n At ATT A T A rr/v ST"XDAY" no.
DROLLERIES OF DONEGAL.
I
A Series of Irish Folk Stories By Scumns Mncmnmis.
wiiiiN NHIL A.MUCIIAN WASTUK.
I
Author of "through the lurt Smoke , " "The teadin' Road to Donegal. "
( Copyright , ISM , by Scumas SlnoMantis. )
Wo had been In the middle of our story
t ltln' , with nil our scats drawn close to
gether round Shcmlshln's tig hearth flro >
The storm of rain nnd elect without gave
ui no bother , only made us enjoy the com
fort of the big flre , nnd the great stories , far
tnoro keenly. Dut In the middle of nn ex
citing story of Pandean Moro'a , a fearful
adventure of Ills In the wilds of Georgia ,
tvhon ho was carrying the pack there , the
latch rattled and the door burst open and
into the mlddla of the floor stopped a man
with a Kartsl look on his face , ami out of
-whoso clinging clothes streams of water
worn running and pouring over the floor.
Tbo vet hair came down on his -brows and
face In wet tongues , and streams wore run
ning from It. Ills hat leaf drooped over all
llko a limp rag.
"Owl bless nil hero ! " ho said.
"And yourself likewise , " wo said when
no got our breaths.
"Thank dodl" Bald be , from hid heart.
"It's mo Is the glad man to got a Christian
roof over mo head. 1'vo been tuk. "
"What ? IJy the fairies ? On such a night ? "
"Tho fairies ? " Shomlshln said , rebuking
us. ' 'wouldn't toke any Christian on nuch a
night. "
"They 'wouldn't ' , " said the stranger , "and
didn't. I was tuk by Wllllo-tho-Wlsp. "
"God help yo , poor man , " Shemlshln said ,
"yo had a narrow escape , " nnd "God help ye ,
<
"I WAS QITTIN" DEEPER IN THE MIIIE
AT EVERY STEP I TUK. "
poor "man " , " tvo all eald , and made room
for him amongst us.
"I'm Nell a-Mughan of Tiovahurky , " said
ho. "I was comln * from Donegal , where I
was ipayln' the rent to Mlsther Martin. It
was martial dark an' I feartxl I'd lost mo
way. Two mlle 'back ' I seen the light In
front me , nnd I dhrow on it , thinking of
course it was a house. And as I stumbled
on It oeomed farther nnd farther away. I
was gottin' deeper in the mire nt every step
I tuk , but I struggled on for the dear life
to reach that light. I dare say It tuk mo
a long mlle , among such marshes nnd bog-
holes that only Oed willed it , and I had
Bomo poor body's prayer about me. I
couldn't have escaped with the life. Three
times runnln' I was steppln' Intll a loophole
when something ( I thought ) tour mo not to
lay down mo ftlt 1 held Itback - , and
looked , nnd the black bottomless wather lay
right at mo toe "
"Musha. God was by ye. "
"IIo was. Thanks > bo till him , this night "
" Amen ! Amen ! "
"Well , when I'd sono the full mlle an'
eeon I was only gcttin' moro hopelesser Into
thn 'bog ' , it stliruck mo llko a flash that It
was no other nor WHlle-tho-WIsp , an' nil
nt 'wanst I seen how I'd been deluded nnd
a'mot ! ) lost , nut there I was In the middle
of n black , threaeherous bog In n night ns
Bleety and wet as sorra and as dark as the
Inside of a cow an' where the next step
anight inenn death. I turned , as nearly ns
I could think , in the same direction I had
come an' yous may take my word for It
that I was prayln1 faster nor I was used to.
If I have any Idea of time , that's two solid
Jiours ago and hero I am now ! This Is the
first lgn of Christianity I've seen. How I
pot out of the bogis more nor I can tell
mesolf only I know God ( pralso be till
him ) .was guldln' mo steps. "
Poor Norah , when she recovered suffi
ciently from the shock of both the stranger's
appearance and his story , wanned him a
skillet of milk and literally insisted on pourIng -
Ing It down the poor fellow's throat , when
it must have felt llko so much molten lead.
Hut Nornh would hear of no remonstrance ,
nnd Shcmlshln , e < iually well intcntloncd ,
stood by nnd hold the victim.
