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Show -- Vi, 1 FOE BOYS AND GIRLS. OME COOO STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. W ' it DaUjr. Canary, a Btw Qaaar Little Hlagtag Poaad la the Uaa.p J malar Sqnirr.l. Wild. htrm Wi Arm JQ Rtm. SIMPLE i bilit. That lightly drama And brrath. its life In llmh. should It know of death? f- -Is fiery YVhat I met a llt'.le tage girl cot- maa eight years old. she She said, Her hair mas thick with many a curl That cluateied round her head. She had a rustic, woodland And she was mildly clad air, Her eyes mere fair, and very fair. Her beauty made me glad u Sisters and brothers, little maid. How many may you be How many Seven In all. she said. And mondering looked at me.. And who are they I you, tell." She answered, "Seven pray are me. And two of us at Conway dwell, And .two are gone to sea. Two of us In the churchyard lie. My sister and my brother, And. In the churchyard cottage: I Dwell near them with my mother. r You say that two at Conway dwell. And two are gone to sea. are seven' I pray you tell. Sweet maid, how this may be." Yet ye Then did the little maid reply, Seven boys and girls are we; Two of us In the churchyard He, Beneath the churchyard tree." "You run about, my little maid. Your limbs they aj-- alive! tf two are In the churchyard laid. Then ye are only five." Their graves are green, they may be seen, The little maid replied, "Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, they are side by side. "My stockings there 1 often knit. My kerchief there I hem; And there upon the ground I sit. And sing a song to them. "And often after sunset, sir. When It Is light and fair, t take my little porringer. And eat my supper there. The first that died was sister Jane: In bed she moaning lay. Till Ood released her from her pain; And then she went away. "So In the churchyard she was laid; And, when the grass was dry. Together round her grave we played. My brother John and I. "And when the ground was white snow. I could run and slide. brother John was forced to go. And he lies by her side." And My "How many are you, then?" said I, "If they two are In heaven? Quick was the little maid's reply, O master! we are seven. Ith vehlale as soon as tt reach ad Mrs. DEAN OF THE EDITORS Wlahsa. The old nurse opened the door herself. Run upstairs, my dear." ON she said'. It'a tha first room you come NEW TITLE BESTOWED to." But she caught Mrs. Hunter by CHARLES A. DANA. the arm, and whispered, Watt a minute; I have something to say; some- Th Orsfttssl JoaraalUt thing to tell yu. Would Not Ctiropou tN Mio Tint There was a long talk In the hall of tiro Old Rtvoi 01 which ended by Mrs. White saying. I ttolf. of Shadow Former tu don't think alie ll know the difference," and Mrs Hunter answering, 1 am aura she will." HARI.ES A. DANA When at last they went upstairs of the Sun la still Daisy waa standing quite still in the president of the middle of the room, looking at a cage United Press, rein whlih hopped and fluttered a golden maining like the white cap . on a canary bird. Mrs. Hunter looked at Mrs. White, mountain - after 'I jf nearly all the other and shook her head As she did so Daisy turned around and said solemninj'. F snow has melted in spring away ly. "Mrs. White, did you think I could j Mr. sunshine. believe that was my Goldy?" "the called is Dana nurse. Well, my dear," said the old I did hope you would not know the dean oi American Journalism,'' and It may be truly said that it waa he who difference," "Waa It the cat?" asked Daisy. Then lifted journalism to the dignity of a she went to her mother and put her profession. There are those who atarms about her waist and hid her face tribute to hla influence the fact that the Newspaper writers have been enon her bosom, and so sheltered lisabled to earn salaries more or less comtened for the reply. mensurate with the intefltgenoe and 1 "No, dear, t was not the cat. Mr. Involved In their work. ability dont keep one. The way it happened Dana is now 78 jears old, and most Of was this I just opened the cage door his long life has been spent in work to fill the bath, and while 1 was pourconnected with the writing and editing tha water out he came. He used He worked with to come out often and perch on the ing of newspapers. Horace Greeley on the Tribune and was thatV. chair backs, and I did not know $20 a week for work that he afterthe slndow 4o Urn next room was open. paid ward avowed was worth four times the she My cousin had opened It when