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Show THE SUNDAY EXAMINER: OGDEN, UTAH, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY How Harry Hunted Birds. BT WILLIAM WALLACE. IB. Berry a loan hit "dady buiila." Just nil, whit ha Ha bad traded a dram, a kite and a bamboe diking rod far an alryna aa airgaa that would ahoot attii praclstou aad bit tba mark with a n!M i veugeauoa. And bow tkat Harry poaaiaiid a ran be aaut to try ble akill at abootiug blrda; at any certain kind of bird, bat any fowl, gnat or email, that chanced to fly athwart hla vision aa ha wandered thro uch the wood. It waa a beautiful, aunahlny day; Juit auch a day When all the world aeame glad, and Harry, aa ha trudged along, felt thank ml tar the grand good blaaaluga 1 am that nature beatowed upon him. glad to be a boy. ha aald to hlmeelf aa a nodded that te delay pluck ha etopped tta pretty head to him. "I'm glad I am not a flower to be yanked np by the flnt hand that eomM along.' "Then why nut hare pity ea tha dear, helpleaa floweret" naked a aweet voice. yuu Mould da ante othera aa you would be dona by." llarry turned to aae beeido him a aweet-fare- n little girl with the klndaat oxpiwo-Ioof couatenanco he had evev noticed ea tha face of anyone A bluah apread over hla aunburaad chaeka aa ha noticed the little glrla ayea reat on the alrgun he carried aa proudly over hla ahouldar. Why, what are you going to do with that? aha naked, pointing to thf gun. Then aa llarry did not reply (ha fait too aahamed to eonfeaa hla object In being abroad with tha weapon) the little girl "1 feel quite auto you are continued: out for the purpoae of killing tha dear little feathered aongatere that lira in three wood, which ring with their mualc. But before you begin your cruel pantlma coiua with me to my homo and let ma Introduce you to aotue of my frienda of the d wooda. . "Without a word Harry walked beaide the little girl, who tripped lightly through the green wooda leading him orer a tow bill Into a atnlllng valley. Beautiful hedgerow of flow era aurrounded a velvety lawn, which it retched about a garden er'a cottage, eoilly neat and homelike. Everywhere trace and ehruhe were full of blrda. laiki and mocking, blrda, their chorueee Ailing tha air. Bed warmed about the hedgea and flower bed and pretty butterflies flitted everywhere, glvlug the linptvaalon of flying bloeeouii. On the freeh gran under the tree little squirrels frisked gaily about, narking the nuta that had been thrown to them that morning by the little girl who had brought Harry gauie-vlugc- d thither. "Oh, how lovely! Harry unclaimed Involuntarily aa hla eyre treated oa the happy arena about him and hie can drank lu tha blrdi' songs. "And why la It lovely naked the ew little girt, loading him to a arat beaide a aparkllng little lake where many bird were dipping their wings lu tha fresh, cool water. "Why, there are ao many flowers, blrda and aqulrrela and all aeem so tame," replied Harry. "Ah, I thought thla picture would appeal to tba good side of you, the little girl remarked. Aud now I must tell you that on my father'a lands which, however, are not vast, ha being only a gardener there la no life held lightly. Of course, destroying Insects which would ruin our gardens and flowers, if net molested. are killed: but birds, been butterflies and squirrels ara protected and cherished. Instead of plucking tha beautiful flowrri we let them live their lives as Nature Intended they ahould, and thus they beautify the grounds and furnlah sweets to the bees for making honey. The birds are as safe In these trees as you am safe In this yard. And they know It o hare they neat and rear their young. And here they sing all dav In peace and aontontmenh making us tha happier by seeing their happiness. But suppose Just one boy with a gun ahould be turned free into thla little valley! Oh, I shudder to think of tha ruin ha would causa. Boon the dear blrda aad aqulrrela thoee that might recaps