Nell a-Mughan survived. Then Norab
turned Patrick Hums' young sons , Charley
and Ned , out of the chimney corner , In"
which they squatted , nnd stuck Nell Into
If "till the heat gets in about yer heart , "
she said , "and dhroys all the sleet out of
yer clothes. " She put on what she called
"a pitcher of lay" for him ther buttered
several largo padgcs of oaten bread and
> holled four eggs hard , nnd gave all to him
In the corner.
.Nell felt a now man ns ho got around
these ; nnd , by sympathy our spirits got
higher , too , nnd wo felt In the mood to
hear Bhomlaliln ( limn whom there were
few bettor fitted to do It ) glvo us the
utory of Wllllo-tho-AVlap , nnd the reason for
Ms wanderings , and his ovll tricks upon
travelers.
In the grand old times , long , long ago ,
there wan wanst a blacksmith , and his name
was Willie and ho was notorious over all
Ireland for the dhrlnkln' sportln' way bo
spent all of his life and it was often and
often prophesied for him that ho'd never
come tin a good ending. Ho had come of
Rood family , nnd besides his tbradc which
was In them days n profession for n gentle
man his people had loft to him great prop
erties , 'both ' In housctt and in lands , nut all
thcso properties Wllllo very noon drunk nnd
cpprtcd away and all -molted llko snow In
summer. When it came to that ho had only
his trade- , Willie had purty hard times of It ;
for ho didn't llko to work , and ha didn't care
to starve and ho found it purtlkllnrly hard
to have no money to sport and spend , as ho
was used to do. He worked as llttfo as he ! i
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could , but ho wanted an rnuoh as over ; so
things went on from bad to worse , and his I
chances of thrado even was lalvln' him , for '
no wan could bo sartln whether he'd oblige
them or refuse them ( accordingly as the
mood was on him ) when they'd faring a i
liorso to shoe , or a plow to mend. And at i
I
eng and last wan mornln' that ho bad got ! 1
no breakfast , bekaso ho had neither money
nor means , ho was stnndln' leanln' against , ,
his own forgo door with his heart in his
boots , and ho wondhcrln * what was he ever
born for anyhow an' dobatln * with himself
whether dhroundln' or hangln' would bo the
alst troublesome- death , when all at wanst
ho hcar the nolso of hoofs , nnd up there
rides a grand gentleman entirely , mounted
on a great black charger.
And "helfoa , Willie. " eays he , "what are
yo so down in the mouth about this mornln' ?
Yo look ns lorn as a March graveyard. "
"Small wonder I would , " nays Willie , says
bo , "and If you had the pamo ralson it's not
such n spruce jaunty lookln' gentleman you'd
bo this mornln' . "
'I'm imnrtial corry for yo , Willie , " says the
gentleman. "Can I help yo ? "
'I dar' Bay yo could ; but I don't expect yer
would , " soya Wllllo.
"Don't bo eo sartln of that , " says the
gentleman , "What Is it yo need ? "
"Money , " says Willie , "an1 plenty of It. "
"How much of It ? " rays the gentleman.
"Och , a roomful , " says Wllllo that way ,
careless.
"Well , n roomful , " says the gentleman ,
ways ho. "you'll have on wan condition. "
"And what Is tbo condition ? " says Wllllo ,
says he , brlghtcnln' up.
"It's this , " says the gentleman , "that
you'fl consent to glvo ycrsclf to mo nnd come
with mo In n year and n day from now. "
At this Willie's eye went down nnd caught
sight of ono of the gentleman'B feet an' he
seen Itwas cloven. "Phew ! " says Wllllo ,
says he , "is that how the hare sits ? "
"It's a grand offer , " nays the gentleman.
"Just this minute yo were plannln' how yc'd
do away with yersolf. It's cowl comfort to
go out of the wurr ) ' on a hungry belly.
Hero ye have tbo offer of a roomful of money
an * n whole year to spend and sport It.
Think of nil the fun yo'd get out of a room
ful of money in twclvo motithN and n day ! "
"Thruo tor yo , " says WIlHo ; "it's a bar
gain. "
Wllllo , he pitched upon the greatest room
In n king's out' castle that stood in the
neighborhood nn' told the devil ( for dt was
himself and none other , was in it ) to go
ahead and nil It. It wasn't any use , at all ,
nt all , for the devlrHo object that It was ono
of Willie's own rooms ho meant. "Yo
should always say what yo moan nnd mean
what ye say , " says "Wlirio , "Yo have bar
gained to fill mo a room with gold. There's
the room ill ! It , or else never after want to
bo thought a gentleman of your word. " This
went sere on the devil , bekase , of all things ,
ho prides himself on belu' a gentleman of
his word , HO ho agreed. Dut though he
wrought hard from early mornln' till late at
night of a long summer's day , the room
didn't seem to bo gettln' moro nor half fulf.
