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ngh ram]', rainy bubiumis 1
uok, u tlirooeh a (Ura. ‘
see l world of shown and raWI
id laughing children paaa*
In her big blue aunbonnet - '
other Uttto tarn- j
who watched the ewaUow*
im Just beyond her bund
where the flickers fled add sped
id nests of bang birds fanned
felt those birds were fairy folk
wing to fairyland.
sr warm flat she carried, v ,
Idging o'er hills and dales,
ny papers laid and weighed j 4
If In fal^ scales * ' '
■alt that catches bobolink*
len sprinUod on their tail*.
tie last and wistful.
o gazed up the far Sky* . .
teKhed tor fairy things sad willfl.
vain and wondered why;
little loan. I wonder still,
aid alts be really if
Harriet l'rcscott Spofiord In ColUot**
.AH AND AMERICA." ’
an Legend About the Crea
tor's Visit to Earth.
iia, on a morning after tbever-
been particularly vigorous, 1
■thing cuustle about getting
Gotl's country. An AruieqJau
reposed In utter comfort In
curnvuusitry heard It httd
Being an Armenian, he bitted
laua. probably. Incidentally
an reciprocates.
;bis Armenian, rubbing his
d with his head skewed over
said:"The Persians have a
>r everything^ They have n
what you said just now. It
-that Is God—once said to bis
will see this world which I
Allah and the ntigol descend
hie In a cloud to the earth,
first place nt whleh they ar
France—that Is, In Keren:
And there they saw the rail-
d the tramways, aud the the-
tho great picture galleries,
b looked In disappointment
Alas, no! This Is not the
ich 1 made. I made none of
g*-' .
r Journeyed to Inglezlstan-
England — anti there were
tips In the harbors anti huge
ch make all sorts of things
in plenty. And again Allah
s. no! This/is not the world
undo.* And everywhere they
i the eloud Allah looked upon
lud said. 'No; this Is not it.'
in despair, the uugel left the
rsin. and Allah sut himself
ii a very high uiouniuiu. ami.
tif on every side, he saw net-
lads nor tramways nor tln-a
ilcture galleries nor ships nor
schoolbou8es nor plenty to
Hah said: ’Yes. at last This
jrld which I minle. Not a
hanged. The people whom 1
have done nothing.’ ”
Idu't be come to America?" I
nswered the- Armenian, "in
ey bad not even heard of
Harper's Weekly.
'* Hew to Carry • tswa.
Then? are oulj* two directions In
which the tnussle of a gun can safely be
pointed: these are up or down. A shot
flred in air' can scarcely. Injure any
one or anything and one discharg
ed into.the ground Is equally harm
less. Therefore, In all the different
positions which the gun assumes, sew
that it Is pointed either np or down.
Sometimes a man will he seen who
carries his gun reversed, holding it by
the. mussle while the fore, end rests
on the shoulder aud the stock project*
behind, Happily, this practice. Is not
common, for It. Is extremely .dangerous,
and many men have been killed by
carrying their gnus In this way. If a
map stumbles or steps In a hole or
- catches his foot on a toot aud falls^ bis
gun will very likely lie thrown - for
ward with the muzzle directly toward
his body and may easily enough bs dis
charged.
Sometimes one may see a boy or
even a man who will carvy the gun
across the back of the ueck, with one
arm over the stock and tlje other over
the. barrel*, sometimes with the hand
resting on the muxxle. This Is certain
to give a very uncomfortable feeling
to any one who happens to be walking
by the side of the person carrying bis
guu In this fashion aud opposite: the
muZzle end. While the danger of a
discharge Is perhaps not great. It is un
pleasant to be walking along with a
gun pointed at your neck or head.—
Forest and Stream.
|Xcw Jrmy IchoolliooM.
»H of today Would think bis
lies very great If be could
pool equipment of a hundred
A Morris county (N. J.)
ihn't period Is thus described
liter of one of Its attendants:
Bing was constructed of logs,
pui of glass for windows,
were stretched over the
pmde by sawing off nn occa-
Tlie windows* had one
prevent'd ' pupils from
rupted in their study by
going on outside. The time
tied by an hourglass, and
(drank water from a tmn-
Df a cow’s born or from a
' these differences of equlp-
riiools of a century ago re-
|»se of today tn oue notable
y had for the most part
eat llturary works that are
|*ds of oar language now.
literature Is fortunately
of many centuries.
t>r Ik* Wept.
