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Show benches eonsisted of logs split In the BESSIE. middle and placed along the walls. "There was Just one bench made of TS only BessM RaCOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR plank which it was considered a great ven," said Mrs. JUNIOR READERS. privilege to sit upon. to her "While little Abe was fond of play, Mrs. Enfield, niece, was most he his in studies, diligent rfca InqulMltlva Boy Fraoca llaa m a blooming city and learned to read well at the first CbUdrru'a Rwltljr That Could Bo session. I who had matron, bendhim remember seeing Emulated with Profit Aba Liu coin brought her two ing down saplings for horses; this was aa a ilojr. boys to the country his favorite amusement at play time. for the summer, I He was an extra good boy, and never wouldnt let Hal got a whipping. I remember particuTha laqalaltUe Boy. Felix associate and his and his larly unfailing good humor I have a little boy of ala her on any acwith do as manners. not feel I I gentle Who seta me quite a taak no good Theres did when I used to play with little count, if I were you. And often puta me in a fix Abe Lincoln at the old Knob creek In any of those Ravens a vile, low By the queationa that he'll oak. What holde the moon up In the aky? set school in 1818. Where doea the aunahine go? Mrs. Enfield looked pityingly at the This . and letter doea Interesting Why my baby brother cry?" quaint d brown-facelittle gypsy, Are the things he wanta to know. discloses the humanness of the boy back door, around the slunk had who as vivid well as the memory "Where doea the gaa go when put outT" Lincoln, blackberries luscious of a basket late of his York New oldtime schoolmate. He asked me yeaterday. Phe queatlon filled my mind with doubt, on her arm, and the deep flush that beTribune. I wondered what to any. tokened how plainly she had overIf all the good people that die," heard Mrs. Llddingtons careless words, Baya he, In heaven are crowned to Ills Children. Dreyfus still dyeing her cheeks. Why don't they go up In the aky London Daily News: If only one Inatead of In the ground ?" How often Bessie Raven! can suppose Capt. Dreyfus to have been she Only bad heard that phrase. How bit"Who llghta the atara up every night innocent of the odious offense imputed ter a And turna them out at dawn? meaning did it convey to her to him, a letter of his to his little boy, ears. What makea the snow eo very white? Where la the new year born? which is published in the Paris paWhy have all Negroea curly hair? pers, is full of pathos. It runs thus: What makea their akin ao black? There are no trout there! You Dear Little Pierre: Papa sends you What makea a wheel go round, and where might throw a bait and wait a year, Do old ducka get their quack? plenty of kisses, and to little Jeanne and you wouldnt get a bite! also. Papa often thinks of you both. "Why cant we aee the wind at all? It was a deep, solitary ravine, where, You will teach little Jeanne to make in attitudes of intense eagerness, Hal What makea the water wet? Theae and auch queationa daily fall pretty towers with wooden bricks, very Enfield and his brother Felix were From the wee lipa of my pet. high, like those I used to make for holding their flBhing rods, awaiting the He'a moat embarrassing at times you, and which tumbled over so deInterrogating me, expected bite, while Bessie Raven's Tet when upon my knee he climbs Be Give lightfully. good. very plenty brown face and big, black eyes looked be! Im happy as can of nice caresses to your mother when out at them from a natural oval frame Twinkles. she is sad. Be very nice, too, with of bushes and vines, as she held a grandfather and grandmother; have basket in one hand, and her tattered League of Children. The League of the Children of France some good larks with your aunts. (In sun bonnet in the other. little Hal Enfield, a haa juat terminated the second year of the original the word is niches,' which means harmless as little well as Jokes). by nature practical aristocrat, by its existence. Mile. Lucie Faure, daugh- When papa comes back from his Jour- education, drew himself haughtily up. ter of the president of France, is the ney you will come and meet him at I dont know that we asked any organiser and promoter of the move the station with little Jeanne, with said he, information from you, to ment The object of the society is Once more, haughtily. to be with mamma, Have the everybody. goodness other in arouse the Interest of children with and for little many kisses, business. you about your children of less fortunate circumstancI wont! retorted Bessie Raven, es. President Faure spends two morn- Jeanne, your papa." an ominous flash In her dark with ings each week visiting the hospitals eyes. "Its a free country, aint It? Eierrliea for the Flagon. and other charitable institutions. Mile. as you When the phlegmatic Hollander has And Ive as much right here Faure is In the habit of accompanyhaver Inasnothing else to do he whiles away the ing her father on such missions. "Very well, said Hal, rising and There much as she had turned her attention time by twirling his thumbs. more particularly to the hospitals and are better methods of dispelling ennui, gathering together his tackle. "Ill go, then, dome, Felix. homes of children it has naturally