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Show her host, and the murmur of her voice IN ODD CORNER. in earnest conversation floated back to the dining-rooAfter a short pause QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS 80ME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR she returned. JUNIOR READEfIS. I do hope you will pardon me," she AND EVENTS. aid. "But, you see, I always have jr "Th Tnforluiwt Itoy" Rows Favurlttt Georgle and Eddie say their prayers Insecurity, s Poem Horn with for me before they forI to Bleep. Warfare Against Ised In tl.n fo Game for Evenings Mudrru Telltale got it tonight in the hurry of getting An Instructive Maryland MouahlnraLlfe Without a On off, so I just railed up their nurse. She Experiment Stomach Moving Picture. Children' Heading. brought them to the phone, and they said their prayers over the wire, so my mind is relieved. The I'nfortunate llur. Insecurity. Unfortunate la Just the phraae on which I lean, prop Every To line of Peter Grievous Long; On Children's Kaadtngs. Every earthly prop, I mean, A wicked fate perplexed hi way. Of Some whose power, I chance to boast, And made him suffer much of wrong. people congratulate themselves When all was still In school or church when their children take to reeding. Falls me when I need It most. And this Is sure as eggs are eggs But they sometimes forget that a boy He'd leap and howl, and get the birch. is not necessarily out of mischief when Lover, brother, lister, friend. Through In his legs. he is absorbed in his book. Much de- On whose nearness I depend, When rude companions In Joke pends upon the character of the books Those whose very presence gives Made sport of passers-band fled. and papers he reads. If he revels In Strength by which my spirit lives. Poor Peter's bootlace always broke. And he was caught and thrashed In- such papers as The Police News, Detecstead. tive on the Wing and The New York Fall away by some mischance. or other circumstance, A penny lost upon the way Story Paper, or in such books as Death,I find Was never found by him, and why? And myself Indeed "Pecks Bad Boy, "New York Ned in He failed to see It where It lay, on a broken reed. Leaning Dead Vecause a fly was In bis eye. California. "Deadwood Dick in City, and "The Wild Man of the When these earthly fetters part. If Peter ever chanced to take Mountain, he is in far worse business All these clasps around my heart Ills bowl of porridge on tils knees. than if he slammed the 'doors, disarThe bowl would always fall ami break. 1 am left For something surely niude him sneeze. ranged the rugs and mats, slid down the Fall away, and Of sweetest life's joys bereft. If eggs were hidden in his breast. f carSome lad would come with merry face. stair rail or went tearing over the To what depths of woe 1 drop. pet with his rough shoes. And tell a Jolly tHle or Jest. And slap him soundly on the place. Indian hunters, desperadoes, highway Seeking vainly for some prop, to sustain robbers, pirates, runaway boyB, snake His schoolmates offered stores of sweets charmers, gamblers and tramps are One in loneliness and pain. Wheneer he had a homely fill; no better company In papers and books And people sent the scholars treats When leter was away and ill. than in everyday life. If reading Like a drowning man I reach It's bound to rain when l'eier wears serves and for aid beseech; only to Introduce one Into dis- Upward, A brand-nehat or glossy coal! Lord! I cry, and stand me. Help one familiarize or to And, when he laughs to ease his cares. reputable society, Weil The pesky gnats get down his throat. with slang, cheating and fighting or to supported by His hand. Druid Gray!. were inculcate wrong views of life, it Through the desert, through the tide, better that one remain forever an igno- He has promised to abide These Are Popular Favors. ramus. We should avoid the bad book Ever where'er I be, near; Childrens partes weigh heavily these or bad paper as we would a had man "Lean on me. gently Whispers days on the minds of pastry cooks, or woman. caterers and the busy housemother. Earthly ties how Insecure! The new ice molds are calculated to Heavenly ties alone endure; An Instrnrtlve Experiment. And my idols all were slain satisfy this craving for novelty. Klonand root The direction of growth of dike miners with picks and shovels and stem Is not a merely accidental one. That I might this knowledge gain. bags of gold are evolved from multi- A number of Investigators have been colored favors, while rabbits and birds, Horn with s History. at to work see what is the cause of this flowers and fruits, though not new, are stem In Baltimore Sun: There le From the opposed growth as popular as ever. An amusing mold diametrically that tin horn in the possesand battered root. an been old has It suggested for chocolate Ice cream represents a the action of would take sion of an ancient colored man at Dalgravitation The group of savages on an island. some part In the guidance of the roots. ton, Ga., around which are associated Island vegetation is illustrated in This is. in fact, the apparent tendency memories of many deeds of violence. In cream, while waves of lemon Ice of the antebellum days the horn was the propfollowing experiments: foam around the shore. Beans have been made to germinate erty of Colonel Den Longbiidge, a wealThe influence of