being ruthlessly killed f leave hem, hiding away In the wildest manner w --server a human being might apiear near their quarters. But see bow tame they are now. the birds permitting an to go quite nror them: and the equirrels sill route end rat from our hauda and ruu up on our shoulders. Aud Just took at the beautiful flowers everywhere; yet, by two ruthless bauds, they eoalu dlsspjirar within n da; , aud ws would ba rubbed at their busuty uud perfume aud the bees would go hungry through tbs flowers' daath." Why, 1 always supposed flowsrs grew to be picked," ventured Harry. "And 1 suppose you thought that blrda wet created to be shot." the little girl remarked. "Hut of what use ere dead flowers or dead birds?" Hurry did not auawer, bat somehow be wished that be did not have that alrgun orer hie shoulder. For tha flrat time he realised how precious was the life of all harmless things, all things that helped to lienutify by sight or sound the great palpitating world, of which he was so small a part. The little girl, seeming to reed bis thoughts, rose aud said: "If you wsttt to get rid of that ugly weapon so that It may never be the mean of tuklug life you may tie a rock about It and throw It In the lake, which, at the opposite aide, le very deep. Hurry eat silent fur n moment. He had parted wtih soverel very valuable possessions to own that gun. and ho felt ha would Its a loser should hs destroy It. Then an idea cams to him, and bs aald: 1 tell you w hat I'll da I'll ewsp this gun off. 1 can get aomethlng oat of It, for It le a flnt gun. I bats to lose Its valae, you know." But what about the boy who tradre foe nuked the little glrL "Won't Itr quickly he go out and ahoot the pretty blrdi and aqulrrela? No, by putting that gun Into another boy's hand you ouly transfer the mrane of killing from your own hauda to the hande of another. Tha suffering of the Urde will be In ao way lessened." I ace," aald llarry. Jumping np and running around to the deep aide of the lake. "HI never, never take tba Ufa of u bird, or an y harm less insect or animal, again. And vrhat'a more, I'll not have la my poasowton eo cruel a thing an this." And he took a atrong siring from hla pocket found a :wk nearby, and tied It about the gnu, which he then toaard Into tbo lake. That bit tbs mark. he laughed ea be heard the gun trike the bottom of the lake. Aa ha was about to depart from the gerdener'e grounds the little girl aald: Don't forget that there are thousands and thousands of boys who carry sad ase them wantonly In the wooda. Among them you have a few frienda. It to your duty to nuke them undentnnd the laaeou you have thla day would d air-gu- In rued. Then (he bade Harry good-band ran merrily ringing to the cottage, while bout her bloomed the flowere, frisked the aqulrrela, bummed the brei and rang y the blrda. "And all tbla lieanty, fragrance and comes through saving life and doing unto others as you would be dime he wared a farewell by,' mid Harry to the little girl, who stood In the vlne-reeled porch of her home. "Well, I'm glhd that beastly alrgun la drowned, anyway. And, trlut'i more, I most tell all the hide about the thluga I hive learned today while out hunting birds I may not convert them aa really that ewret little girl converted me bat I'll not give up. even though the task bo s bard one. And Harry kept his word. melody tuned te see beside kiwi sweet-face- d little glrL a word that was Mid. Come, HI as Boas, yon a peak first." Well, Im cotton, as yon know," aald tha row. But I am a fine, soft piece, yon may be rare of that. I grew In a big cotton field away down la Georgia. I was picked by a little colored girl, who sang all day long as aba worked. With Nursery Rhyme. W LITUE PICT! REi UhfcS. Tl gey twlna laughed at the merry eight And said, "Do U again." M. W. f Minnies New Spring Hat and the things It Told Her. BT ANNIE JAMES. flun't like you, so I don't, pouted "n,lp- - ns she flung her new spring bnt ihs lied after