been however. But Felix, the younger brother, had apFor example, place both hands tothe ills of these waifs that have no idea of leaving Ills cool, shady nook, pealed most strongly to her sympa- gether in such a manner aa to have for a whim of Hals. thies. In driving back to her home the backs of the two middle fingers stalked away In high dudgeon; Hal from the asylum she passed through Joined. Now try to spread out the behind to cultivate the remained Felix and the rich quarters of the city caught thumbs and the other fingers from the Bessie Raven. of sight of the dainty maidens and wee tips. This will be found easy enough acquaintance no are trout here, said he, If there men arrayed in costly laces and furs, with the thumbs, the index and the the brown gypsy composedly eyeing conlittle fingers, but try It with the ring their arms often full of toys; the face the leaves, "where do they trast between the suffering she had Just fingers, and this kind of gymnastics hide?among left and the luxury paraded before her becomes decidedly Interesting. 'Til show you, said Bessie, with Exercise No. 2 is not so difficult, and eyes filled her mind with a longing Just a piece further on. desire to arrive at some means which some can do it after the first trial, but alacrity. would repair this injustice of fate. The there are others who can never perNew York Tribune states that Mile. form the apparently easy feat. This may also be said of the third Faure, after some deliberation, finally hit upon the idea of invoking the as- exercise. Here the condition Is not sistance, not of the grown-u- p rich, but of their children, for the purpose of brightening the existence of the children of the poor, and with that object in view founded the League of the Children of France. Each member pays a subscription of $1 a year. Starting out with an initial fund of $700 the league In Paris alone has now an annual revenue through subscriptions of $200,000, derived entirely from young people. The object of the league is to relieve individual suffering and assist children -jin obtaining admission to establishjtM to r ments where they will be cared for and "YOU LITTLE THIEF! their future assured. Within the last lots of em only everybody Theres twelve months branches have been orit. Come on! know dont ganized in most of the principal towns And the two children spent a long and cities of France. The league serves summers morning together under the to bring together the children of the green trees. various classes of society and promotes Until Just as Felix Enfield was turnof that species fraternity which is the ing to go home, half apprehensive that source of true democracy, establishing e had missed the he dinner, a bond of union between them. he did not perceive that the little gold watch-chai- n to permit the least bend In the two cross he wore attached to his Aba Lincoln m a Boy. was gone. We referred in this column a few lower parts of the Index Auger. Oh!" cried he, "where is my In exercise No. 4 it Is Imperative days ago to the fact that the report He stopped abruptly. For in the very out remain stretched the that fingers that there was only one surviving moment in which be spoke, he perschoolmate of Abraham Lincoln was straight. Try some of these experi- ceived, in tbe folds of the mina mistake, and mentioned Mrs. Susie ments when you have an idle ten of Bessies tattered bosom dress, the find to be and will surprised Yeager of Rlneyville, Ky., as another utes, not you Insome ornament. of golden half so easy as they appear gleam schoolmate of Lincoln's, when she at- them at waff it he it his voluntarily caught tended his first session. In support of In the picture. own. this statement Rev. Dr James M. You little thief" tried he, you Frnfpmlonnl .Etiquette. Yeager, president of Drew Seminary must have stolen it! An eminent physician had a valufor Young Women, Carmel, N. Y., who Bessie stood' sullen and silent, her has compiled a brief history of the able cow, which became sick, and eyes cast down, her bare feet Impaseemed likely to die. He asked an Yeager - Buffington, Creighton-Jacob- s tiently patting tbe velvety grass be' families, received a letter from Mrs. Irish servant, who lived with him, if low. She could not deny it she scornYeager, written in her 91st year, in he knew anybody who followed the cow ed any attempt to Justify herself. doctoring. The doctors groom said: which she says: Bessie, said tbe boy, slowly, what There's Jemmy Lafferty, who can made I went to school with' Abraham you do it? Don't you know that I remember Abe Lincoln cure any cow in the world." "Well, it is wrong to steal? Lincoln. well as a little bit of a fellow. He was then, replied tbe doctor, go for LafWrong! cried out Bessie, passion then 7 years old. and I was 10. Abe ferty. The cow doctor accordingly ately. Why is it wrong You are rich and his sister Nancy walked a dis- came and treated the brute for four or and I'm poor! You've got everything, tance of several miles t.o the school five days, and on the lapse of due time and I've got nothing! Why shouldn't house, which was situated on Knob be waited on Dr. Lewis and pronounced I help myself when Ive got the creek, where it Joins Rolling Fork, her cured. The doctor, greatly delight- chance? in La Rue county, then a part of Har- ed, put his hand to his