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LITTLE AND SWEET.
So many things there be .
Little and sweet!
Hark what I sing to thee,
4 See what I bring to thee—
Little wild strawberry
Dainty to eat,
Nicest of all berries,
Little and sweet!
Hush—outside, a song,
“Twee-wee-wee-weet!”
Hiding the grass among,
Shaking his silver tongue,
Tlits the sparrow along
Hear him repeat,
Oh, such a little song, '
Little and sweet!
Tell me what this one Ig~
'Tis n't to eat!
Better than berries
Or birdies or- cherries!
Dimpled and pink from his
Head to his feet,
Ah, Mama’s haby, ah,
Little and sweet!
—Ann Brewster, in Little Folks.
THE LITTLE WHITE:LAMB.
The baby, Wee Boy Geordie, was
very sick, and all the other children
had been sent out of the house to
stay until he was better. Only a few
of his favorite toys had been taken
out of the nursery, and nobody played
there at all.
It was very sad; and the worst of it
was that the little White Lamb, the
best loved of all his playthings, could
not be found, though they had hunted
high and low. The baby called inces
santly for him.
“Where's White Lambie? Geordie
~want to play wiv him,” he said over
and over.
In vain did they offer other toys.
“No, no! want White Lambie!” he
said in his weak little voice.
The kind old doctor held the hot
hands in his and shook his head.
“This won't do at all,” he said,
gravely. And he looked very wor
ried. :
So did mamma and papa and the
nurse.
“Where, oh, where, can little White
Lambia be?” they said to each other.
Now, the walls have ears, and they
hear, you know. They talk sometimes
too. Have you never heard them say
“Cr-r-ah” at night when you are alone?
So the news of it came to the Nursery
People. :
“Oh, if only the Captain of the Tin
Soldiers were here!” they said sadly.
“For who among us can go to find
White Lambie?” And they looked at
each other in distress. “Who can go?”
they repeated.
Not Jack-in-the-Box, though he
could he, when he could only move
up ang¢ down in his box? "Not the toy
Noah from the ark, he was too small.
Not the Top; he could only maqve
whea somebody set him a-spinning.
Not the little Cuckoo, she could not
leave the clock. .
Then up spoke the little Black Dog
with the curly tail:
“I—l will find White Lambie and
bring him home to Wee Boy Geordie
this very night.”
~ And all the Nursery People clapped
their hands in joy; for who could go
better than the little Black Dog? So,
«hen the stars twinked in the west
and the slim new Moon leanad low in
her silvery chariot, he pushed open
tho door and trotted out intw the hall.
White Lambie was not on the win
dovr sill, nor yet in the datk corners
of the hall. So he pattered down the
sta’rway where, months wpefore, the
cop;ain marched ‘nhis soldiers. At the
forr was the heavy door, locked and
baried for the night. .
“Bow-wow!” gsaid the Little Dog,
pashing against it with &il his might.
“Let me out, you surly old door! How
fare you stop me!”
Then slowly, very slowly, it turned
cm its hinges and let him out. Once
outside e paused, as if he hardly
knew where to look first. He laid his
ncse to the ground and smelled just
as a real dog would de. Had White
Lambie strayed down the street?
Barking fiercely, he went to see; but
no little woolly lamb did he spy.
He turned and circled the house,
peering into all the places where the
children might have dropped him, still
no lambie. Then h® went out to the
stable where the patient horses_stood
v in their stalls,
“Have you seen White Lambie?” he
asked, standing on his hind legs in
his excitement.
‘ “Not we,” they answered with a
friendly neigh. And the little Black
Dog turned sadly away. ~
Then, as he scampered over the
grass, he saw the print of a tiny hoof.
“Oho!” laughed he; ‘“now I know
where White Lambie is.”
And he ran g 8 fast as his feet could
carry him to the garden. There, fast
asleep in a bed of snowdrops, lay
White Lamble,
“Wake up! wake up!” said the Lit
tle Dog. ‘“The baby is sick, and he’s
calling for you.”
“What baby?” said the Lamb, rub
bing his eyes.
“Why, our baby, of course—Wee
Boy Geordie! Run, White Lambie,
run, or I will bite your heels,” scolded
-the Little Dog.