having looked It over Mitb'slly. "I wish grandma would allow xn end select my own beta, eo I , Iinve hid one trimmed In red end 7H!ow roses and end let me eeo-- oh: la blue " rlhbon, and But strange, low groan came from the na Interrupted Mlnnle'e eollloqny. J? little girl leaned over to ascertain where the eonnd no like a bnmnn'n '"me from, and aa she did so soft full, r eii rote that toy graeefnlly J1 1hp front of the hat Ito petal! and spoke: Dear child, bow can yon wish for rheup. fflufly things red and yellow tbs factory where I waa JTT' . everybody fairly raved over me, end st B? leaves elf crimped by band, may l ahould not talk, bring only p'wr' hrtlfletel flower who am Indebted maker for my beauty." nn and tell me your story," pleaded much astonished that an nrttflctol. p"nl4 Had a voice with which to Teak. M- ,Te us the story of your I 'hen give yon mins," Mid a "r ribbon that adorn the bet "What! Ton talk, too? And uiost gasped In her amusement ,h of the ribbon mi , , Intoloone s speaking posture. T (1 t broad-brimme- "e 1 S rum-colore- d ' Snil W,lr k, Z!;T' B,rInanimate V Pr, fne,Lt,h,.PrlT,,W " et ZSJJ? th things ,D enotbei Minnie o white straw hat It ,B ,Btrestlng sprin bnrtuui J!?1 ,,rl "I 0 ths that aha might i ' top at St. Paul "St. Paul, hlinuMOta!" erics the child on his right, aud the answer being coerect the next child to the right muiura tbe stury. relieving tbe one who answered correctly of telling s part of the story at this Junction, though It may fall to him the nest time round the circle. While there," begins the urxt storya few days from toy teller, "1 1 ravels. Then I resumed uiy Journey, " to direct going t'heyrnue "I'beyenae. Moutsnsl" cries the boy on his right, which, being wrung, nausea all lu the ctrekt. who know of tha mistake, to cry ''Error, error!" Then, after being corrected the hoy making the mistake must take up the thread of tbe narrative and (ravel oa." Not ouly is there much life and fun to Ire had from playing the game "Location." but the children's knowledge of geography Is brought to the test and tbe urt of Impromptu story telllug is cultiklAKY UHAUAM. vated. Jimmy Phlarity. Uy qsmn in Jimmy Fhlnrity; I ni Irish, ss you see. An' nearly nil tbs bids at school Are a bit s' feared of ma. on' neck the ' hoard pasta him ciy. Aa through the air I flung him. Just as 1 would u ball. A crust tbs scbuolhousa picket fence. An got him by Ton ort For I won't taka no foolin' 1'nuu anyone my else; What kindly brake bis falL Blurt the compiling of reliable record!, beginning lu tbs year 1147. 1.0M.UOU persons have perished by earthquakes. Prior to this time, however, ws have tbs farts of terrible earthquake disasters. In T42 A. D Myrta. Palestine and elites of their region were wrecked by n serlrs of earthquakes which destroyed more than BO towua sud hundreds of thousands of human Mugs. In 1137 an earthquake In Rlclly took They can't poke fun at my red hair, Hy freckles so1 squint eyes. tbs lives at about 13, wn persons. Of aiurb later dates we have the boniOne day chap, an smarty. fying records of the great Japan earthYelled, "Hello, Emerald Islet In liven wars when 1703, 200,000 quake loot st Yeddo. Another horrible disaster of the same kind visited Japan lu Ml, when 10,11m) persons perished on the island of Hondo. Ursy UqulrreL At Peking. Chiu, and vlrinlty 100.000 souls periled by earthquake lu ITU. In In tbe year 18S0, OO.ikiO persons Game Called Location. Canton, were killed by earthquake, which almost totally destroyed the nlty. HOW IT 18 PLATED. In 17E3 tbo brautlful seaport city of There le a lively and Interesting little Llshoa ares swept away by earthquake, which wee aided by tidal wave aud Are. game railed "lAcatlou." It may bs played for 10, IB minutes or for su hour. Just About 4U(KXl person lost their liras. to please tha pleasure of the little par ;SIn 1768 Plrily was again visited by tlrl pants. earthquake, tbe loaa of life reaching te Let the children