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Show FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. I SOME COOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. Jsnnls'i I.Unrh Party" As Ton Kail tha Voyags of Lira, Nsvsr Pall to Aaawer a Klgual of Distress Vo bca Oua. IThau-va- r la tha Holidays. OL'LD the empty irhoolbouw the long Through vacation, Thla la what I think iwouitl say In ita deaulatiun: me! dear "Oh, where can they he, All the went feet that In anil out, and out and In, me skipping? Where the mire at play Are the only eounda I hear. to-d- ay Where are all the little men. Where each little lady? Some are In the eweet green fields, Home In woodlanda ahady. Some alloat in painted lioat Slide along with eaay motion, Some are building aandy lowers Uy the big. blue ocean. ar away ahouta at iluy Are the only Bounds I hear. Yellow leaven are falling now. Rummer time in over; They will soon return to me, livery little rover. Girin amt boya, with pleanant noise Happy little voices humming, They will gather round my door Listen! they are coming! Laughter sweet and hurrying feet Are the merry Bounds I hear." -- E. H. a. Jennie's Lnneh Tarty. Jimmie and Jennie were on the Coney Island boat. Their Uncle Jack had taken them for areat. Uncle Jack always took Jimmie and Jennie to. lots of places when he came from a voyage. He was brown and bright-eye- d and Jolly, and was always giving somebody something. "Second mate of the Lady Gay, sounded very fine to Jimmie, and be always hoped to be a sailor himself one day. You must get some schooling, of course, Uncle Jack' said, "but now and then you'll have a holiday and you shall go to Bea with me. Jimmie was sure he would like It all the time, but Uncle Jack said no one knew bow his ideas might change as he grew up. Well, as I said, Jack and the children were on their way to Coney Island, and so were a lot more people. Uncle Jack had carried three seats well forwarded up Into the sharp point of the boat where the water seems so close, and then he had gone to get a nice chair with arms for a poor looking woman with a sick baby in her arms and a little boy holding lo her dress. Then he set to work to make the children what he railed comfortable. He called the boy with a basket of tarts and bought a dozen. Then an old man with a tray full of packages of candy, each warranted to contain a prize, went around the boat, and Jimmie had lemon drops and Jennie had gum drops, and they were wondering what the prizes would be when the orange and banana boy came up, and Uncle Jaek bought fruit for them. Was there any thing Uncle Jack did not buy? They asked him If he was not afraid he would spend all his money, and he answered that that was what he came ashore for. "A sailor does not get a chance to buy anything while he Is on board his ship, he said, and he doesn't care to take his pay out with him. Why, suppose he was to go down to the bottom some stormy night, think of the good money that would be wasted. Jennie began to cry over the idea of Uncle Jack going to the bottom of the sea, but he told her there was very little danger, and asked her If she did not know that there was a sweet little cherub that sat up aloft to keep watch o'er the life of poor Jack. Then the man with sandwiches came up. and Jack bought a quantity of him and sent for some glasses of lemonade, and then he went away to smoke a cigar where there were not so many ladies. "For ladles are apt not to like moke, he said, "and It's not polite to puff It where the wind may blow It In I want 1 IN THE some. a cake, sobbed Patsey, want bananas. See, they've got "Behave yourself and ate your bread, said the mother. Jennie, you can have your company to lunch if you want It, whispered Jimmie. "Such poor, shabby folks, whispered Jennie. "Rich folks dont need It, said Jimmie, weve got enough for all. Then Jennie put down her pride and turned to the woman: "Please, she aid, "weve got too much for ourselves. Uncle Is so generous. Wont you help us eat It up? The woman hesitated; her face turned red; at first she seemed about to refuse, then Bhe altered her mind. "You are very kind. Miss.'' she said. "Patsey is a little pig, and I never thought to bring more than a bit of bread. He'll Then be glad of a cake, bless you. Jennie smiled, and taking some paper divided all the nice things into four portions, and turned the chair so that they could all use it for a table. The boy ate as only a hungry boy could. At first the poor woman would not take anything, but Jennie was so polite that she took her share after a while, and said: "It is really a refreshment, little Miss and Master, and you're very kind to offer It, and Patsey is as much obliged as I am, though he doesn't say what he ought. Jennie was very glad she had taken Jimmies advice, and did not mind at all when Sara Brown, a girl Bhe went to school with, passed and looked at them contemptuously, saying to her sister, Hoy queer of Jennie Bright to pick up such company. I shan't speak to her. Why. those folks are almost beggars. When Uncle Jaok came and took the children away, he said a civil word to the woman, told her her boy was a pretty little chap, and hoped the baby would get well soon. Moreover, he sent the waiter to her with a cup of The sort coffee and a plate of clams. of victuals she needs, he said to Jen- Kprrlmsns of tha tinman Kara Vouad In Indiana Mass Farfri-tlDerelvped Tails and Hear Ont tha Darwinian Theory lu Ollier ltefpeeta. 