money. It was these early rebuffs that made the bed, Goldy flew Into the determined his career. He waa not room, but that he often did. I went with the newspaper hack of impressed after him In a minute, but he was gone. the early days and he set to work to I had all the boys In the street after teach newspaper men tba real meanhim, but It was of no use. Well, dear," ing of their calling and to establish a she went on after a pause, what could code of journalistic ethics which will I do but buy you another? He Is Just long survive him. He had the pleasthe same color, and a lovely singer. ure of repaying Greeleys roughness by After a while you may come to love supporting him for the presidency of him Just as well. I did not think you the United States. The date of his real would know the difference." greatness in the newspaper field is that Mrs. White, said Daisy, "If Aunt Doras baby had got away, would you have bought her a new one? It you had, would you have supposed she wouldn't know?" Why, what a question!" said the old nurse. Birds and babies are very different things, child. "Well, 1 cant put any other bird In Goldy's place," said Daisy, rising to her feet. Please, may we go home now, mamma? Ah! but you will take the bird I bought for you, won't you?" asked Mrs. White. "Please excuse me. said Daisy. Give him to some other little girl who never knew Goldy and does not know what a bird can be." But what was Daisy's delight when, on reaching home, she found Goldy In his cage and his song trilling through the house! When he escaped from Nurse White's he had flown to Daisys home and been caught by Jane and Sarah. I think I am the happiest little girl In the world Juet now, Daisy said. New York Ledger. 7 -- j " A SlDgksi Squirrel But they ere dead; those two are From the New York Sun: You have dead! of ainglng mice, no doubt, said heard In are heaven! Their spirits K. Sanford, formerly of Dover, N. Twas throwing words away; for still The little maid would have her will. Not long ago I read several InH. And aatd. "Nay, we are seven!" teresting accounts of them In The Sun. have never heard a singing mouse, Deitys Canary. but I heard a ainglng squirrel. It waa Hla name was Goldy. Daisy called several years ago that, while gunning him eo because he was all over bright one day In the wood near Dover, N. gold. He was not bought In tiny shop, H., my attention waa drawn to what r brought Into the house by any one. seemed the singing of a bird someHe was Just hatched out of a pretty lit- where among the branches at a little tle egg. on which Aunt Berthas can- distance away. The note waa so peI turned my stepi toward ary had been sitting ever so long. culiar that There were other eggs in the nest, and the sound to see what species of bird little birds came out of them. But Goldy was making It. It waa some time bewae the first, and Daisy was standing fore I could trace the note to its source. an g chair looking Into the cage when Then I found out that It came from a his little beak came through the shell red squirrel, sitting upright on a hough, So Aunt Dors said he should be hera singing away as If In love with his own When he was old enourh to feed him- melody. At eight of me he stopped, as I remained perfectly still he self, he was hung in Daisys room, such but a shining ball of golden fluff, with such presently piped up again. Aa to tha quality of hla melody, I cunning ways you never saw. Daisy should compare It to the single note was delighted. She took tha best care of a canary unusually prolonged, with seed-cu- p his filled regularly, of him, no variations except in rising or fallkept fresh water in his cage, saw that and lump sugar, and ing and Increase or decrease of volhe had cuttle-fis- h ume. It may have been a call to a pfayed her little music box to him evit certainly had nothing in It mats; ery day. Under sueh ears Goldy pros- of tha scolding character associated a fine be to very and singer. grew pered of the northern red the with chitterlng summer when weather It waa warm squirrel. Thera waa no movement of Daley's father sad mother decided to the throat that I could discover ia tha to course, they Europe. Of, take a trip of the sound. From tins did not meaa to leave their little girl production would atop hla ainglng, and he time to behind, and Daisy was delighted, until after three or four minutes, the heard that she could not take presently, would start up again; always in the Gokly with her. Then she wee so ssd beginning with a