"Well , well , " says ho , "this Is the
curlousest thing ever I have seen. I never
afore seen the room I couldn't fill Inside
flvo minutes , If It was as big an a deer
park. " So ho was now slttln' by , wlpln *
the sweat off his face with the back of bis
hand , when all at wanst ho noticed the
goold lowerln' In the. mlddlo an' dlsap-
pearln' away llko corn in the center of the
mill-hopper. He lets a yell out of him ,
and Jumps down the stairs , and there in
the coll.ir what does he find only my brave
Willie , flllla' Tjag afther bag nt a stbream of
goold a foot thick which was pourln' down
"FINDS BRAVE WILLIE FILLIN * BAG
AFTHER BAG AT A STHREAM OF
GOOLD. "
a hole In the center of the floor above , an'
havln' them carted away.
'Och , ye natarnal vagabone yo ! " says the
devil , "yo'vo had mo sweatln' nnd swcarln'
nil the day long , nnd couldn't know how It
was I was comln' no speed. It's a purt >
mane thrlck of ye , " says ho to Willie , "an
I wouldn't 'a' expected you'd play It on
me. "
Says Willie , says he , etralght back to
him , "By yer lalve , this Is none of your
business. There was nothln * mentioned In
the bargain at all at all again my dnln'
this. Go up and go ahead with yer con-
thract. "
Wllllo had him again , so there was noth
ing for him to do but offer Willie better
tarnirt If ho'd stop the trick , an * let him 111 !
the room and 'bo done. "Wllllo , " says he ,
"Instead of a year and a day I'll glvo seven
years and three wisheo if yo stop that hole
and let mo get done. "
"Agreed , " says Wllllo. And It wasn't
many minutes then till the dovll had the
room filled and Willie bad the full of
nineteen rooms beside.
"Now , " says tbo devil , nays he , "what's
your wishes ? "
"They're simple , " wys Willie. "Here's n
purse , and 1 want that any money ever
goes Intll It will never get out till I let It ,
I want that any won catches my sledge
hammer can never have the power of lettln'
-THAT BEER THIRST
happens with ( he but of people.
THWTAR 5VttR always nils the want
MILWAUMLE > * * A few words might
explain its points of excellence a trial Is sure to.
B . utH.stpr.u . . , LiteslVlctory Dlplomi and Cold Medal at International
.u.4rr Eipoiitlon , 1898.
VALBLATZ BREWING COMILWAUKEEU.S.A.
OMAHA BRANCH : 1412 DOUGLAS STREET.
Telephone 1081.
It KOI without my leave. And I have an
armchair at home that I want any wan sits
down In It not to be blo to get out of It
till 1 tell them. "
"Your wishes are Rranted , " say * the devil.
"Goodby , and be ready for mo this dny
seven years. "
"I'll be ready for ye , " eays Willie.
Wllllo had a gay and a rolllckln' time and
no mistake after that for the seven years.
He made the money spin as It wns never
afore known to spin in Ireland , Ho came
to bo known all over the country oa the
greatest sporter and spender of the day.
He kept race horses and steeplechase horses ,
carriages and coaches and everything was
thrapped out in solid goold. He built castles
that had a window for every day of the
year , and entertained kings in them. And
bards and chiefs were as plentiful about
them as rats , The fame of the great rich
blacksmith spread over the known wurrP of
them days , and great distinguished tourists
and genthry of all descriptions come flockln'
from all parts nnd parts to see him and to
receive his hospitality bekase he kept open
of him could let it go when ho wanted to ,
'or the sledge stuck to his bands like grim
dalth. |
"Como , " says Willie , says he , "old man ,
are ye ready for the road ? "
"Take ftway this sledge out of me hands , "
says the devil.
"I don't recall. " says Willie , "that thcre s
anything about that In my ( bargain. I'm I >
afcered yo'll have to stick to the sledge. i
Como along , " says he , "I'm ready. "
"Och , ye scoundhril , " nays the devil , says
he , and he dancln1 air over the place , -with
all Willie's guests and friends standln' by j 1 ,
br'akin' their hearts laughln' at him. "Take
away this sledge , " says he , at long and at j i
last , "and I'll glvo yo another seven years' I
sparin's. So , at that , Wllllo tuk from him |
the sledge , a.nd the devil went off In mighty
anger.