nmeuble In thu 1,1X10. lu JMfl Naples lost 00,000 souls g-room, wbnu f tbe west her will not by earthquake. neat in tbe ynrd. tnd permit of ploying Keahen. Persia, wee devastated by themaelvea In s circle elmut ibe room. One earthquake In 17SS mid 40,is) persons lost their live A the game by telling of ble travel! begins In 1707 an earthquake aid I Ida I wire (true or Imaglneiyi In elow, precise tones. When be conies to the name of soma wept aeroaa Panama and 4n,ixi lives dly, lake or mountain, tbs were lost. In lMM Ecuador and Peru boy or girl sitting nest oa bln right must weiw rlallad by earthquake, 23,0u0 perquickly roll out the locution of the plies sona perishing. named. If hr or she gives tha 1 oca tins In August. 1IMS, an earthquake vl ailed correctly the boy; or girt next In line must lake up tbs story of travel end Charleston, I. C.t doing much damage to life end property. coni inns to some other prominent ptai-on the world's geography; but If an error Early oa tbo morning of April 18, 1908, le made the boy or girl who makes it u terrible and destructive earthquake mint resume the story, hading the list- visited the OoMen Gale City, Ben Fmn-rlseeners along over different Itnds and ness Cel., toying It to rains and canntill mine pises of Interest Is reached, you eat banished funds aud Mikes?" after which the game continues ns begun. ing terrible Inee of life. On tba same Can Ao' 1 snswsrsd, "I should amlto." date many cities and town throughout For example: I started out Sn s tour of tbs United California were visited by severe eboeke An' then I Ups su st him States," begins boy. "1 made my flnt end thousands of Uvea loot. Before be wished ss eye, t For flna of them sharp pickets Caught In bln clothes. you know, An' though bs kicked and yelled like It wouldn't let him go. Well, after I bed toughed enough I went and took him down. And from that day to thin one Ile'e tbo meekest kid In town. The sittin- ( well-know- n For my same la Jimmy Phlarity, (With a mature full of grit!) An' many fight I've bravely fought Aa many mors Ill M. W t ' ' sorry I have hurt your feelings, apologised yinnle, for ths first time noticing the exquisite beauty of tint end graceful form of the big erasmy rose that toy bedded In the soft green leaves, which rivaled nature'! very own. I now sen bowr truly beautiful you are, she went on, and I appreciate deer thousands and thousands of my brothers grandma's generosity and good taste la and sisters I waa pnt Into a bals and selecting yon for my hat. sent to tbe cotton mills, where we were "Ah, yon make me very happy by those woven Into cloth. words," cmlle4. the rose softly. "Now I Bnt to make a long story abort, I obeli tike pleasure to being on yonr bat found myself a part of oue'long piece of Bnt from thla mom rat I mutt Is dumb. milliner's fabric; aa white as snow. Tbla However, though yea never beer my voice waa folded abont a bit of smooth board, gain, know tbat I am content Good-by.and from tbe many yards there were cut And tbe roe lapsed Into a alleace which thonsande of rose shaped petals, targe was never again broken. and small. Thera were tinted by band "Well, It le yonr turn to apeak," Mid by band! Do yon realise what that Minnie, addremlng the pretty bow of ribmeans? And tbe km nodded emphatically bon which had expxreaed a desire to talk. as It asked this question, which It an"Tell me eometblng of yonr origin." swered Itself without waiting for a re"I wee rare the cloaks of worms," beMinnie. hunfrom means It ply Well, gan the bow of ribbon. "From the flna dred of glrta at work on making ua flue flberi which you can silk, I was woven rose, aad It takes a girl two hours on into my present form, dyed end rut Into Just one like ma. I wee arttotlcully certain lengths and rolled on rounds of and curled, then pasteboard. In the big store I toy on a I tinted, carefully wired and leaved and budded. sbelf with many hundreds of other rib- - I Now, thnee little gaudy red