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Show A a. ?,. f. CAVALRY OF ALL NATIONS the forests would en-lip exhausted. Then w.iodcd land was land to be reclaimed like swamps; tin axe of tbs pioneer hewed tin- path of civilization. Ve bad a wooden age. We slew trees to make log bouses, rail feticcs, bridg-is- . We burned in fireplaces, cut them up imo tclcgidpii poles, railroad ties, fence posts. We tiunle corduroy roads of saplings stu-cpavements of cedar blocks and sidewalks of planks. We wasted wool where stone and brick, rent nt ami iron would h&ve as we began served the par;.- - ; to discover wl.-wood grew scarce. A hundred year. after Lexington the alurtn was sou:. by scientists who r: nod thdryin.. up of northern rivers, tin- grinii-- fin: of temperature in dcnudid lull- - u country and the The Dower. And dn you love itu wiM ruse spray, Tile iiiiHiliiw grasses wimp1? i I it way. The mcaiiiiw tinmk uui With merry laugh an I dimple? quift--di- ) you v ship where The Ihiuahs almVf 11 dark--The iiiHlnw vliicigc uf the nir--D- o uml sparkl.-you know its tar Wend r tu-c- - ? r have you hoard llie crick t aiug, Wlice chilly liik w: falling? : incinhcriug, And l lieu, your l The stli-u- l voices calling? t In-tr- you the secrets of the stars? And what tin- wim' is s.iyii'.i;? Ann out licyon-- sight's prison liars Willi tears haw you heen straying? Hear t . Has 1 Irani her, von l.i.i y To you ln-r.ic.- - um riling. To walk with tier a wor.diip'-r- . To know tier gran- - Thrire llllppj iiove . I l III-- : - - 111-- t lectin i'iii-i- ' - uf i! hr sip Im tn-in- Hut often hi. your in', the l.'.ghl Will lie with donhlr sorrow! ilh- - Courlr- Ingrnii (.'rnrkcil in i,uiii-- again. ji:. a lime. - tins Journal. t Yi-- (Jiu-c- in Hie We ,ii;s llood-s- . ip plant trees .ud did once upon , ii-- ' if cni---- 5.000 planted i. : ln-- long reign. r at Work. liar The juniors will appreciate this lt as be glance of President appears in the midst of bis pressing Take a sound and limber barrel duties: "President Roosevelt appears to be hoop, three feet long, and whittle away about half its width. Hend it so growing larger and stronger every d as to make a frame, ty- day in tlie White House. His and earnest is reing the two ends together with stout twine. Then place liars, running both flected in the poses which he assumes ways. Inside of it, tacking the ends of while talking over matters with visitthe bars to the frame with brads. You ors in the ldg room from 10 a. ni. to then have a frame like the noon. Now he sits sidewise in bis figure in the picture. Over this frame chair. Later he draws up three chairs Taste two layers of the strongest tisand places one squarely in front of sue paper you can get. and you have the two gentlemen to go at the beet the main framework of the kite. sugar proposition. An open letter in Next comes the ballast piece, or bis hand is folded and crumpled he middle part of the kite, as shown lr. listens as intensely as tie speaks. He may lie sitting across one foot, tapping the floor with the other, In perfect martial rhythm, to the tune of 'A Hot Time in the Old Town lie stops and dictates a note written on a pad by a stenographer. The slip of shorthand notes is dispatched across the room and soon comes back to Mr. Cortelyou with a red tag on it. and that That means 'immediate, word loses none of its meaning in the His service of President Roosevelt. whole procedure Is distinctively American and businesslike, aud I think If tlie president had a business motto to hang about the White Uouse It would be Do It Now, A .Musical Kite. Here is a new kite for the hoys to study, so as to he ready with an interesting novelty for the kite season. iit ltou-i-vc- pear-shape- pear-shape- d To-nigh- 1. 2. 3. 4. R. 6. Dutch Humir. German Cuirassier. llenKal Lancer. Turkish Light Cavalry. Austrian Dragoon. American Dragoon. HOW A GOOD MARKSMAN 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. WAS MADE ith Couldn't Shoot Straight Until lie Megan to Wear Glasae. Several men stepped Into a Chicago sheeting gallery. One of them, a man of 45, wearing, double-len- s spectacles, picked up a rifle and began shooting. At every discharge there was an answering ring from the target. This was kept up for twenty minutes, and not a miss was made, whether at the stationery, revolving or swinging target. HiB friends were surprised. Said one of them: "Why, Smith. I had no idea you were such a marksman. "Neither had I," said Smith, until recently. I was always fond of shooting, he continued, and practiced all my life without acquiring extraordinary skill. In fact. I