Itwas like new llfo to Willie startln' the
next ( arm , and ho wont at these seven years
of tun and frolic rlko a man nt a day's j
work. And if the seven years afore had j ,
been a merry seven these seven were seven I
times as merry. His house never emp'led , | i
and day or night the fun and carousln' never | I
wnnst ceased In It. There com * moro throops ,
and bands , and kings and queens , with nil
their body scrvlnts than over went to visit
Solomon in nil his glory. His name was
sounded In the utthermost ends of the earth ,
nnd In all the wurrl' again there wasn't so
great a man as Willie.
But at long and at last , again , these seven
years passed , too. And on the very day
when they -were up , Just as Willie , again , was
slttln' down to table 'In the middle of kings
and queens nnd great foreign counts , the
deere of the dlnln' hall opened , and in steps
no other than Willie's frlen' . "Good morra ,
Willie , " says he , with an ugly nnd a ma
licious smile on his face , as much an to say ,
"I'm goln' to get even with ye at last ,
boy-o. "
"Good morra , and good luck , " says Willie ,
not the lalst thrlfle mlsmoved , eepmin'ly.
"Wllllo , " ays he , " 1 hope you'ro ready
to come with me ? "
"I am. " eays Willie. "Butler , " says
WHlle. "bring forrld that largo chair there
behind you and sot It hero at my right
hand for this gentleman , and bring ihlm
In a large plate of the best ye can find In
tbo pot he's going to do us the honor of
plcliln' a bone with us. "
"Tbanky , thanky , " says the devil , says
he , eeatln' himself nnd tacklln * the dinner
with a rale hearty appetite.
But , In ! when all bad rlalsbed their din-
no ro , and Wllllo had syed grace and stood
up , the devil he couldn't rlso nt all , at all ,
for ho was stuck as font to tbo chair as If
he had been waxed to It ,
"I'm ready for the road now , old man , "
says Willie "are you ? "
" 0 , yo utorlous villain , " says the devil.
"This is a purty mane thrlck to play on a
man In your own ( house , nnd nt your own
t.itilo moreover. Helaluo me from this
chair , " eays he.
"I don't remember that there was any
thing about that In my bargain , " says Wil
lie. The devil he writcd and wriggled ,
and screwed and twisted himself , till all
tbo gentlemen and ladles present went Into
Btltchcs with the laughln' . And then ,
nays he : ' 'Relalse me out of this chair and
I'll give yo seven years morn. " I
"Done , " says Willie , and he relalscd him' '
and let him go off , black in the countenance
with anger and wrath. i
Willie's pile of money was by no moans
as big as It used to be , but there was an
odious pile of It yet. And BO for the next <
seven yearn Wllllo run the ama rigs bo
had done afore ; only , If anything , he went
It ten timed faster and furlouslcr , and his
houiio was the resort for ten times as many
princes and people from the very corucra
of Mio earth Itoelf , and the fun wan ton
times tin great , And the altln' and dhrtnkln'
ten times as great nnd grand. And tbo
likes of It never had been teen afore nor
never will bo seen again.
But the best of things must eomo tlmo
or other como till nn end , nnd to It seemed
with Willie ; for these i < even years paseed ,
'
too. And the day the devil was due came ,
and on that day , Just an Afore , Willie , ho
was elttln' down till the table to dinner
along with all his great distinguished Kuwts ,
when the doors of the dlnln' room openo nnd
In walks mo bravo devil again.
"Good morra , Willie , " says he , with the
same old vicious smile.
"Good morra and good luck , " says Wll
llo , as little as ever mlsmoved , "won't yo
sit down and have a pick of dinner with us ? "
"Not me , " says the devil. "You fooled
mo twlcet , but yo'll never have It to say
that yo fooled mo the third tlmo. Come
along , " says ho.
"That's mighty curt , " Bays Willie.
"It's your desarts , " says the devil. "Lay
down the knife and fork now , nnd throt. "
"AND EVERY BLOW CAMB DOWN , TUB DIVIL HE YELLED. "
holiso for all comers and sarvlnts to wait on
them , nnd coaches and coach horses to dhrlve
them.
Dut for nil his wealth Wllllo couldn't stop
Tlmo from runnln' , and at long ami nt last
the seven years' sparln's was up , an' as
Wllllo was wan day slttln' down to a grand
dinner entirely among kings and counts an'
many 1'arned people , and people of high
degree , the deere of the great dlnln' hall
opened and a tall gentleman walked In.
