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Show Tim Moon-llal.r. There's a beautiful golden cradle. That rocks In Ilia ro red sky; t havo seen It lhre In the evening air. Where the bla nnd beetle fly; With llltlo wlills clouds (or rurtatne. And plllowa uf fleecy wool. And a dear llltlo bud (or the Moon-Hthy'thend, Moon-Hthy'thend, Bo tiny and beautiful There are Under young tiara around It That wait for their bath c( daw In th purple tlnta thl the aun'a warm prlnU Hare left on the mountain bine. There aro good llltlo untitle ptaneta. That want to be nuraed and kitted. And laid to sleep In the ocean doep. Under allvery folds ot mlat Hut the Moon-llaby flrat mint aliimbcr. For he In their proud young king, Bo. band In baud, round hla bed they aland, And'lullatileii low they atng. And Iho beautiful golden cradle la rocked by the wlnda that stray, With plntnna aoft, from the halla aloft When the Moon-llaby Urea today, Pall Mall (Intetta. Japanese I-egend. Once upon n time there waa n Kins tn Drar.onlnnd who had a beautiful wife, and thla beniitlful wife fell III. All the eminent doctora In the kingdom king-dom were railed In turn to the palace, but not one of them could think of anything to mnKO the Queen well and ttronn. Hut ono night aho had a dream, and when aho awoke aho tout for tho King and said: "Tho remedy that will rcaloro me to .health baa been rorcaled to mo, and It la thin- I mutt havo the liver of a young monkey to rat." "llut, my dear," aald Iho King, "there la not a monkey mi thla tide ot tho world, nnd how nre no to Bend away actvea tho water tu the other eldo and bring oua hero? 1 am euro I don't know." Uut the Queen walled and cried until a big round flah wlili a great bony back beard her, and waa ao moved v with pity that ho got out of tho water, ''and flopped all the way to thn palaco to have an audience with the King. t Thla ended In tho Klng'a atartlng the " big flth to awlm ncroaa the ocean to Monkeylnnd. where lie arrlred In due eourso of time On the atrand he met tho object of hla search "flood morning, Mr. Monkey," aald the flah politely. "Oood morning. Mr. Flah," answered tho monkey, making a profound bow. "la there nn thing I ran do for you?" "Well, yea," aalil thn flth, "thore la a great favor that you can do roe. My mistress, Iho Quern of Dragonland, hot dreamed that tho cannot llro un-lost un-lost ono of your tribe la wilting to cross the sea and pay her tribute, llut 7011 won't regret the trip; It it a beautiful country, full of palma and cocoanut treea and ornngea and flgt. Why, a monkey would not havo to climb for fruit; It would J uut fall down upon bltn In thowcrs aa thick aa plum-blossom plum-blossom petalal" "And how la one lo get to this beautiful beau-tiful land!" tald the monkey, "Why," aald the flah, "nil you would haro to do would bo to alt aatrldo ray iback and 1 would take you there In a Jiffy." 80 tho monkey agreed, and off they went. There waa allcnco for a whllo and tbon tho monkey apoko again! "Mr. Flth," tald he, "do you know, I have left ray liver banging to the top ot a tree You ahould haro lotd me at flrat what the Queen wanted with mo Llvora aro rather dltagreo-ablo dltagreo-ablo thlnga to always carry around with a body, nnd I generally take mine out nnd leave It airing when I am going sway lo dinner. I waa Juat on my way to dine with a friend when you Invited me to go with you to the Dragon Kingdom Now, my dear fellow, fel-low, there la nothing to be dono but for you and me to go hick and get that liver, for I would not dltappolnt her majesty for anything In the world," 80 tho big flth, with a algh, turned back, and when they reached Monkey-land Monkey-land the monkey tuning aahoro and climbed a tree. Then he called down to the flth; "My friend, whllo we were taking our llltlo aall tome one mads off with my liver, and alnce that la what the Queen wanted me for there la really no mo In my going Oood-by; tome other time, Mr Flah " And ao the big flth made hit way aorrowfully homo to tho Dragon Kingdom, King-dom, and tn Ilia jialaco ot tho King, and when thn King heard lilt Btory he waa ao angry that be railed to a ser-Tant ser-Tant and tald; "Take tbla Idiot out to the water-aide, water-aide, and when you have reached the aand put him down ad beat him with all your might and main." And as thn King commanded to they did, and thny beat, and beat, and beat the big flah until every bone In hla body waa broken, and then they threw him Into the art, where ha baa been a Jellyflth ever alnco. Men Fir Kites. There la one time ot the year when very boy would not object to be- HMHMIHHBIHHiHMLa coming a aubjret of the Chlnose Umpire Um-pire for Just one day Thla time la the ninth day ot the ninth month, according ac-cording to the Cblnete calendar. On thlt day a kite-flying featlvat la held Then every Chinaman who haa any regard for hla tplrltual and phytlcal welfare and can afford a kite and there are