Soon the Nursery People heard the
pattering of their feet upen the stairs,
and they said to one arother:—
“The little Black Dog has found the
Lambie, and is driving him to the
door of the baby's rocw.” 5
And, sure enough, when nurse open
ed the door there was the littie lost
lamb; but the black doggie had scam
pered away to the nursery. ‘“Well, of
all things in this world,” said she, “if
here isn't the lamb that blessed child’s
crying for. But how did it ever get
here?”
Then she picked him up and laid
him on the coverlet where the thin
white hands could reach him. The
baby seized him eagerly, and with a
long sigh of content he laid his cheek
upon the lamb’s back, and snuggled
down to sleep. When the doctor came
in the morning Wee Boy Geordie was
out of danger. But only the Nursery
People know how the little Black Dog
found the lamb asleep and drove him
home, and not one of them will ever
tell.—Pear] Howard Campbell, in Sun-
EQUALLY SHARP.
“A certain well known author was
in his younger days a school master,”
says Chums. “Early one morning his
scholars were surprised to find writ
ten on the outside door, ‘No Schule,’
'and accepting it as a geauine order,
made off for the day, cd enjoyed @
pleasant holiday. e,
/It appeared tha: w lover of miw
chief more than of his books had writ
ten the joyful news, but the doubtful
spelling did not cause the boys much
hesitation, and the master had the
school to himself all day.
~ “Next morning, however, brought
‘all the boys together as usual, and
whef they were mustered, he called
them before him, and, taking them
ona by one, asked them to spell sev
‘eral words, including ‘scheol’
i “They stood the test until the hero
“made his appearance, and, with &bso
lute confidence, distinctdy said,
‘S-c-h-u-l-e.”.
“The master took himn by tke col
far, and, with a joyful expreswion at
he success of his device, was soon
merrily plying the birch.”
CRUSOE’S ISLAND.
In writing “Robinson Crusoe,” De
foe, with a story teller’s license, took
many liberties with the original nar
rative. One of these changes has been
to tell ug that Crusoe’s izland was sit
nated on the east coast of South
America, near the mouth of the Ori
noco River. There can be no doubt,
however, that the Island of Juan Fer
nandez, with its cave and its lookout,
was the island which Defoe has de
scribed; nor that the adventures of
Alexander Selkirk have been faith
fully reproduced, withk an added
charm, in the story of “Robinsoa
Crusoe.”—BSt. Nicholas.
Syrian Hospitality.
The individual who is lucky enough
to be invited to dirne at the home
of any of the well-todo Syrians need
not be astonished over the elaborate.
ness or the daintiness of the meal,
neither need he refraia from express
ing his delight over the good things
to ecat. The Syrians are a most hes
pitable lot of pecple and when ihey
entertain they don’t do it.in gny half
way style. Edibles are unusaal and
rather qeer, but very tasty, anl dishes
and glasses very dainty. Syrizn wines
are delicious and so is Syriai coffee,
the latter always flavored wi'li some
kind of perfumed water, just snough
to add a delicate, sweet odo:. Per
fumes, by the way, are very .inpular
with the Syrians, and if a gi3st is
soused with perfume from a dainty
glass sprinkler in the hands «f the
hostess upon entering a Syrian home
he must take it all in gocd pa“®t, as
that is one of the highest favors that
can be bestowed upon a visitor. It
is apt to remind one of theszs ehtru
sive perfume “demonsirater’ girls in
.department stores, cr the grirning,
automatic wax ladies in theaire lob
bies, the business of each beiang Ttc
raise a hand and spray the faves of
passersby,. but on 2 must do with the
Syrians as he docs in the store or
the theatre, just gasp and prefend {9
like it.
L ot
Czar and Fisherman.
A Russian peasant has just sent 200
roubles to the Czar, accompanied by
the following letter:
“To our most glorious autrerat and
magnanimous Czar-Emperor and
father, Nicholas Alexandrovitch. |
“I pray you most humbly to accept
from me, your slave and fisherman
Vassill, 100 roubles for the fleet and
100 roubles for the sick and wounded,
.or to dispose of as you see best.
“Accept them and use thein at once,
and pray you, by the grace of God,
pardon your slave and fisherman Vas
sill.
“lI am yours absolutely, body and
soul.