Melnotes, descendants ot
thieving is considered a
Ible employment. An Eng-
f, being entertained at the
of the mountaineers, took
articles from a packing
with him to eat bis dinner
be sight of such costliness
|nn began to cry, the Eng-
ring asked what affected
good sir,” she replied. "I
>e my son Is not hers to rob
beautiful things!”
Vo Orntiriau.
aid the girl in the red shirt
}laid skirt, "ain’t be just s
replied her lady friend,
“Any one kin see that be
ptlylold collar, and them
$3 ones.” — Philadelphia
They Were Forming Opinions.
The club was full. Evening paper*
were at a premium. An atrocious crime
bad been that day committed, and ev
ery member was reading the account
ot the tragedy and eagerly discussing
the details..
A foot had been found In the Ensl
river, a leg In the Hudson and the trunk
of a body In the park. Loud were the
expressions of horror and disgust Sud
denly a lull came over the crowd, and
two small voices were beard above the
■modified din discussing the law of (in-
mnn nature which mode people lean
toward curiosity even 'In Its morbid
tendency. The small voices grew loudef
and the argument stronger, until al
last a mnu In toiies of undisguised pity
turned to the disputants and said:
“So you think we are filled with mor
bid cariosity V"
One of the small voices replied that
It looked very much (is If that was th<
case.
- "Nothing of the kind,” expostulated
the former speaker. “You mistake out
motive. Wo are merely disqualifying
ourselves for Jury duty.”
The men with thi< small voices Imme
diately seised the only two newspapers
and devoured them with uvldlty.—New
York Herald.
What a Patent Coat*.
•In the course of Its progress through
the office up to the Issue and mailing
of a patent, says E. V. Smalley .In The
Century, an application passes through
the hands of 52 persons. An applicant
pays $16 to have his claim examined,
and In case he is granted a patent an
additional fee of $20 is required. At
torneys chni-ge from $25 up. according
to the work demanded by tbo cases,
and as the applications number about
40,000 yearly It will be seen that there
Is a good deal of money to be divided
among the patent lawyers whose sign*
cover ibe .faces of the buildings In tb*
vicinity .of the patent office.
An Inventor is not required to em
ploy aq attorney, but probably 00 out
of 100 do. In simple cases where there
Is no Interference with prior claims an
Inventor can almost as wcH deal direct
with the government, but In most case*
the knowledge of the lawyer Is valua
ble. He can study other Inventions In
the same line and knows how to make
the claim of hls client broad enough to
covet nil that Is new and valuable and
not so broad as to be rejected.
Id a novel writer be an ex-
Ilooking animal? Because
[coming out of bis head.—
t Ledger.
The Place to Waafe HI a*.
On one occasion an M. P. of a past
generation not noted for bis habits of
personal tidiness was visiting a seaside
place, and one day while out In a boat
with a sailing party he was swept over
board. but was happily rescued. When
the excitement was over, a young fel
low rushed down Into the cabin.
“By Jove,” he exclaimed, “we’ve
been having such an exciting time on
deck!”
"What Is It?" asked everybody.
“Mr. Blank was washed overboard.”
“I'm glad of it,” snapped a fastidious
matron.
Everybody was horrified.
“Well. 1 am.” she explained. “Jnst
think of that man being washed on
board.”—London Answers.
Am Pc pleasant Relative.
“Her rich old uncle isn’t a bit nice to
her. Is he?”
“Nleet He’s horrid! Why, be
threatens her awfully I"
"Threatens her?" . *
“Yea. threatens to leave all hls money
to a hospital for asthmatic cats.”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When a man Is out of money, be
doesn't, show any. bnt when be Is out
of temper be shows a lot of it.—Chica
go News.
In the year lOOO the manufactors of
■ Ik began In England.
A MAYOR’S MIRACLE.
tt* Hallo the Blind geo, tb* btsl
Bear and Ik* Lame Walk.
From the many anecdotes of Ramp...
fylde Mooro Curew's rogueries in Ar
thur Moiiteflore Brice’s essay on that
"Amnjdng Vagabond’’ wit quote one In
which Carew and htfe gypsy crew who
had . rigged thenieelv'e* up as cripples
and gathered at Bflrlgewnter fair to
pluuiler the Junketers chine off second
belt.. . i
When the mayor of Bridgewater
heard that this motley group of crip*,
pies had arrived, he announced to son)*
of hls friends that he was possessed of
i power they perhaps Utile suspected—
that. In fact, he could inake the blind
see, the deaf hear apd the lathe walk.