low note which In that papa and mamma scarcely knew creased In volume until shortly before what to do with their little glrL She tha next pause. I remained on the went and eat down beside Goldys eage, tpbt a half hour listening, and want which hhe had Just put upon a table, away leaving the squirrel ainglng awav leaned her heed against the bars, and with as vigorous a note aa ever. began to cry. Goldy, of oouree, had no Idea whet nil this meant; probably he Saakee KUIed la a attar's rial 4. thought It was some new play, so he tie In the last Atlanta, Oa., special: hla and hie perch put hopped along war Oakland Cemetery Vrae of tha days out beak through the bars, and palled laid out In the southeastern part of the one of Daisys hairs. etty and one portion of it waa aet apart That made her laugh, and than her as a paupers burying ground. A few mamma told her that Nurse White, days ago tha sexton took n notion to who was one of the moot careful old clean up the pauper Iota and with ladles any one aver knew, had prom- force of hands began tba work. It ww ised to take Goldy home with her and a warm find auhny day, and tba work "It bad not proceeded far before one of keep him until they returned. care for can Dor let her Aunt your the hands spied a large black snake. her new baby, I am sure you can feel The reptile waa soon despatched, bqj aafe about Goldy," mamma said. Poor In a few minutes another waa discovDaisy was not quit sura, but U was the ered, and then the hands stopped cut best thing that could be done, and so ting briars and brush and started snaki It was arranged. Mrs. White took killing. Among the crumbling mound Goldy to her home, which waa only in they found all kinds of snakes, maces tha next street, so that ha could see alna, coach whips, black snakes, and his own house whenever ha waa hung garter snakes, and under a brush heaf out of tha back window. they found colled and in fighting attiWhen thi Of tha voyage 1 Khali only say that It tude one large rattlesnake. vrae very pleasant. Whlla abroad search waa concluded the cemetery eeunt-a- d Daisy saw maay Interesting things. hands collected the serpents .and 210 all told. AU want well, and at last they returned tn good health and spirits, and started machine produces A for home in a carriage. Of course, they were going to atop tor Goldy. : Daisy many nalla In n given time on thousand men. all impatience. She waa out of tha formerly made by r nall-makl- i v- SCHOOLS IN LOO With ItwUSd Bsllt t. w HUT. LEEDY AND NEWSBOY. t Ww th. 1.41.M. TOPEKA LAD GAVE THE GOV- Colorado enjoys the proud distinction ERNOR A DINNER. of having enrolled in her schools nt least those are the Tke rtl f Little Tea sty given in the bienniaJ report Issued rmmm Wk. It Able Obtaia O.ly by Mrs. A. J. Peavey, the superintead-en- t tb. Kuum KikiUn A Fame of public Instruction of that comHmOW Km. monwealth, says the 8L Louie Republic. Thirty odd thousand of these pupAST thy bread up-- e ils do not regularly attend school, end n t h e waters, there may possibly be e reason for aa't the Bible, "for that, inasmuch as In the same report thou shall, find it Mrs. Peavey present tome excellent after many daya." pictures of most of the pubTtcechool ' The governor of of, $he slat. in Colorado probably- as Kanaaa.Gov. Leedy, much is la any of the western etatee followed this adit is not aU'ays handy for young people to go e great dls.ance to attend to their vice, and hla bread flg-nr- Sey kM t. Ir. I - Intellectual training, and, owing to certain financial condition!, tbs schools cannot be maintained where there are only a few taxpayers scattered over a considerable ares It must not be understood that Colorado children have to secure their learning in the open air and under the blua skies of heaven, for in every county of the state there la at least one public schoolhouse, but such buildings as they are might frighten the wits out of the ordlnarjr achdoP" inarm of the more thickly populated east In many portions of th state money has been lavishly expended for modern school buildings, but In some of the outlying dlstriois the schools In which the pioneers had their children taught to read and writs still hold tho fort It is expected that In a few years all this will have been changed and that the peculiar dugouts and stockade buildings win have been auperaeded by school buildings with every modern convenience. A few years ago, with the exception of the large cities or towns, where people were more heavily taxed, the school