few, Indeed, who cannot afford af-ford auch an Ineipentlve trifle goat to a hill nnd (Ilea hla kits tho whole day long. Thla ruatom prevalla moro generally, of course. In the rural dls-trlcta, dls-trlcta, for were the Inhabitant! of a great rlty like Canton or Pekln each to Bend up a kiln thn ttrlnga would become be-come entangled nnd the very heavena would bn darkened with audi a collection col-lection ot paper and atrlng aa never waa aeen. Thla cuttom wai originated by a man who bad a atrangely real-Ittlc real-Ittlc dream. In which It waa revealed to him that tome calamity would befall be-fall hit houto ou a certain day. With-Ing With-Ing to avoid thlt unknown but Inevitable Inev-itable dlaaater, ho took lilt family to a neighboring hill lop and amused tha children by flying a kite. When he returned re-turned home that night he round that hla home had literally fallen to thn ground, tbua killing all thn doga and plga that had been left at home lo keep house. That act the faahlon, and alnco then whenever the annlveraary of that day cornea round other tarn-tllrs, tarn-tllrs, remembering tha providential et-capo et-capo of their countrymen, tly their kltet from the hill In the belief that aa the paper toya ascend they will curry cur-ry off the evil spirits that might other-wlaa other-wlaa demolish their own houtet and bury Ihcm In thn rulnt ahould they ttay nt home. A Clly llulll In Two . There never waa auch another country coun-try as thla In tho celerity with which plans arc made and carried Into effmsu Think ot a clly built In two days! That la what happened In 1867 on tho lino of tho Union Tactile railroad In Wyoming. In that year Iho company decided to movo lis ahopa and tstab-Hsu tstab-Hsu a new town. Thn alto choteu was on tho ptalna, where there waa nelthor trco nor atone. livery other lot In tho town was to bo glcn frrn to tbe peraon who would build a house The day after tho offer was made, the railway rail-way bad difficulty In moving all too pcoplo who wanted one ot Ihoae Iota. Free tralna were run from aa far mat aa Chicago, and In 48 hours 2.000 people peo-ple were on the ground icrambllngfor a place to comtruct a home. Aa fast as a location was secured, tho building of a homo began. A good many ot tho houses were of tho "knock down'' atyle of architecture. They could bo folded up and hauled In a wagon, and tomo of tho settlors had brought theas boutea with them. For a year tho railroad company continued to glvo away lota. There were no paved itrccta nor sidewalks. A man who bad n homo on a roadway where thn tod had been tcrnped up In a rldgo In Iho center regarded himself aa an aria-tocraL aria-tocraL Tho clly la atandlng to-day, but It la larger and more aubttantlal, and tho "knock down" houkea havn given place to aomcthlng finer. It now bears Iho name of Cheyenne. What lllrdi Nay. The call of the jellow hammer la "Peel" nnd hla nnawer, "Zce-ieel" Tho field lark calla "I'lppeel" nnd replica. "Precoo, pnoo, peo preerool" Thn wood lark says, "Dadoo-lay, badoo-layl" badoo-layl" and replies, "Lu-lu-lu-lul" Tho tomtit nays, "Tltlgu. tltlgul" and replies, re-plies, "Etcetee, stcotcel" The redbreast red-breast aays, "Weep, weep!" and rcpllet "Teirou, teereclee, tcereclcereo!" Th wren "Zool, tool!" and nniwert "ZalpI" Thn black capped warbler sas "Tod" Tho whlteTthroitcd warbler war-bler toys "riibee, bsbee!" They both reply "Clap!" Many birds havo only ono cry for calling and answering. The wagtail tajt, "Tectroo, tcetroo!" the whllo tall, "1'arfarl" thn eparrow, "Twheo, twhee!" tho bullfinch. The cuckoo repeata Its own name, 'Cuckoo, cuckoo!" The quail, a bird of good council, toys "Pay thy debts, pay thy debts!" Tho owl, when evening even-ing cornea, aaddena tho wooda with hla dismal cry, In regular lime, llko thn ticking of a clock "Hoot-toot, bout-toot!' bout-toot!' The nlghtlngalo says "Teeo-teeo, "Teeo-teeo, tooo-tceol" and the thrush, Zcep-wept" Ilorar Trained lham. Mr. It. C, W. Howard of Duval county, Florida, vouched for the truth ot thn following Incident, which camo under his observation; Hover, a large, shaggy dog, was tho occupant of a well-kept kennel, nnd was frequently accompanied by a duck, which Anally gave a supreme tett to hla friendship by laying an even doicti eggs In a corner cor-ner of his kennel Ilor did not resent re-sent the encroachment, but, on thn contrary, con-trary, seemed to feel tbe reaponalblllty ot guardianship, and at night lay with hit note a llltlo closer to the door of tho krnncl, while the duck Bit on the eggs In her pre-empted comer In duo seaton eight ducklings appeared, and Hover appeared as dellrhtod as It he had dug a woodchuck out ot hla hole In tho pasture lot A wek later the mother duck lost her life In a cow-kick cow-kick accident, and Hover at onco aa-aumed aa-aumed tho earn of the web-footed orphans, or-phans, nestling them In hit long hair at night and In tho daytime twlmmlag with them In the pond |