and yellow bone, rolled np neatly like myself. thing that yon teem to prefer to me ere "Then came day when a pretty milmade by the thouaande In a day did yon liner cut me off, formed me Into a bow understand that? thousands In a day, and aewad me on this bat A few days Heigh eye I A hook on a string! Tons It wliile making a wish, and all tha work to dona mostly by maold tody aaw tbe hat later a the water of running brook chinery. Ah, then, think of my feelings hanging In a ease and bought It for her Into And rarely you'll catch a flab. when I am not fully appreciated when little granddaughter, who does not aeem M. W. my artletlc beauty to not held above tha well pleated with her dear grandma's cheap ganay staff which we floe raeee choice." -sneer at. "Oh, yes, I an, now that I understand, declared Minnie. "At first I did not notice how flue the mas and rlblion are. I wouldn't hsvs yellow tnd red roeee with blue rlhbon for anything, so I wouldn't." Then I am rontent," Mid the ribbon. Tt le our duty to adorn and please, and Inee yon ere sallsfled, I shall, like the rose, end my exlatenee happily hy sitting graeefnlly on the brim of yonr bat. Bo now I shell say good-band forever after hold my tongue. Then tbe rlbboa'e voice wee hashed, to never apeak eg.iln. "Now, dear, pretty hat, won't you tell mu what yoa were before being made Into yonr present limpet" asked Minnie, gently stroking the brim of tbo hat. I waa nothing bnt graeo a soft, cool, graaa which grew In a meadow. Being very pliable and soft, I was cut when green, allowed to lie on a board raek to tbe mb till dried. Then I waa plaited by machine Into long stripe, the strips sewed Into a bat, then bleached Md pressed over a aha ping block and sold from the factory to a wholesale millinery Mtabllshment. From there I Journeyed to a little millinery store, wee duly trimmed and sold to your grandmother. There yon bare my story In a nutshell. Bat yoa are getting sleepy; Ito down bare on the bed beside me and taka year afternoon nap. Tbe mice from tbe straw hat Mnk Into a wblaper. and, with drooping lids, Minnie rank back on the pillow to tone herself In a little aleeta. Half aa boor later start, Mt up, rubbed (be awoke with her eyes and looked at the pretty new spring hat beside her. ld Minnie to herself, How strange!" robbing her eyes wide open. Somehow, I really believe tbit hat, rose and ribbon, did talk to me before I fell asleep. But can It bars been s dream, I wonder? Then she picked np the hat. softly touched tbe roes tnd eareaaed the bow s sbo Mtd: Hresm or reality. I am greatly pleased with yon, and I must run and thank grandma for so lovely a new Thu Uttlo glxl over to aNirtala where ths sound onrau frsra spring hst Oh, I'p ao- - hand-crimpe- d sweet-faew- d y braad-titade- Itaitd lJ06, Some Facts About Earthquakes the World Over, and the Loss of Life Therefrom. " Turtle, turtle. In the myrtle. The pig broke through the pen. FOB Luuo-ee- good-else- Harry HAID-flHADO- 20, d T3Ae It . Dissension in the Worh. Bashet A great commotion occurred la the work basket one morning when all tba Inhabitants were Idle. (And this proves the old adage that idleness always finds mischief to do.) It liegia by tha needlebook declaring that when she gaily waved a leaf at tha s scissors b eat her. Whereupon the answered, rather Muelly: "Madam, I never could abide bookish people, particularly needlebook ones, for they always think themselves so sharp. Now, I ran Brave my charge by the very needles you take ear of, for you give etch u stitch to the side." "I don't know that that to any of your business," exclaimed a tong darning naedle, whose heed stuck from tha letrss of the needlebook. "Ever sines I've been In this backet I've kept my eye on yon, end I note tbat yon are forever a bit too pointed In your murks. Then, yon msbe yourself obnoxious by flirting svery time you got tbs chines with that marled pool of baatlng." At this rude remark the spool of basting grew