buildings consisted mostly of either dugouts or log huts. Many of the log houses are still scattered ov came back to him In thick slices, nlce-- 1 y butte red, and served with sundry other dishes which made up a frugal, but wholesome and appetising meal, taya the New York Herald. In other words, an act kindness he performed to a certain Individual resulted in hla being invited to a unique dinner, which he himself declares that he will ever treasure up as one of the happiest occasions in hla opened the Inner door a Inches and peered cautlouMy through the crock, aa though to decide whoa to , admit next Hie eye felt . on little All uncertainty vanished. Thomas. He boldly walked out, extended hi hand, and cried heartily: "Why, how are yon. Tommy? I feel glad to see you. What can I do to you?" And Tommy- spoke up boldly and 4 pleasantly. Gov. Leedy. he mid, "I want yon to come and take dinner with mo on Tuesday." The governor laugh ad a great. Jolly laugh of pleased surprise, and said: Ortatnljr. Tommy; I accept your Invitation with th greatest pleasure." ' "All right, air, said Tommy; 1 wilt com around for you at th office about . - ' 4 -- 30." "A good Idea," replied the governor. I will be on band. And now, la them anything else I can do for you?" "No, air, mid the boy, sturdily (an answer that not one of the grown men in that office would hare dreamed of "Good making to inch a question). morning." Good morning, Thomas," mid tha governor. And that la how It happend that Gov. Leedy came to get th dinner which life. has since described ns one of th And who do you suppose that Indi- he Ufa vidual waa? Who do you suppose waa pleasantest episodes of his whole the giver of this notable feast? THEY FEARED A MONARCHY. No lees a person that Master Thomas And Martin, a newsboy. CmbmI1i AwskaaM Sa.plcloa Amamf here la the story. Two years ago, or Early ttrpablloaa laaloa ' ' when Tommy waa a toddler, The pageantry of th Inauguration he began the work of selling newsserves to recall th okl days when th papers, In order to help support hla fear of the monarohy was heavy upon mother, who la a widow leaders In ths new govthe Republican Tommy Uvea In the city of Topeka, ernment, th New York Mall and says which, as you know, la the capital of Washington, th first presiKansas, When the legislature waa in Express. In own person and In hid his dent. session there the members were aloffice, waa not averse to the stately to the ways eager everlng papers get and custom that to too exaa soon aa they came out So all the ceremonial citable minds suggested the era of newsboys congregated around the and oppreaalon. Thus writes monarchy aa offices toon to get coplea newspaper Pennaa they were ready. The moment they William McClay, senator from date of were supplied there was a breakaway sylvania, in hU diary nnder 1789: "Levees may he ex and a race for the state house. Now, June 6, In old countries where useful tremely all the newsboy were older and bigger arc collected, aa and bad longer stronger legs than lit men of great fortunes Idle from being the may keep they So he always came in tie Thomas. breathless at the end of the line, to worse employed, but here I think they Indeed, from find that nearly all the senator and are 'hurtful. these small beginnings I fear we shall congressmen had been supplied. nor cease till we shall reach It happened one rainy afternoon that follow, summit of court etiquette and all the Mr. Leedy, wbojras then not governor, but n senator, waa walking toward the the frivolities, fopperies and expenses state house, when he taw the gather- practiced in European governments, I to think how many Individuals ing of boys, the sudden break and the grieve at the objects with unare aiming came which race in Tommy unequal .The senator did diligence." out a had last - He followed and Over ceasing took the child, Just aa he had reached not like Washington's way of deliverthe state Jiouee. Thomas waa out of ing hi messages to Congress In perbreath and the other boys were out of son, Instead of having them read, They reminded him of "speeches from ths sight. "Where did the other hoys go?" throne." For a kindred reason ha had ' no us for th John asked the senator. "They beat me," mid Thomas, with Adams. Witneaa an entry In hla dairy a smile, for though beaten be could mad tha kam year, just after th "Dont you news of the fall of the Du til had keep np a stout heart reached America: want to buy a paper?" the vile and Jet-tand nobility "Hoymttr mads pan but