“The tomb of my life is in tke gov
erment of Vladimir, district of Mou
rome. Formerly I was a peasant at
Bagration, and today I belong to you,
Nicholas Alexandrovitch, our grand- |
father and Czar.”—London News. |
The phonograph figures in the
teaching of the French language.
Phonograph cylinders enable learners l
to get the exact pronunciation of dif- ’
ficult words. - |
The Two Williams: e
The Kaiser’s unqualified respect for
the divinity that “doth hedge a king”
is revealed in an anecdote found in
the “Memoirs” of L.udwig Barney, the
German tragedian. ~
On an evening when “Richard IL”
was played at the Berlin Theatre in
the presence of his majesty, the Kai
ser sent for Barney at the close, and
said to him: ‘
“During the performance four lines
were recited which are not to be found
in Shakespeare’s works.”
“It is true, sire,” replied Barney.
“They are an interpolation by Din
gelstedt, in order to obtain greater
clearness.” ¢
The Kaiser frowned. “In future
- such mutilation must be avoided,” he
- said. “One does not play tricks with
Shakespeare.”
~ On a tombstone at the head of a
grave in one of the dog cemeteries in
‘Paris is this iuscription to the mein
ory of a brave St. Bernard: “He saved
the lives of forty persons and was
killed by the forty-first.”
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
With LocAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the diseaze. Catarrhis a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucoussurface
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine,
It was preseribed bv one of the best physi
cians in this country for years, and is a reg
ular preseription. It is composed of the
best tonies known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu
cous surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two ingredients 18 what produces such
wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free. \
F. J. Cuexey & Co., Props., Toledo, b
Sold by druggists, priece, 75e.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation
One morning four-year-old Margie
had pancakes and syrup for breakfast.
After she Lad eaten the cakes there
was some syrup left on her plate, and
she said: “Mamma, please give me a
spoen; my fork leaks.”
Odors of Perspiration
Removed at once from the armpits, feet,
ete., by Rovan Foor Wasz., Stops Chafing,
Cures Sweating, Burning, Swollen, Tired
Feet. 25c at Druggists, or postpaid from
Eatox Drua Co., Atlanta, Ga. Money back
if not satisfled. Sample for 2¢ stamp.
VERY SERIOUS.
Ernie—Jack said when he gave me
the diamond ring it meant something
serious.
Ida—T should say it was serious. He
hasn’t paid for it yet.—Chicago News.
Rev. Sam P. Jones.
The tamous Methodist Evangelist says:
‘““My wife, who was an invalid from ner:
vous sick headache, has been entirely cured
by six weeks’ use of King’s Royal Germe
tuer. I wish every suffering wife had access
to that medicine. Itis truly a great rem
edy.” For free booklet write Germetuer
Medical Co., Dept. C., Barnesville, Ga.
NOT THE SAME.
“I understand Polkley is working.”
“Huh! he must have told you that.”
“No, some one else told me. Isn’t
it true?’ :
“Certainly not. He's merely got a
job.”—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Or. Biggers’ Huckleterry Cordial
The Great Scuthern Remedy, cures all
stomach and bowel troubles, children z
teething. que from
The Little Huckleberry
that grows alongside our hillg un
tains, containsan active principal:e](%hr;tofilals
a happy effect on the stomach and bow
els. It enters largely in Dr. Biggers’
51:fkllebex-{')' Corsfia]f the great stomach
g DOWel remedy N yeu Ay
rhoea and Bluo_d,t'. Flg.i:. D¥mentery, Dite
tlesiold by all druggists, 25 and 50c bot-
AN EX-CHIEF JUSTICE’S CPINION.
Judge O. E. Lochrane,
letter to Dr. Bigger‘sr.'|e sggtf?:ortg!ii’t mh:
never suffers himseif to be without a bot
tle of Dr. Biggers’ Huckleberry Cordial
during the signrner time,” for"tne” Tele
ach and bo
entery, Dlal‘rhoea, Fluxv:,eeltct.roubles, Dys-
Sold by all druggists, 25 and 50c bottles.
HALTIWANGER-TAYLOR DRUG cO.,
___flgwtlanta, Ga.
Taylor's Cherokee R;r;xed
y of Sweet
Gum and Mulleln will cure Cough
and C oughs, Croup
onsumption. Price 25cand $1 abottle.