was regarded as at the bottom of the list of third-clasmarksmen. A year ago failing eyesight compelled me to begin the use of glasses. Some time afterward I happened into a shooting gallery, and as usual began trying the guns. To my surprise I found I could not miss. I took my rifle an.l tried it at long range, and I hit the bull's-eyevery time. 1 have shot a great deal since that, and I scarcely ever miss. In fact, I think I can now class myself as a marksman. It is due to the glasses, for I shoot as poorly as ever without them. "I consulted my oceulist about the matter, and he gave me a long winded statement which I could not comwas never prehend. or crosseyed. In fact, my eyes had always been normal until age compelled me to wear glasses. 1 only know that, before that I was a poor shot, and since then I have been s e first-clas- s 1 near-sighte- far-sighte- New South Wales Lancer. English Life Guard. Ennlskilling lira goon (Irish). Hpahi (French Algeria). Scots Greys (Scotch). Japanese Cavalry. How much for those socks? 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. he asked. "Two-fift- a dozen, y was the ans- "I'll give you two and a quarter, said Slocum, falling into his old habit. "See here, Mr. Slocum' said the merchant irritably, I want to tell you once for all that I have but one price. If you attempt to jew me down again I'll fire you out of the door. Do you understand me? For an hour the two got along peacefully, when Slocum again succumbed to temptation. JIow much for these shirts? he asked. "Seven dollars a dozen! "I'll give you six and a half! Half in fun, half in earnest, the merchant grasped his customer by the and ejected him through the open door. The results were more serious than he contemplated, for Slocum fell down a long flight or stairs and reached the ground in a battered condition. It was necessary to ring for an ambulance. and the unfortunate man was sent to a hospital for repairs. For a time the merchant, kept in hiding, fearing a summons for assault and battery. At the end of a week what was bis consternation at seeing Slocum hobble into bis office on crutches, llis impulse was to run. but concealment was impossible. Slocum limped to him with an air of meekness and coni l it ion. ".Mr. Itebinson," bn said pleadingly, are yon angry with me yet? "I'll give you $f.T3 for those shirts. r LINCOLN AND THE OTHER FELLOW' a good one. HE I.ltlle STILL Ar.-lilrn- t WANTED In FriHjirr A THE SHIRTS No Wny o llni-r- . D,tnn(el merPhiladelphia chant numbers among his customers a country storekeeper. Joe Slocum, habit of who has a reprehensible of the down" article any pries "Jewing he desires to buy. Several months ago the countryman came to the city to buy his semiannual bill. well-know- n Story That Showed Ilia Faith In an Overruling 1'rnvi lenre. Tae years add to the stories that have gathered about Abraham LinEvery little while a new one comes to light, showing this or that side of his great nature. A clergyman who has recently come East from a town in the central part of Illinois toid one tho other day which, he says, lias never been printed. It shows Lincoln's faith lu an overruling Providence, aud the quaint and homely lan coln. uniform). guage in which he expressed faith. wer. coat-colla- Canadian Hussar (summer Italian Cuirassier. Spanish Hussar. French Hussar. Chinese Cavalry. Russian Cavalry. that In the darkest days of the civil war a Vermont minister went to Washington, and while there called on the president to assure him of the loyalty of the Green Mountain State. Thinking that his caller was an Lincoln was at first quiet and reserved, but when the real nature of his visitor's errand was made known he at once changed his whole manner and began talking freely oi the conduct of the war. Something that the offlee-seeke- r, Vermonter said touched him deeply, and rising to his full height, and raising aloft his long arm, he exclaimed: "Some people think I am running this war; but all I want to know is, what is it the Other Fellow wants, and I am ready to obey his wishes. ASKED HIM WAS HE HAWTHORNE Minister Lost latienee After Repeated Onritloalng. The Rev. A. W. Jackson of Concord, Mass., a retired Lnitarlan minister, became known a little over a year ago as tin? author of the biography of James Martineau. He does nut mind Hint sort of publicity, however. It Is Ids striking likeness to a famous townsman that causes him annoyance, fur he is frequently told that he is the image of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Not long ago the climax of his vexation was reached. H- was standing on the platform of the