Bets wen> freely 'made that be Could do
nothing of the klnd.tihd thereupon tb*
mayor had the gypsies arrested and
Immediately brought before him t ond,
after hearing their harrowing tales, or
dered thetji to be cqhfiued for the bight
In the lockup. "
About 10 o’clock at night, however,
tb* municipal surgeon entered with *
lantern and announced that he would
examine them all In rite morning In or
der to report to the mayor whether or
hot they really suffered from deformity
of One kind or another, fetid be went on
to say that those who were found tb bo
Impostors * Would be’ treated by the
mayor with severity so Extreme that;
moved to pity, be would allow any such
misguided' wretch to escape there and
then from the lockup on condition that
he Immediately left the town.
At this Intelligence £ great commo
tion arose, and In less time than It
take* to write It the whole crowd surg
ed'out of the lookup, dinging iiway
their ctutehes and wooden legs, patch
es and bandages, and mode off dowb
the town at topmost speed, the blind
leading the woy with unerring steps,
the dumb crying aloud their fenrS. the
deaf replying to them, and the lame
sprinting along at a rattling pare.
Now. Just opposite the lookup, on the
farther side Of the street, stood the wit
ty mayor and hls friends, convulsed
with laughter at the success of hls
scheme.—Argonaut ’
C ATOM I NO CICADAS.
How Certain Malays Obtain a Car**
• oas Dsllsaar,
Certain natives of the, Malay, peninsu
la catch cicadas and eat them aod that
as a considerable luxury. To eat a ci
cada seems, distinctly sqrious, says the
London Dally Moil, wb«u we reflect
that this Insect Ip reality a glorified
member of {hat Inset* group Which
contains a* Its. most prominent repre
sentative the diminutive apd swarthy
creature wblc-b.shqll be nameless here
for evermore.
The way In which the Siamese pro
ceeds was related to the Ecological so
ciety the other day by h naturalist who
has spent some time In the Malay pen
insula observing men as well as in
sects. At night when these Insects fly.
the native sallies forth armed with a
torch and but llttje raiment. The torch
Is deposited In a convenient place, and
the swarm of natives proceed to dap
tbetr bands In a perfectly regular fash
ion so ns to produce a considerable
sound. 4
It Is the combination of light and
sound that allures the cicada from Its
haunts to Its destruction. The Insects
come also In swarms and settle upon
the bodies of tb* applauding natives,
whence they are easily detached, pre
served, cooked nud eaten. J'
The Greek sage remarked that happy
are the dcadae In that they have voice
less wives. It Is apparently the lady
cicadas who ar* attracted by what
they- fondly believe to be the love cry
of the male and are thus lured to tbetr
fate by that most dangerous of pas
sions.
Victoria aa«l Dltitni.
Literary celebrities, as a rule, were
not those who attained to any high
degree of personal favor at the bands
of Queen Victoria, but she pnld Charles
Dickens a delicate compliment Dick-,
ehs, wbo, by tbe way. In bis youthful
days was devoured by. a grand passion
for the youthful queen, was Invited
when at tbe climax of bis fame to
dine st Windsor castle. He was after
dinner presented by tbe queen wltb a
copy qf her book “Tonr in tbe High*
lands.” and on tbe fly leaf was In
scribed In her own baud this sentence:
“From tbe humblest to the most dis
tinguished author in England:” The
queen afterward showed many favors
to Lord. Tennyson, bat even In making
him a peer of tbe-realm she did not
bestow as groat a compliment
■he Coaldat Rat tb* Co***.
He bad dining wltb him in tbe res
taurant of tbe most elegant and fash
ionable hotel In town hls good old
maiden sunt from tbe rural districts.
They bad a sumptuous feast, wbleb as
it progressed was a series of delightful
surprises for the old lady. When they
were drinking coffee, tbe host looked
ont of tbe window and noticed It was
raining. - Turning to tb* waiter, be
said. “I wish yon wonld order me a
coupe.” Whereupon the maiden aunt
raised l>oih ber .hands tn protest, ex
claiming: “Dqn't, Charles, please don't!
I couldn't eat another thing. Ton my
word. I'm np to my neck now.”—£x-
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