vhat "Yea, pageantry by which a few of th ha-mboys run away from you?" race lord tt over and tread on Well, I guess my legs wepnt long seem th necks of their fellow-morta- ls enough," piped Thomas, Mill smiling. All right," replied the senator, llksly to b demolished with thels "now If yon wont make any notes Ill kindred Butlle, which Is said to he take you up tn the senate chamber and laid In ashes. Is gods! with what Inwell see It we cant sell tha rest of dignation do I think of th lata atyour papers. That will make your legs tempts of soma creatures among ns to aa long aa the big boys legs. They revive ths Vila machinery t Oh, Adam cant get In there." Adams, what a wretch art thou I" "Thank you, air." "Isnt this a pretty bad day for you Silver OaapeU." "Tke OeM to be outr "The Gold sad Silver Goopela" la thd Oh, a business man cant atop for nom of a very peculiar book sow preweather," cried Tiny Tim boldly. served la tha Upsala library la SweThomas readily disposed -- of hla den. It Is printed with tneUl type oa CHARLES A. DANA. papers wheo'hs wsa ushered Into the violet --colored vellum, th letters being senate chamber. Then be cams round liver end tbs Initials gold. Whan U on which he became the editor of the er tha state, and there la still standing to where Senator Leedy aat and thankwaa printed, by whom or what ware Sun, which has ever slnoe been the th first on erected within th bord- ed him again for hla kindness. methods employed ore question the favorite Journal .of newspaper men ers of what It now th state. This one Now. see here," said the senator, "If which have great Interest for the curigenerally in America. For many yean la In Mootesuma county, and In the you will be as quiet as you were today ous hut have never been answered. Mr. Dana has not been active in th light of modem arrsa gem eats Is looked and move about with aa llttls noise I Montreal Herald and Star. management of hla paper, although its upon aa a veritable relic. It consists will aee If I cant get you la her every conduct is animated by hla Ideas. He of a log house with four Windows and day- la a benevolent man, fond of encourag- on door, tha window now busl-t-o When tb Siberian railway Is eons la teat, Mr. Leedy mad It hisfallow-seaathaving tha Journey around th world ing Utopian dreamen even If ha doe panes of glam, something that they dU his around pleted among go not believe In their philosophy, and, not possess whan th house was first and ask their consent to the will occupy not more than forty daya withal, is perhaps tha moat plcturaaqua erected. But the moat curious feature new onungcmenL He explained that, and the cost of transportation will not figure In newspaper literature of Amer- of this la th stockade which a g rule, h would object to the ad- exceed $400. Philadelphia Times. ica, standing, aa ha does, between th runs entirely around th building. It mission 'of newsboys ' Into ths senate old orthodox Ideas and tha new Journ- la mod of logs with their ends Muck chamber. But aa tho other boy war JOSH BILUNq'f HILOEOFHT. alism of tha day. In thg ground, and here and there holes all o much Mgger than Thomas and Joseph Medlll, ef th Chicago Tri- have bean cut through the solid log all poaasasod legs of superior length Honesty la a doubt th beet potto bune, waa once a prominent aspirant n place where th school teach-o- r th host way to stretch Thomas lags but I have seta policy that wuaat the tearing 1st for the deanery, hat of years tha and pupils could poke th manias to th right six waa to 1st him la every beet kind ov hoosoty. Tribune baa fallea below th Standard of lanced chap tha their guns and ahoot down th In- day if he promised to go quietly about On ov th beet-bof the San. Mr. Medlll has retired won than practically la of who Is th one wh papers. ml business diana, meet travels selling I la his chief Its of editor. from tha duties of tha territory. The stocked He found oo difficulty la winning talks the most and Hoe th erred long and wall a a protection over all th senator. 