pocket-booFelix Enfield looked at her. Verily din. My father, Zacharlah Riney, was "Well, Lafferty, what do I owe you? there was more in her creed than be the teacher. This was !n 1S16. I can "Owe me! replied Jemmy, drawing had realized. see the old schoolhonse now. It was himself up with dignity, "nothing, sir; Ill tell you why, Bessie," said he, we doctors niver take money of one built of rough logs, as all schoolhouses least. I'll tell you what I think "At first said the impulse, were in those days. They were so ar- another. "My about it while was to the doctor, story, ranged that the ends stuck out and throw bis fee telling So, In his boyish way, he unfolded on after but second him, in which the formed little recesses, of meum and tuum. These thought, tbe whole affair seemed so the philosophy children played listened in surprise. Raven Bessie ridiculous that I bowed him my acwere the favorite hiding places for reasoned with bebeen never had She as with much gravity little Abe. The schoolhnuse had no knowledgments No one had ever taken the troufore. assume. I could as windows, but one log removed the ble to explain matters and things In Money la useful as a servant, but ty--. whole length of the building served to general to her. give light The floor was of dirt The rannierd. ns a master. FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Lid-dlngt- self-suffici- farm-hous- half-hidd- hldc-and-aee- k. : chance to tell Bessie Raven MRS. en HOME to Her Wrlttas GLADSTONE Teuojrauas Tribute good-b- y. bare-legge- d, k. "Oh, Felix!" she cried out, with a great sob In her throat, I see It all now. But no one ever told me before. And father was lost at sea, and mother had us little ones to take care of, and somehow everyones hand was against us, and we had to fight our way along, o I got somehow not to care about anything." Dont cry, Bessie! soothed the lad. Dont fret, thats a good girl! Here take the gold cross and keep it. I dont care much for It." So they parted. At home Felix found that his father had come to take them up into the mountains for a few weeks, before they returned to their city home and so he never got the Ten years afterward! Three and twenty la a dangerous age for flirtations, but Felix Enfield had never been seriously smitten until that time when he crossed the Atlantic In the steamer Will o' the Wisp, and fell in love with the captain's Spanish-eye- d daughter. "If you don't marry me," said Felix, with comical earnestness, "I'll throw AT Yean Ago, Twent Mrs. Gladstone recently celebrated 'her 86th birthday, and every one wished her all possible happiness, says the London Chronicle. She has been a veritable angel In the house" and her loving care for her distinguished husband has passed into a proverb. Mrs. Gladstones vitality ts marvelous and she preserves as active an interest. In her many philanthropic works as of old. The eldest daughter of Sir Stephen Giynnc, Catharine Glynne and her sister attracted great admiration when they appeared in Loudon Bocieiy. When the Glynnes were on the continent in 1839 they met very frequently Mr. Gladstone, who was even then a notable politician, having already filled tbe office of under secretary for the colonies of the and also that of board of trade. Mr. Gladstone's closest friend, Lord Lyttleton, had made as favorable an impression on the younger Miss Glynne as Mr. Gladstone had made on her eldest sister, with the result that all fashionable London was shortly after this visit to Italy interested to hear of the bethrothal of the two young politicians to the two lovely sisters. The weddings took place on the same day, July 25, 1839. Mrs. Gladstone's good works began at a period when it was not so fashionable as y for gentlewomen to frequent the slums, intent on ameliorating the condition of the poor. She was especially, busy at the time of a devastating epidemic which scourged the east end of London many years ago, and she was very frequently a visitor to the London hospital. Many a poor convalescent, has had reason to bless the name of Mrs. Gladstone In connection with the home which bears her name. At one sees at once how large a part philanthrophy plays in Mrs. Glad- -i stones beneficent life. There is her; boys home dose to the castle and noti far from it is the home In which some, old ladies are, thanks to her kindness, spending the evening of their days In; peace. Tennyson's words will find echo! in many a heart One could not but feel humbled in the presence of those whose life was evidently one long and, one would hope, quickened to more of it In one's own life. Mrs, Gladstone wears herself out by all her hospital work in addition to the work of a prime mlslsters tribute was written twenty-seveyean ago, and Mn. Gladstone is still! abel to enjoy fairly good health in her! old age. vice-preside- nt myself into the sea. "There's not much danger of that, said Miss Richfield, quietly. "But I am In earnest! protested Felix. "So am I! said the damsel with the k eyes. "Dont you love me? pleaded Felix. I dont dislike you, demurely answered Miss Richfield. "Then I shall hope, reclared Felix. "Hope Ts a commodity that is free to all! said the young lady. But at the voyages end Mr. Enfield was deeper in love than ever. "Look here, Miss Richfield, said he; if you don't say youll have me, .1 wont leave the steamers deck! Ill go back and forth perpetually between New York and Southampton! "I dont think papa would care for so permanent a passenger, said Miss Richfield, with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. But, really! Do you know. Miss Richfield, I believe you are engaged already. 