in 1444, two years after Columbus was born. Vasari relates that at the could make marble base. tried it but to that an egg The architeet Brunelleschi to do it. who stand upright on a assembled failed architects and then requested He took the egg, broke the end with’a gentle tap,and then stood it upright /on the slab. They all broke out in the exclamation, that any |: one could do that! To this Brunelleschi smilingly replied that had they MISS DAISY. l|tah fracker Factory, One day Miss Daisy with much skil]— I don’t know where she loarned it— Snipped here and there fer wreath until Into a cap with plait ed frill And long white strings, she turned it. “And now,” she said, “Tll go and see, | As soon as it is shady, My flower friends— what fun ‘twill be: For they will all, I'm sure, think me A little, nice old lady.” But loud they laughed As though they had When she appeared in And greeted her with WHAT DAISY to her surprise, gone crazy, her disguise, merry cries Of “Ob! you cunning Daisy!" DID. Manufacturers Silver ' — Wide Awake. Nature’s Own Bridges. The most remarkable natura] bridge in the world, says Golden Days, is the Jisrel Hajar, which spans a gorge not far from the ruins of the temple of Adonis, in the province of Lebanon, in Syria. It isa flat piece of limestone rock, from ten to fifteen feet thick, perfectly arched on the under side. The gorge is about 15) feet across, and the bridge is about 100 feet from the bed of the torrent below. The bridge is so broad and level that a good carriage road might be made over it. This bridge is surpassed in height by the natural bridge in Rockbridge county, Virginia, about 125 miles west of Richmond, and about two miles from the Jamesriver. It extends over Cedar creek. The height of the arch is 200 feet, and the upper surface of the bridge is 240 feet above the stream. -Curious Facts About Toads, Tree toads are supposed to give notice of rain by their peculiar trilling notes. They can climb smooth surfaces, as flies do on windows. Toads are easily tamed. The Duke of Wellington, the greatest soldier in England, was a kind man. Little Kitten and One Brand of Fine GRACKERS. 113 Main Street, Ogden, Utah, 27 H. Third South St., Salt Lake City __ASPLEMIID. SUCCESS! PIII ~ OOM” He meta boy who was crying, and asked him what was the matter. The boy said he was going away to school, and his pet toad would die, as there was no one to feed it. The duke promised to take care of it, and afterwards sent the boy a card now and then to tell of his pet’s well being. Toads are quiet animals, and can live long without food, light or fresh air. One of the Celebrated Little Maid. One little kitten with a jingling bell; Two little eyes, and—don’t you tell}— Three little bowls of milk up high; Four little leaps by the kitten spry; Five little laps of the yellow cream; Then comes the end of the blissful dream: For one little maid, with two little hands, Makes three little steps to the broom as it stands; THE WESTERN Fireside It has months Organ WEEKLY is the only ever published been before the public and its circulation is in Utah. only four second to only one paper in the Territory. Gives four little stamps and five little blows, And out of the door Alfred the kitten goes. ~ . —Little Men and Women. Tennyson, the Poet. Alfred Tennyson was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., in the year 1810. He once lived on the Isle of Wight, that beautiful part of England where Leigh Richmond lived, who wrote ‘“‘The Young Cottager” and ‘The Tennyson wrote}. Dairyman’s Daughter.” “The May Queen,” which no doubt many of you have repeated in public. Counting Out Rhymes. Mr. H. Carrington Bolton, Trinity college, contributes the following specimen of “counting out” rhymes, collected by him from children and by correspondence: One-ery, two-ery, ickery Ann; THE WESTERN WEERLY Is Contributed Writers to by Some of the Best in the Territory. Fillicy, fallacy, Nicholas John; Quever, Quaver, English knaver; Stinckelum, stankelum, buck. This rhyme is widely used, having been reported to me from Connecticut, Philadelphia and Cincinnati. Itis subject to many variations; ‘‘English knaver” becomes “Irish Mary;” some insert the word ‘‘berry” or the word ‘‘John” before ‘‘buck” in the last line. ‘‘Ickery” becomes ‘‘hickery,” ‘‘stinckelum” becomes ‘‘stringelum,” etc. Our LITERARY, FARM, YOUNG FOLK’S Will A Glimpse of Oliver Goldsmith. _ Qliver Goldsmith was born in the. year 1728; died, 1774. Erin, or old Ireland, claims this poet. He was educated in Dublin. On foot he journeyed through Italy, and France, and Switzerland, playing his flute, by which he often earned his living. He was a beautiful writer. His ‘‘Sweet Auburn,” the Deserted Village, is one of his best. He also ‘wrote ‘The Vicar of Wakefield,” which all shouldread. He wrote several histories, and is most widely known. HOME and DEPARTMENTS be Filled with Interesting Bright and Reading Matter. SUBSCRIBE NoW:! 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