very angry and rolled over and over, becoming much unraveled 'and tanmind gled, and declaring tbat she hid to thrust her sharp thread point right Inis the darning needle' rye If be did not tarn It In another direction, for she did not mean to have her set Ions spied upon by anyone In that bosket. Then she wound np by exclaiming : "Ton horrid thing; yon are always profane for you ire forever darning'!" "Well, calmly Interposed the a pool of darning eottoa, addressing tba angry sete-eor- pool of basting, yon trample eaother's toes by that tost remark. I feel tbe trample myself. And another thing I wish to Imprane on your mind to this that darning needl la tba bast frtead I have on earth be always palls ' me through the ragged pierce of life. Jrat then tbe silver thimble ralse her bright self and Mid: "Come, come, comrades; stare wa must live together In this basket let It be la peace and friendship." "Oh, oh! Ton may appear a bright cried the but toohole cutter, member, addreering tbs thimble. "Bat all la not la fact, my dear gold tbat glitters, If you but took within yourself you'll And you ira as empty ae knot hole." And what ara you?" retorted the thimble, for once toeing bar amiability. It's a flue figure yon cut. Indeed. Oh, thereto yon err, toughed the doughty buttonhole cutter. "I do not cat flgureu I cut hoi re. Ten, hole and nothing lu them, raeerad tbe thimble. "Again you err," remarked tbe buttonhole cutter. "Tbe hole I cut arc always filled with button." Then a laugh ran around tha buakat, and the srlaaora Mid, throating a point towards tba thimble: "Madam Peace maker. I guess you'll hold your Oliver tongue after this, won't yon? Bnt before the thimble mid make reply a little girl cam running to tha basket, thrust her finger Into the thlmbto, grabbed np tbe needlebook, ecleeora and darning eottoa aad carried them away. No more fan today," algbad tha button-kot-o cutter. And he stretched Mt la aleep at the (Ida of the spool of hasting. ANNIE JAMES. needle-pushe- ' Well?" calmly laterpcaad the ball af darning. Little Peeps Into Mythology ; In tbo tong, tong ago thu Bun wue np Psed to sxlst for tha purpose of furnish-lulight uud warmth to this planet alone. It wu supposed te sink Into the oesaa at night and to rise from It at dawn. Ths moos, too, was thought to bo a servant of thla Mith, furnishing Ught, wblto tha sun want to bad In tha bosom of the ocean to Thus the two Inmluom hallo took "tun about to supplying ui with light Thu sbods of thu gods was oa thu tog of Mount Olympus, Thessaly. The clouds formed u gate which waa guarded by tba goddsae Bessons. Bhs opened this gate to allow tbo gods to pass out and lu oa their Journeys to end return from tbo earth. It wue commonly believed that tha Cetoattato made frequent visit to rar planet to look after tbe affaire ei mortals. Each god bad his own private abode lu tha clouds, sava those who. Ilk Thera Keptuns. dwelt lu tbe waters. god assembled dally In the palace of the Olympian king to feist on nectar and ambrosia. which waa served to them by no torn a divinity than tbe lovely goddess Hebe. While tha gods dipped and made merry the god of music. Apollo, played for them os ble lyre, to whlcb dulcet tones tbe Muses tout their melodious volets In song. Tbe greatest god of tbe heaven, according to both Greek and Homan mytholHs to spoken of as ogy. la Jupiter. Be Is "Father of goda aud men. ftiber of Vulcan, Venus, Minerva, Diana. Apollo and Merrury, all great aad superior gods aad goddesses. g mt MABT GRAHAM. RIDDLEB. the bill aad down tba bill. It runneth forever. Tut itsudatb stilL t (A Bond.) Tell ua, ehlldren, If you emu, man. Who Is that highly-favore- d Who, though he's married many a wife; life? hla bachelor be a all May (A Clergyman.) Why are ladle In evening dm Ilk mountain tope? They ere la what two respects ara rivers aad I warms alike? I Ruth have beds and both mu. I When to a man thinner than a lathi I .Whva shaving. white-mantle- d, ( |