1 Those red-cheek- ed the their va-n- , along tha Heidi of n:ghi; The treea on the ni o u ii t a in are to whinnering each other. And the atreamlel in the darkneta dow hurries from the height. o mAuinir f h IV Ail of WIlllO. l. ps Thou, for whoaa somber eyes my soul la burning! The heads upon thy breast are wanner than the heart within. That holds wild counsel with the night, and reapa strange learning From the black and eddying whirlpool where the stream's last waters win And seethe, and swirl, and spin. Thou sister of the midnight shadows gloomy. Thou daughter of their darkness and their mystery and fear. Thro' the dewy secret pathways, hark! I call thee to me. Thro the night's wild sounds and silences I summon the anear, And lo! thyself Is hero! The Worm words of a baggage expressman and he ought to know. He had gone to a house In the suburbs In response to a hurry call and found the house In a la. start The blossoms close tlielr ears, teat In their sleeping The aorrowa of the niching world their dream; should moan aero The lilrda in the tree-lowing lo wing are creeping, For they fear the wlnda low volcea. and the laughter of the atream. Thro the shadowed ways a Woman Says About a Trank, "When a woman tells you a trunk Is light, look out for It. These are the Taka an Interest Serenade. 1IE ua:nle!'lng lave lost m u u it mm lu r. A ini go In l.er What fft "Well, madam, it seems as Mouth fh MURDERED MOTHER AND 8ON4 bliu'k hens laid all the big eggs. To," raid ahe, that's the way you tell Horrible Tragedy Knneted In n sw them." Hampshire Village, George W. Harris of Waltham shot and Instantly killed Mrs. George 3.: Ponnd liar Keadla, Twelve years ago a woman resident Butters at her home at Conrord, N. 11., of North Tonawanda, N. Y., tan a nee- the other day. He also shot her son, dle into one of her toes. A small Carleton T. Butters. 20 years of age, piece of steel broke off. It waa never twice, Inflicting probably fatal wounds,, Some time afterward she and finished by shooting himself. Harextracted. Her mind as ris called at the Butters home In av; beranu a well si her body suffered and she de- Intoxicated condiliun. He entered thy velop ,1 melancholia. Severe pains at- kitchen where Mrs. Butters was engaged about her household duties. tacked her. They were particular!, Without a word of warning be drew a extreme In her side. One day she eud a small red blotch on her side. revolver and shot her through the left h It wa.i opened. A of discol- temple. Her son. hearing the shot, rushed to was ored found. steel It w:is the part of the needle which his mother's assistance, when the murover a decade ago had found entrance derer opened fire on him, shooting him. to her body through the toe. From twice in the face. One of tha below the left eye and the other the time of Its removal the woman's menial and physical vigor began to Im- in the cheek. Harris next turned ths prove. She la today as well and vigor- revolver on himself and fired, the bullet entering his forehead. The firing, ous as at any time in her past life. alarmed the neighbors, and they rushed to the house, where they found Mrs. Hall's (ioimI Appetite. Butters dead on the floor and her Col. Dcevers was one of the most celwhile the murderer was, ebrated characters in central Ohio. He partly conscious. Young Butters and wts nothing If not prodigal In his gen- the murderer were taken to the hospierosity, his flow of language, his wealth tal. of imagination. The colonel never exHarris, although living at Waltham, plained how he got his title, but he al- Is well known in the vicinity, and had ways Insisted on being addressed by been arrested and brought to court on tuat title. a charge of larceny. He some time ago On one occasion the colonel employed lived with the Butters family, and it a lawyer to attend a trifling matter for la thought that he hud some grudge hlin and promised a speedy settlement tf the account. Time went by and tbs colonel failed to keep his word. The lawyer stirred the colonel up about It the next time he saw him In town, and the upshot of It was that the colonel agreed to send the lawyer a dozen bush-.l- s of the finest apples in Ohio. But no ipples came to the lawyer. One day he saw the colonel in town and Immediately bore down on him for an explanation. He got It. The colonel, taking his friend by the lapel of hia coat, said impressively: "Mr. Williams, I fully expected to send you those apples. I had em, air; yes, sir, 200 bushels of the finest apples ever raised in tli. state of Ohio. I had 'em all rill bed up and one night a denied little ycarlin' bnll broke In and eat 'em all up. Yea, sir, ever laat one semi-invali- Mountain Ledger. Glrla AND QUEER ynm When Jennie told Uncle Jack about Sara Brown, he shook his head. "She's a silly piece," he said, and remember, my dear, as you sail on the voyage