Show VA for he gerusal peru JT at of boy f ana girls of the household A game 0 tog little jack frost ran out one da dav and called tu tv tho the brook to como come and play ilat let s play tag an I 1 you mut must run and ill be it and boult oi t we have fun old bather winter will think im icart hooray I 1 cried little jack frost so the brook ran ot at with a merry ashcut and jack at her heeb in P jolly rout down through the plowed field sunny and bare into the woods and the vie piny air past mighty boulders bow bowl ders graland gra yand massed the brook 1 ld d little jack frost ov over 0 r the waterfall she ha prang sprang and the hills with her mocking laughter rang down came the leaves in a gorgeous ahr throng 0 ns to hide her away au as ehe she fled along under the mill wheel her hair ahe she tossed and laughed at little jack frost but nut oh ob and how tired ehe the crewl slower and elower slower hep her light feet eel flew panting under 1 be I b adhe aha she ran ai A d oto 1110 the az wide marsh still and wan ahe she falte faltered a moment tired and loit lost angl crad little jack frost youth companion your name when a boy the great french author alphonse daudet was very poor ut he was allowed to attend with without t big paying any fees a school in which he majority of 0 the pupils were tho the sons of rich men his appearance at he ove chool hool dr arb ned in a blouse which only the very poor wore was the of many taunts and geerz from his fellows and even the master never called him by his name but addressed him as your name says the american boy but the boy never heeded the III will nor the sneers he determined that he boull make something of himself saying if I 1 am to take any position in this school I 1 must work twice as hard as the taets by steadfast persistency and courageous ke determination termination he did succeed and when his name had become famous he wrote a story in memry of those days of hardship and poverty and called it little HIs name zt A 6 ae 0 ar in springtime when the little leaves untold unfold upon the trees and open to the gentle rain and to the soft warm breeze entranced they listen to the songs of little birds that sing and cry aloud tor for very joy how beautiful la Is sp spring in summer when the trees are clothed in cool and shady green the pretty little leaves in beauty full are seen with wondrous ondrous grace the branches spread beneath the sunny eky sky how beautiful the earth appears the little green leaves clyl in autumn when the earth Is clothed in rich and fellow shades and all the foliage from green I 1 to golden yellow fades the little leaves begin to 0 o all tall and whisper as they pas pass goodby good by dear tree trees goodby good by to all and nutter flutter to the grass in winter when the snow tact fant falls and all the trees are bare the little leaves upon the ground lie snug and cozy there goodnight good night they whisper to the wind here shall we keep until new life with spring returns and then they fall tall asleep dumb instruments i the favorite pastime among the chi nese are those which are suitable for playing at the table the dumb instruments st ments Is ono one of the and jolliest Joll lest games in a company of any number each takes the name of some daffe different ent instrument which he be Is sup posed to imitate both in sound and ge gesture stare the leader will take the name of the drum aich la Is the most important instrument the first man on his hill right will have the horn the second the cymbals and no on after all have performed for a few moments on the various imaginary in the leader will say 1 I pass piss my drum now to U ur r ling wh who may be sitting on an the oher aide ide of TZ the table thereupon mr ir L ling in g begins beating the drum and each of the lit Z other players must immediately change bia his instrument sd that the order from the drum shall remain the same For instance he who sita upon the right at of mr ling who now has the drum must take the horn the second to the right the cymbals and so on around the circle each instrument heing heas the same number of spat spaces as fl aiom am the drum aa it was before the change thia continual changing of the drum from one person to another and the subsequent endeavors to remember ehlt Is the correct imaginary instrument and rind play it properly are provocative of great merriment nat nuts to crack here Is a list of questions for the v wideawake wide ide awake boy cau can you answer all of them you can see any day a white horse but did you ever see a white colt how many different kinds of trees grow in your neighborhood and what arc are they good for why does a horse eat grass back ward and a cow forward why does a hop vine wind one way and a bean vine the other where should a chimney be the larger at the top or bottom and why can you tell why a horse when tethered with a rope always unravels it while a cow always twists it into a kinky knot how old must a grape vine be before it begins to bear can you toll tell why leaves turn upside down just before a rain what wood will bear the greatest weight before breaking credit lost arctic schoolboys A picturesque little eskimo Is one of uncle barns sams most northern schoolboys his schoolhouse Is at port fort barrow alaska and stands on tho the most northern portion of land on the american continent tho the schoolhouse Is built of huge logs hav having ng double walls ganv of the children come from points forty to miles away thia this distance la Is co cohered in dog aleda sleds the teachers declare they never had more intelligent pupils than these of the wild eskimos of the north at the beginning of the school year only a tew few could count ten in the blundering fashion and nine tenths knew no english whatsoever at the close of the first year they could count up to laoo 1 1 00 and write and read simple english words what gud god gives a boy A body to keep clean and healthy as a dwelling for his mind and a temple for his soul A pair oc of hands to use for or himself and others but never against others for himself A pair of feet to do errands of love and kindness and charity and business but not to loiter in places of mischief or temptation or sin A pair of lips to speak true kind brave words A pair of ears to hear music of bird tree and numan voice but not to give heed to what the serpent says or to what dishonors god or bis his mother A pair of eyes to see the beautiful the good ad aad the true gods finger print in flower and field and snowflake young crusader i A annel the subject ot of a tunnel connecting ireland and scotland has been brought before the british government and the project will be pushed it the requisite financial support can be obtained the estimated cost la Is the route provisionally selected Is from in scotland to bel fast fant in ireland the total distance Is ir miles of which 34 miles would be tunnel and 25 miles of the tunnel would be under the sea along a line where the maximum depth 1 to feet electric motors would be used to drive the trains ft ot an average speed of sixty to seventy seventh milea miles per lour riddles from kail see how many of these you can guess without looking at the answers I 1 am rim blind but show others the way deaf and dumb lt know how to coant A milestone people pray for roe me and ions long for my company but directly I 1 appear they hide themselves rain I 1 have four lega legs and feathers but am neither beast nor bird feather bed there are four brothers under one hat but legs of a table A pack of wolves ran hy by one wae wall shot how many remained one remarkable lilt atoman lao the french have produced the most remarkable kleptomaniac on record this Is an old woman whose passion for smoking has impelled her to pilfer pipes aiom parisian shops with r such uch industry indus that no fewer ewer than 2000 were found in her lodging lodgings all were meerschaums and thirty nine were well colored |