6he colored a little. "Why? she asked. "Ah! you think I have no eyes. You think I havent perceived that you always wear a black velvet ribbon around your neck a black velvet ribbon, from which is suspended some trinket of gold, hidden in the lace frills of your collar. Is It a gauge? Yes, MIbs Richfield calmly answered; it Is a gauge of true love. If X ever am married "If, almost scornfully ejaculated the lover. Well, when I am married," Miss Richfield corrected herself, "it will only be to the gentleman who gave me this! "Then I may consider myself rejected?" slowly spoke Felix, with a face of the bitterest chagrin. damd "Not quite, said the sel, soltfiy, as she drew the golden talisman from her throat and held It toward him. "Dont you remember who gave me this? He uttered an exclamation of recognition. "It is the golden cross I gave, years ago, to Bessie Raven! cried he. "Yes, she said, quietly, "and X am Bessie Raven. blue-blac- to-da- Ha-ward- en , to-da- y: self-sacrifi- wife.-Tha- t n: TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. On Will Be Maes by tha People Amerlra on May S8, 1900. f: The people of America will have a, very unusual chance to see a total solar eclipse right here at home on May 28,' 1890. Astronomers are even now study-- ! ing the meteorological tables for past, yean In order to find the localities promising clearest skies, says the Washington Post. The line of totality, first touches the continent on the Pacific coast in Mexico, north of Cape Co-- ! rlentes, pursuing a northeast course leaving Mexico at the mouth of the Rio Grande, crossing the gulf of Mexico and entering the United States at Atchafa-lay- a bay, Louisiana. The breadth of "You! the line is about fifty miles. The eclipse' "Yes. My mother died shortly after will be total at New Orleans at about' you gave me this. My uncle, who had 8:22 a. m., Washington time. The Just returned from the West, adopted eclipse will be visible In Macon, Ralus alL Two of my sisters are In boarding-seigh, Norfolk and intermediate and' chool. My brother Is being eduneighboring points. Crossing the ocean, cated in a German university. And I the land first touched is near the port am my uncles adopted daughter, of Coimbra, Spain, passing southeast known only by his name. across southern Europe and the Med"But, Bessie, you said you would iterranean sea. Thus all the astronomarry the one who gave you that! mers in both hemispheres will be with- -' cried out Enfield. in easy distance and with every facil"So I will, confessed Bessie, laughity for using any amount of instrumening and blushing, "if he .is still in- tal equipment. The greatest duration fatuated enough to persist in wanting will be two minutes, nine seconds,' me. about the middle of the Atlantic ocean They were married within a month match and old a regular true-lov- e Couldnt Heat Him, Mrs. Llddlngton finds herself A little boy from California who has to "only Bessie Raven! been about a great deal is spending And really, says she, complacentthe holidays with his Washington coua-in- a ly, "I don't think Felix could have He has enjoyed the sights of the New York made a better match! capital, but he hasnt permitted himself Dally News. to be in the slightest degree overawed by anything he has seen. His cousins carried' him, they said of took him ConrtMf of the Old School. From the San Francisco News Let- it themselves to the National Museum ter: Everybody knows Col. Caldwell. one day, and called bis attention to a The colonel is a Virginian of the old great log of petrified wood lying Just school. The colonel's piety has con- outside the door. The little Califordensed into one creed, courtesy to nian had been a little depressed, but Tve women. He never leaves a room with he brightened up at the sight. tree seen a whole like said. he that, without backing through a lady in It Washington cousins maintained the door. Miss N., who Is very prac- The their a whole Weve composure. tical, remarked the other evening: forest of trees like that out got went west," on have the you eyes "Col. Caldwell, on westerner. the Still the young "I would have back of your head? Imwere not all at Washingtonians them, madam, were you behind me. pressed. The California boy drew a An acquaintance the other day asked: long breath. We've got a whole woods "Colonel, do you always back away of putrefied trees, he said. Yes, and "I do, suh! but I from the ladles? theys putrefied birds sitting on em, don't back down from the men, suh! and and, with one last effort to disA lady, much given to Browning, askof his turb the calm ed the following question, receiving companions, they're singing putrefied the following answer: Col. Caldwell, songs, too."' Washington Post is falling In love an evidence of reason? "My dear, madam." replied the Why isnt a man a thief when he we desert calm love the in his wifes dress? hooks colonel, of logic and surrender ourselves to the Why are servant girls seldom Led delirium of instinct. rose-ti-c dark-eye- grand-aunt-ln-la- . w on . ' |