8 h left Flattery lx th meanest hind H M Bear? raifcee aa Ml Early Years. and abuse, and tha man who will Hatter yw th with the savages. doorkeeper against Thomas tor mall The Australian brings tha every afternoon the little lad appeared, will cheat yn th fust good chaooo he of tha publication of tha fresh and rosy and found no difficulty Admiral CaSriaetaas Bkaatta. first of tha three Uvea of th lato 81r git. Is British famous Mr. la disposing of hla auttrt stock of were known to be 1 never knu but on maa to dl Warship, Henry Parke that Meanwhile th older tails a story of Admiral newspapers. It la by Mr. Walter Woodwho In active preparation. a broken hart, sad he did It by tricing confine Chetnacirca, to commanded BritCodrtngtoo, bad th frx. waa secwho the a barrall ov elder nod drink Charles Lyaa, private ish fleet la th action of Navsrlno, ia formerly, to th halls and lobbies at th to lift ? ov th bung. out retary and trusted confident of Sir 1127, when th Turkish fleet was de- stats house. deHa was amount for q many no year. la Henry Thar partlckular summer Senator Leedy w stroyed by the allied "Whan Mao-dor- s, not oany signated aa hla biographer by Sir Henry the admiral returned powers. la making philosophy from for governor and la th tall himself, who,' Indeed,' rend and revised iterranean h met In town the Med- Dominated or committing onny sta, hut la He took hla east on a portion of tha book in Its manuscript acquaintance of th class a country b was elected. not to do it agin there ta. tricing whoa souls Jan. L form. One day'during on of his Pre- are aetti with th good Ood to ban Tn In their lands and turwrapped np Both on th occasion of hla nominamiership Sir Henry waa reading a re- nips. Hullo, Codrlngton. ha the dollar, hut man lnsim on conta 60 of the on first let' election exclaimed, tion and cently --published life of Mr. Gladstone, tn blind Ignorance of all to ths pound, ov flash, a hundred reach him upon contemporary ters-o- f - congratulation volume for n moand, laying down-thseen you for some I havent canto time, ' coat charge added. every hlstorjf, little Tommy. from I was ment, he said to Mr. Lyne: Had any good shooting lately 7 time. and diabeleav . require of 20th last doubt December, T oa th thinking when reading It of n comparisth admiral. Tv Mr.When, amount or bran, hut t to replied Why. to cam down ye. smallest Topeka the Leedy on- between Mr. Gladstone's life and had some rather remarkable shooting.1 make arrangement for hla toaugnrm-Go- n, trust requires th tnsoeenaa ov a child, my own. ' When he was at Eton, pre- And with this he went his waya." ha was naturally the moat sought-aft- er th faith ov a martyr, and tho gealgo for nil himself Oxford, enjoying paring mas la ths city- - Ths outer room ov aa angell. tb advantages of a good education, Xtv TuMla at Blnu. , hla temporary office waa crowded 6f It to a grata deal easier Job to make with - plenty of money; and being Gov. MacGregor discovered on hla wonted to sec th govwho self then to gtl with people a hla for way future po- recent tour through British New Gul pedigree for on trained In every "Just for a minute. Soma of on from a grandfather, and the hah rtion aa a statesman, I waa working on nea several new varieties of birds, ernor were seeking offices for tba them at id a day, and suffered to watch the dam thing, nit sad day. a rope-waincluding a new kind of bird of parawar seeking them tor others elves, . treatment was eruef , that ' I for fear It will apll. such dise. On Mount Scrstchley, n,ooo feat cum a time when the llaf their friend. may There knocked down with n crowbar, and did above th sea, lark war found, and A light rap on ths door sounded and tb tom wlQ 11s down together: not recover my eenees for half an hour. vegetation corresponding to that Ml the confused din. k bore went rope-walI to labor In temperate tone From the but as mutch as I Kbould Ilka to see Com in.- said the governor's seca thing I shall continue to bet ml sutch g brick yardi where I was again bruTo prevent extravagant us of gw by retary. And la walked Master Thomtn this world on th lion. money tally need, and when Mr. Gladstone was ov th heat arguments 1 kg nt Oxford I was breaking atone on th turning it on full force a new tip j as Martin. On . the under side to n Gov. Leedy tor b asked. oa out hollowed Is with highway v hardly tn enough favor ov matrimony to, thoee Queens . a thermostat Yes." replied th secretary, who been married ono. 1 dont Who hav clothing to protect me from the cold." hold n ball and spring, a "Take one. taslde th tip to rale recognised th lad at luk they had th fust what Lore Truly a striking and dramatic con treat being placed Just mt and wait a few minutes." between the early years of two Prime the ball and decrease the gas pressure moat kraay 4 try tt agio. aru th th that the burner become heated. jmt then It happened Ministers. vice-preside-nt, an t on old-tim- er f el poa-aoaal- as leL 1 r 7t lk J' p u -- 1 |