Concord station. waiting for a train, when he noticed two women, evidently visitors to ll'O historic town, gazing at him as nurd as they could. He started to walk to the other end of the platform, when one of them er!uim?d in a penetrating stage whisper, "I don't care, Im going to ask him." So up she came, grasped tho retreating clergyman by the coattail, and almost demanded in her eagerness. "He you Hawthorne? Mr. Jackson looked at her a moment In silence. Then, it is reported, he answered solemnly, "No, I he not." - - ma-dam- e, Movable scenery was first used In Italy in the year 150S. It was the invention of an Italian architect named Peruzzl. Tha Metical Kite, the picture. To nutkt? it take a piece of barrel hoop, eighteen inches long, shaved to its width, and hend it into the form of an ellipse. Place the cross burs as shown in the Illustration. and cover It with two thicknesses of tissue paper. The last, or upper part, of the kite is made with a heavier pieep of barrel hoop bent into the form of a how, with a round stick tied across, where the string comes on a how. Now you are ready to make the musical part of the contrivance. After having completed the kite, as in the picture, take a piece of bamboo or fish pole, cutting it ut the joints, leaving the joints at the extremities. Make one linic in the middle of the front Joint, to face the wind, and two other holes of the same dimensions at the m her Joint. Then t! the piece of bamboo lirnily to t lie top fiame of tin- kin. as in one-ha- lf You will fiml that (be wind v.iil produce-- a whist . or rumbling sound, in th( bambiin load .:i ;in!i It1 i.am to he heard ipiiie a you tie the kite above the roof of the house the sound Is like 1b.ru of a l.aip, h-- : Oitr Wooi.ni Tonga Twister Read the following aloud, repeating the shorter ones quickly a feyr times In succession: Six thick thistle-stick- s. Flesh of freshly fried flying fish. The sea ceaseth, and it sufllceth us. High roller, low roller, lower roller. A box of mixed biscuits, a mixed biscuit box. Strict, strong Stephen Stringer snared slickly six sickly silky snakes. Swan swam over the sea; swim, swan, swim; swan swam back again well swum swan! It Is a shame; these are the same, Sam. Tis all a sham, Sam. and a shame It is to sham so. Sam. A growing gleam glowing green. The bleak breeze blighted the bright broom blossoms. Susan shlneth shoes and socks; sorks and shoes shine, Susan. She ceaseth shining shoes and socks, for shoes and socks shock Susan. Robert Itrwley rolled a round roll round; a round roll Robert Rowley rolled round : where rolled the round roil Robert Rowley rolled round? Olivpr Ogelethorp ogled owl and oyster. Did Oliver Oglethorp ogle an owl and oyster? If Oliver Oglethorp ogled an ow) and oyster, where are the owl and oyster Oliver Oglethorp ogled? Ilangal Tigers. is usually an oldpi tiger, whose strength is failing am; whose teeth have partly lost their sharpness. Such a beast finds it casii-to link in the vicinity of settlements and to pick ii p an occasional linn, woman or diihl than to run down vi!u The man-eat- er i cattle. TIi- - largest, fiercest and most bright c.itivnl tigers arc- found in near tinprovince of if th1 Ganges river, not far from y - - A fall-grow- They have a saying in England that when an American builds a bou.-- c by cutting down tin- trees. The picturesque rail fences that used to across our landscape were a source uf wonder and pain to forsign-er- s where win) came from oh! count the collecting of a bundle of twiips in a forest preserve was and where royal prinros planted trci in public places to mark solemn events. A hundred years ago it would have in been Impossible to eonviuce any part of our enormous country 4iit - worm-eate- ztg-ta- rt-'- s ie g n Hie ino-ii. fa!-euiM- n iig.-- r sometimes measures ten from i:n-- t to tip .if mil. Such a tmnisicr in. i account of springing upon a mail th'.'i a c.il dues of seizing He Mll'pil'Ses the i; j(!l lljiilise. Mreiigih ami ferocity and h.w mi rival the grizamong beasts of pivy discoviTcu zly '.car ami the giant hear of Alaska. Si. -1 rial;--.-n- i ex-c- pi Nidi-das- .!; puul.-h.ih- t.' What AlUi-atl- m . lit, More than once curious things have be-found in the stnm-id- i of a shark, but never has such a:i extraordinary collodion been found as was discovered recently in the stomach of an alligator. This alligator was killed in lh- Sudan and was more than twelve t in length. In its stomach were discovered eighty-fivstones, seven al birds' am flaws, two human finger-nailthree hoofs of a donkey, to one ol which a piece of rope was attached. - f,-e- e s v |