of life, always answer a signal of dlstresa New York whenever you see one. great bustle. This lady was going to leave town In an hour and her trunk waa upstairs and had to be brought down and loaded into the wagon. "Ita not very heavy, she said to the man, whereat he spat on his hands and called In his helper. He had all he could do to lift one end. I've found it always the case, said he, "that when a woman says a trunk is light It's dead sure to be heavy, and when she says its heavy I can usually handle it with one hand. I dont know why a woman Is thla way unless she thinks I charge her more for a heavy trunk, and will never find out how much it weighs unless she tells me. But if that Is so, why does she tell me that a light trunk la so heavy? I'll Nebraska State Journal. give It up. STRANGE. CURIOUS PHASES OP LII'C. nie. glrla, with learned books. Are flocking back to school. To fit themselves to break men's hearts their faces. As soon as Uncle Jack was gone the They break the whisper rule. children put all the things he had brought upon the chair they were keepWrltM LaMars to Himself. John Beckwith, the warehouseman, ing for him. What a pile of sandwiches and tarts, cakes, candy, fruit. He had received a letter the other day adtold them to eat everything up. for he dressed in a round business hand and was going to have some coffee and bearing the Oakland postmark. He But glanced at It, rubbed his forehead reclams, which he liked better. really, Jennie aald. we never can flectively a moment, and then, without eat them all ourselves, we ought to opening the envelope, tore it Into bits. have company. "Why did you do that? asked his Just at that moment the pale little partner. "That might have contained boy who was with the poor woman for something of Importance." whom Jack had brought the chair be"No, it didn't. I wrote It myself." Are you In the habit of writing letgan to cry: "Mamma, buy me a cake. he said. "Ate your bit of bread, hon- ters to yourself? "Yes; 1 have to. Now, If j hadn't ey, said the woman. "I don't like bread, buy me cake, buy me pie, buy written that yesterday and mailed It, I me bananas, sobbed the boy. "I'm hun- would have forgotten that bunch of braid, two dozen pearl buttons and five gry, mammy, I don't like dry bread. "Hold your tongue. 1atsey, said the yards of hair rloth that I've got to go woman In a loud whisper. "Mammy up town and buy right now. Once, has no money, hut car fares. Sure It's though. I wrote a letter to myself about for the say air to do us good. I brought something I wanted to remember and ye; be aisy; look at the ships; see tbs forgot to mail It for two weeks. San Francisco Tost. big naves. II ROME ODD CORNER. , Turned, An Illinois farmer came to Chicago aot long ago with a shipment of sheep that looked like they bad done nothing all their livea but run from dogs. After loafing around nearly a week' he per" tuaded a buyer to take them off his hands at a price a trifle over the freight charges. Pity they arent blackfaced," said the buyer. "The blackfaced breed always command a premium; seems to dress out nicer. The farmer did some lightning calculating and then said he would come up in a week with Just what w&s wanted. He kept his word and arrived here on Saturday. He hunted up his buyer, a man named Edwards, and showed his forty blackfaced sheep and a lot of the ordinary run. The blackfaced brought about a quarter of a cent a pound more than the market called for. Later in the day Edwards found a purchaser for his blackfaced stock. I never saw a blackfaeed sheep with pots of white under his eyes and streaks around the nose," said the prospective taker. Edwards had not noticed the white spots before. He went into the pen, caught one of the animals, and when he rubbed his hand over Its face the black peeled off. Edwards Is now cursing the cold irony of fate, while the farmer is no doubt mixing a new lot of black paint for whitefaced sheep. Saturday Press. d. dis-eo- v half-inc- puss-encrust- bullets-lodge- of 'em. REUBEN SENGER. Proof About tha Towar of IlabaL There is In New Orleans a negro .r woman, according to the chief cl the Crescent City, who has drop rooted if not very clear Ideas about the Bible, among them being the conviction that while God wrote some parts of the great book, men put In other portions. One thing which God wrote sure enough, says the article, la the story of the Tower of Babel. Yas-si- r, yasslr. God writ dat, she says; "no doubt 'bout dat bein writ by God IllsselL Hats probed; glory to da Lord. Wy, dey ain't no one nowhere 'ccpt Mcrlrans kin talk clair so's you kin onneratan em. Dat probes God writ 'bout dat tower. news-pairf- According to Itarwln. In April, 1896, the Fourth Ghoorkes were sent from Mandalay, In Burmah, to Shillong, in Assam. As the troops marched through the country of the Ahoms the wet weather obliged them to seek shelter In what appeared to be a granary. The native priesta objected to the quartering of the troops In the llooslsr Freaks, granary, but upon the command of the William Morgan, an Indiana farmer, officers the doors were battered down has a hen which lays an egg tithln an and the troops