French and German when placed on the circumference of thy planter of Murray county. It was nurses is shown in the popularity of an Iron or wooden wheel surrounded originally used to summon hie many rabbits, squirrels, wooden shoes and with moss so as to maintain the mois- slaves to work and to meals, and its Wax babies crowns. ture of the seeds, and holding little welcome note at sunset was the signal swathed in and tied up full of mold open on two sides, for them to rest from the days labor. with narrow ribbons seem to be great troughs wheel the being put In motion In a After the war the horn became sepfavorites with the small girls, yet It Is vertical direction a current of arated from the Longbridge family, doubtful if many American children water and made to by describe many revo- and from that time until a few months ever saw a baby in Alsatian swaddling lutions in a minute. In consequence of ago was the period of its stirring hisclothes. this rotary movement, producing the tory. Murray county has for years Clay pipes and tobacco pouches In particular force known in mechanics as been a stronghold of the "moonshinminiature, sugar cigarettes, isinglass centrifugal force, the action of gravita- ers. Time after time the revenue ofspectacles, boxes of chocolate cigars, tion Is as it were annihilated, and the ficers made desperate raids on the iland diminutive but ingenious shaving seed, removed from Its in- licit distillers, killing and being killed, sets are in demand for boys favors, Bprouting Is fluence, subjected to centrifugal yet never entirely subduing the stubchina slip- force while dainty See what occurs: The born mountaineers. The mellow note only. pers, little bags of brocaded silk, fans, of the old tin horn would always warn d trinket caskets, dolls, the .whisky rebels of the approach of lorgnettes and other ornamental and their enemies and many a man's death useful trifles are appreciated by the The moonshiners has It presaged. small maidens Every favor is either d would station a sentinel filled with sweets or tied to a cake of on some prominent mountain rock chocolate. which commanded a view of the valley below, and the slightest symptoms in the lower deflies were sufficient to send Motlern Telltales. the bass echoes of the old horn flying, Do school children of the present and the moonshiners themselves flying telltale aversion the in less hold day to their Improvised fortresses, armed to a did those who, or "tattle tale" than teeth and ready to take and risk the the braved a of century ago, quarter life for what they considered their masters rod rather than tell? asks the rights and In defense of their hearthNew York Post. The question is sugstones. To the "revenues it always In made a of test gested by the report bore a dismal Information that from the schools of Utica by Superintendent next crag or bramble they might the 3,000 George Griffith. At his prompting a slaying volley from their hidwritexpert to their asked were give children foes. den The venerable horn Is a speIs supten opinion, anonymously, it cial reminder of a notorious gang should one pupil posed, as to whether which terrorized the country up to another. Voluntary testify against within a year ago. It was used to rally telling or "tattling was not meant in the forces to a bloody conflict between circumIn of the stems which. cent 15 small ordinary per the test, but .only them and the law's representatives. be directed would so that upward distinction, stances, the noted children When the gang was finally disposed a in direction chiopposite that is to say. the result may be accepted bb the of the horn passed into possession of now of turn The to action of. tattler. the the gravitation ldrens opinion old Uncle Isaac, a typical abefo de was to direction in the themselves whether it was opposite asked question the centrifugal force, war negro, and the old man often right or wrong, and It appears that the the direction ofcenter of the wheel. brings it out and recounts its Interestthe toward views or (Judged robust boys hold more in the remembrance of old school The rootlets, which, under ordinary ing history. days) on the matter than do the girls. circumstances, would bury themselves in the earth, and in the direction reOf the 2.834 who answered the quesMoving IMrlnre. 3S per cent, and 375 quired by laws of gratitation. In realSince the days of the or 494 boys, tion, ity now point in the direction of the stereoptlcan, the improvement of progirls, or 25 per cent, considered it right of which has taken the place of jecting and moving pictures has been force percentage not to tell, the larger one of the surprising advances of the both regarding it as wrong. In other gravitation. With a horizontal wheel the direc- age. From that erucle and Imperfect days the tattler was ostracized after having been soundly thrashed outside tions of sprout and root are still from beginning, the evolution of the presof the school yard, and those who aided and to the wheels center respectively. ent marvelous effects has been steady, and considering what has been achievin the thrashing can hardly understand the mental attitude of the Utica chiled, exceedingly rapid. It is now possiUtile Ilutli' (Jnmtlun. dren. who Justify the talebearer, whethPalm Beach, Fla., is virtually owned ble to throw upon canvas the most perer his information comes