entered. The granary egg. She haa been producing his kind proved to be an Ahom temple, and four of hen fruit for several days and one of the eggs Is on exhibition at the Doxey house In Anderson. The egg looks like an ordinary hen egg. When broken open the uaual white and yellow are found In proper proportions, but In the center of the yolk Is a second egg about the size of t robin's egg. Its shell Is perfectly formed and ia hard. The Inner egg does not contain any white. The hen la an ordinary looking critter. Henry Etchison, who alsc resides near Anderson, has five bushels of freak corn which has rlpemd early and la already gathered in. The ear looks like any common ear of corn and la properly silked. When the husks are drawn back, however. It la found that Ahoms were within worshiping. It every grain is enveloped In a separate was the first time that specimen! of husk of Ha own, and haa Its tllk. When this remarkable race had been en by the first husk around the groin Is re- white men. The word "Ahom Is de--' moved a second one Is found also with rived from the Sanskrit and means unproper silks, and under it is the fine equaled. These people declare that round grain of white corn. Etchison they are descended from the gM Insays the seed came from Russia. He dia. and refuse to hold communication does not know how to use It. It would with white men. They are a vej;y low probably have to be shelled and then order of human being, apelike In statfanned. ure, with abnormally long arms and perfectly developed tails. Tlielr feet are sliHed on almost the same lines as Kgga Laid by Black Hons. The other day a woman weit Into a those of Hn ape, the toes being pregrocery and said: I want two dozen hensile. The officers brought one of and her children to hens eggs. They must all be eggs laid the Ahom women a photograph was taken where The hens. Shllong, grocar black said: by Madam, I am willing to accommodate of one of the children. you, but you have got the Ust of me A .Unseam Find, this time. I don't know how to tell A Mississippi paper says that a nethe eggB of a black hen from those of Raid Bhe: gro living near Newton who heard his a sprecklod or white one. "I can tell the difference mighty quick. dogs hnrking one night found that they If that Is so, madam, will you kindly had killed a remarkable animal. It pick out the eggs for yourself?" She had a head like a bulldog, ears like a did so, and when the two dozen were mule, legs like a duck and a tall like d minted into her basket the grocer an elephant, and It was looked &t them and said suggestive'.;, like a weasel. lung-bodle- against them on account of the larceny trial, as be thought they had been instrumental In bringing him to justice. A bottle of whisky was found in one of his pockets. STRUCK AND KILLED Fraying for Fro--t action from tho Storm. Hazel ton (Pa.) correspondence Chicago Chronicle: During a fierce thunder and electric storm laat night Stanislaus Torbah, aged 60 years, met death in a peculiar manner. Torbach had always been In mortal fear when a storm sprang up and last evening bs left his companions In the kitchen of his boarding house to seek solace in prayer when the storm raged. He went upetalre and knelt near a window. The collier whistle blew an alarm about that time and he put his hand to the curtain to look out. Just then a flash of lightning shot from the heavens. It shattered the window sash and sill and Torbach fell over dead. Hie fellow boarders who saw him were so horrified they did not go to him for some minutes, and then they found him a corpse. A black mark on hia side was the only trace of the shock None of the other men discernible. In the house felt the shock, nor was the building burned beyond the window By Lightning While 11L . Fill - Teeth Take Knot. ugglst has at length the problem of supplying us with false teeth which will grow Into the gums as firmly as natural ones. The teeth are made of gutta percha, porcelain, or metal, as the case may be. At the roots of the tooth holes are made, and also In the jaw. The tooth le then placed In the cavity, and In a short time a soft, granulated growth finds Its way from the jaw Into the holes of the tooth. This growth gradually hardens and holds the tooth in position. It does not matter in the least, according to this enterprising Russian dentist, whether the cavity In which the tooth la placed la one from which a natural tooth has recently been drawn, or whether It has been healed for months or even years. A solved Two Wives In On litmus. E. A. Hathaway, a Big Four switch man at Cairo, 111., has two wives staying In the same house. He went to Cairo about a month ago with a young woman whom he married at Shawnee-tow- n and three children by a former wife, from whom he claimed to had a divorce. One day last week Wife No. 1 arrived from Logansport, Inrl., their former home. She came after her children. but didn't have enough money to taks them back, and so has bean staying under the same roof with her rival. She states that she has never been divorced from Hathaway, but haa no disposition to prosecute him, providing he given np the children and helps In their aupimr |