voluntarily or by Mr. Flagler, of the Standard Oil fect delineations of life -- a street wiili on request. company, says the Detroit Free Press. everything in motion, and with ail as When improvements are In progress, it clear and distinct as tbmigh actually Telephone. liy may lie assumed that Mr. Flagler is seen by the unaided vision. Among the Prayer latest Improvements in this line is one At a small dinner given recently In behind them. 3 York New Until Is not the Little old. relates yet years by means of which the operator may a western city, a was a is In trod lire other figures Jno pictures alof Palm the native young Beach and lint honor of the Sun. guest married woman who Is the proud moth- understands its ways. One day she ready shown. It is possible to do this went to the beach with the expectation with ordinary lantern slides, and er of two handsome boys, both under she of being allowed to go In bathing, but. change and shift the picMre in such a education their In of age. years endeavors to follow a system, after the the tide was in and the waves very way that a realistic effect is enhanced, manner of most young mothers, nnd is high. Her mother said that they must rather than diminished. The same rule wait. The child was very much dis- lantern will permit the use of kineopto-cop- e very particular to live up to any accessories, whlrh add so much appointed. he has made for them. Mamma. she said, her lips begin- to the success of entertainment dinner, the in course an early During conning to tremble, "when will Mr. Flagand In the mildle of an animated she suddenly ler let the waves go down? Life Without s Moinarh. versation with her host, and cried. look startled a stomach has always been with The d paused The present mean diameter of to be absolutely essential to the "There, if I did not forget those is 86,500 miles, while Its mass in boys again! Have yon a telephone performance of the digestive exceeds that of the earth in the ratio proper It? use I The fact that two people and the house, may functions. 1. She was taken to the telephone by of 316 to TIIE FOR BOYS AX1) GIRLS. Hls-tor- 1 plna-and-nee- y, w pls-tac- he rose-wreath- ed lace-pap- er high-heel- ed heart-shape- lusty-lunge- rup-joix- Ju-pit- e- have had their stomachs removed, and that one of them is alive and apparently in the enjoyment of excellent health, upsets all preconceived theories as to the absolute necessity of this portion of the human anatomy. A woman has had her stomach removed completely, that organ being hopelessThe oesophagus was unily affected. ted with the canal leading from the stomach, and there teems to be nothing wrung in the internal economy of the owner of this curious digestive apparatus. To be sure, instead of full meals she takes an occasional bite, and Is compelled to be very careful that ehe does not overload or overtax this substitute. The operation was almost In the nature of a caprice. It was evident that something was wrong with tha patient's stomachy and after careful prepnration the operation waa begun. Almost Immediately It developed that the entire stomach was involved, and that it would tie impossible to save any portion of it. It waa a foregone conclusion that death was only a matter of a few days. The operating physician corccived the rather original idea of uniting the oesophagus with the it canal leading from the stomach, is u matter for congratulation that thus far there lias been no crave symptoms ami that the patient tal cs food with i el and apparently without discomfort. One is led to wonder to wbat lengths surgery may go, and how many of our notions and theories about the possibilities and limitations of the physical will hold In the face of these great advances In modern Burgery. The Alligator Fanning. There la Berloua danger of Florida alligators becoming extinct. This is quite a disaster to the flowery state, g monsfor the ugly alleged ter have been quite a source of revenue. Sportsmen from the northern states have hunted them as Englishmen delight to hunt tigers in India. The Seminole Indians, too, make regular war on the saurlans for their hides. But, singularly enough, It Is the dainty northern girl who is chiefly to blame for their diminishing numbers. It is she who ruthlessly carries them off by the hundreds and thousands each season as pets! Of course, these are the babies, little fellows, 10 or 12 inches long. The baby 'gators are boxed by the curio dealers and sold to Jadles who affect great interest in the ugly things for pets. As the 'gators live on air and muddy water and an occasional chunk of meat every three or four days, they are not troublesome. But the Increase in price will perhaps stop some of this cruelty. The Indians, knowing of the scarcity of alligators in all of the Florida streams, have imitated the paleface curio dealers and charge more for their 'gators. The baby alligators, while not valuable for their email hides, are killed by the Some serve hundreds and mounted. as thermometers the tube running up the back. Another rurlo Is a baby alligator standing upon his hind feet and playing a violin with his fore feet. Others are arrayed as waiters offering some article for sale or holding a lamp to light visitors to a tank holding a live saurian. Allior feet In length, or four three gators mounted, serve as grotesque advertisements and appear to he so natural" that the stranger Is frequently In doubt whether "the thing la alive or not, and makes a detour In order to be on the safe side. child-eatin- 16-fo- ot 18-fo- ot Raved a Hoy's Life. Princess May is a philanthropist, like her royal godmother, the duchess o: York, who was married on the day that the noble Newfoundland was 7 weeks Her master, Mr. Joseph Edge of Bolton, England, is proud to think that ahe distinguished herself In saving the life of a litile hoy by a wonderful act of touri'Ee iiii'l sagacity, for which the h;:? been presented by Lord Stanley, She M. I.. v. i:li a collar nnd a modal. bns siLo been swarded the medal of the Iiovni Humane society for saving While the society has several life. times awarded medals to dogs for rescues from drowning this is the first iiir'tanec in iti? records of a rescue by a dog in the street. In the summer of 1S!! she rescued a boy from being run over by a tramway car. Princess Ms.y is a great pet; no money offers (and lie has had some big ones) will ever induce Mr. Edge to part with his brave ami intelligent dog. who well dcserveH and returns his affection. She ia passionately fond of children and Is also greatly nitached to her master's pigeons in faet, to everything that she ean protect; she Is aa gentle and amiable ns she is brave and sagacious old. NORTHWEST NOTES. Eighteen inches of Snow fell at Kulispell last week. An issue of school bonds by Lewie ton, Mont., sold at a premium. lieu Morgan, a clever forger, who le wanted at Helena, has been captured at Hearmoul. . Four young Comstockera who left for Butte last Sunday were escorted to the depot by a brass band. Douglas county issuing Lyon county for 322.841, taxes collected by the defendant on projwrty alleged to be in Lyon cuuuty. Sain Johnson of Anaconda, was suffocated in liis cabin recently, a fire having Wen started by the overturning of a lamp. Robert tl. Shad well is on trial at Martin J. IliUe, for the murder O'Connor, last January. They quarreled over a game of cards. The I'liinainnn who was arrested at Elko, Nev.. a short time ago for selling whwky to nil Indian, was sentenced to oni: year in the state prison. r" The tireat Northern is planning extensive improvements in Montana. The track between Butte and Clancy is to be replaced by 108- - pound steel rails. n minWilliam Mettiug, a of ing man, Fergus county, Montana, hits Item arrested on a charge of perjury, in connection with some mining tf well-know- litigation. Quite a grist of Indians, Chinamen and white women, who have been sell lug liquor tc Indians are being put through the mill of the United States court at Carson, Nevada. Jack Flynn, who recently stabbed Sain Jones at Mudris, Nev., has had his preliminary examination and wae discharged. Jones is reported as being able to sit up in bed and will prob ably recover. James II. Love, a prominent busi- ness man of Forsyth, suicided last week by shooting lnmself with a revolver.' Lillian Peerless, of Bozeman, demimonde, took a fatal dose of morphine Saturday sight. A woman in Kentucky, named Riley, took the contract for carrying the Col urn Montana daily mail at She asked for proposals a 32,400 year. and the lowest-bifor received was 30.000 a ve&r. bus-Coo-k, The furniture of Youngs hotel, 140 rooms, consisting of bedroom sets, parlor seta, carpets, chairs, lounges, bedding, etc., etc., etc., will be sold durff. ing Conference week at Don't 2nd So. street, Salt Lake City. miss this chance. William Crandell of Gleodive sold to William Case of Miles City, Mont, 60 steers at 33S head of 3 and 40 of stock cattle and head head, per at 315 per head. Cube Adams sold hie bunch of stock cattle, numbering about 50 head, to the same man for 325 per head. )ne of the largest transfers In ranch and stock property for some time past was consumated recently between Jurgen Kuhr and Ernest Schluter, both of Cleveland, Mont. Mr. Schluter sold his ranch of 160 acres patented desert claim for 33,000, and a and 3,000 sheep at 31.25 a head. The sheep were a good bunch, made up of young ewes straight. The Brockway brothers, who built and own the Fetterinan irrigating canal in Converse county, Wyo., are organizing an expedition of 100 men to go to Klondike by the McKenzie river route. They propose starting from Edmonton, Can., about the middle of ApriL This is the old Hudson Bay Fur company's route, is safe and feasible, and abounding with fish and game. Dick Nixon, a negro, has confessed to the murder of a boy named lirown, near Miles City, Mont., declaring that die crime was instigated by his (ico. (Seildes. Mrs. (ddcs and a eow boy named Welsh. Tin boy had circulated stories reflecting on Mrs. (ieddes' cbaructer, and she expressed great satisfaction over his death. redden anil Welsh have been tried and convicted and scutencud to 0!) and 20 years, respectively, and Mrs. will now be tried. Mrs. Gudde ia Powers of the daughter of and is mother the of four Helena, is Geddes and tin son of a children, of rcsideut wealthy Brooklyn. 320-acr- e em-oloy- s ff Thu largest furniture and carpet sale ever held in Suit Lake City commences Monday, April Itli, Conference West 2nd South St. week, at 114-opposite postofiice. The furniture and carpets from 180 rooms in the Wasatch block, known as the Young's hotel. Mild under foreclosure proceedings. Sale continued until everything is sold. 1 16-1- . |