Wllllo looked up and the flrst glint he remembered -
mombored him.
"Good morra , Willie , " says the sthranger.
"I suppose you know me and are ready for
mo. "
"Good morra and good luck , " says Wllllo ,
not a trlflo mlsmoved "Yls , I know you , and
I'm ready for ye as soon as I get through
with dinner ( It would be toad manners to lay
mo guests at talble ) an' make on a set of
goord shoes that I've promised the king of
Prooshla there below for his horse let me
Inthroduco you to the king king , " says
Willie to the king , "this Is "
"A frlen , " says the dovll.
" A frien' , " says Wllllo , nn' the king and
the devil bowed , the devil remarkln' ho
i hoped to be further acquainted with him
| some day. Ho told Willie not to hurry , an'
took his place at the table , and a right
hearty dinner , and then went with Willie
to the forgo to eco him turn out the goold
shoes.
"Here , " says Willie , sayn he , .when he
was 'baltln' these out on the nnvlf , "make
yerself useful , and help mo through till I
M oft .with yo , " handln1 him a sle < Ige. The
levll took hold of the sledge with both
hnndg and foecun baltln' : but the savva wan
So poor Wllllo had there and then to say
goodby to his guests , nn' beg their pardon
for his hasty departure , nn' walk off , as
hungry as ho was , with the devil.
It was in t'ho ' heat of summer nnd the
roada were dhry and dusty , nnd the sun
burning down on top of the two travelers.
Afthor they'd been nn hour or moro walkln"
Wllllo complained ho was mighty thirsty.
"Well , " says the devil , says he , "tho
flrst inn wo come till , I'll lot yo go in and
have a dhrlnk. "
Says WHlle , "but I haven't got a stiver on
me ; mo purse is as cmp'y as Micky Mcchan's
malo-chlst. "
"Neither have I a stiver , " says the Dovllj
"what'll yo do ? "
"Why , as for that , " says Willie , says he ,
"you're such a nice , obllgln' fella that I
know yo'll oblige mo In this. All you've
got to do te to turn ycirself intll a goold
piece whilst I buy a thralt with ye. "
"I'll do that , with a heart nnd a half , "
says the devil.
And the flrst inn they come up till , the
devil thrnnsformed himself intll a goold
piece , and Wllllo slipped him Intll his puree
and closed the purse on him. Then straight
back home 'with him Wllllo marched , and
Into bis forge. Ho laid the purse down on
the anvil , and gcttin' two other sthrong
lumps of fella's along with himself , ho put
sledges In their hands and told them flro
away and not spare themselves. So , as
heavy nnd .fast as the'threo of them could ,
they rained the blows down upon the purse
on the anvil , nnd every iblow come down ,
the devil ho yelled. And they struck away ,
and he yelled away ; and ho cried out and
begged of WlHIo to let him out , and ho'd
glvo him more sparln's. And when Wllllo
got nil the fun himself and his friends
needed for wan day out of him , Willie re
leased him from the purse on his promlsln'
to glvo him seven years moro.
But poor Willie's money , which had been
goln' all this time llko corn In a sieve , was
now run purty low. For six of the seven
years ho had as gay a time nnd as merry as
over before ; but the money run out with the
sixth year , and poor Wlllio had no means of
makln' more for ho'd sooner starve than
work. His friends disappeared , too , with
the money ; and him that thought he could
count friends by the thousand couldn't find
as much as ono single ono now , on looklu
round him. The seventh year , then , was
a purty hard one with Willie ; an' ho was no
ways sorry to find the end of it coniln' and
with it the devil for ho had got heart sick ,
sore and tired of the wurrl' .
And when at the end of the seventh year
the devil come again ho found Wllllo , with
the stick In his list waitln' him. And off
Wllllo started along with him , this time
with a. heart and a half. And on ahead the
both of them thrudged nnd thraveled for
many a weary dhreary mile , far further nor
i I could tell you , nndi twlcct further nor you
could tell mo , till at long and nt fast they
"A TALL GENTLEMAN WALKED IN. "
reached their Journey's end , and the rlevl.
, knocked on the gates and had both of them
admitted in.
Hut , behold you , Willie wasn't long here
till ho tired of it and wished ho was free
asaln , So be set about 'makln' ' himself as
bothersome as ho could and zockcd to row '
with everybody In It , till they could stand ;
him no longer and put in a petition to the
devil to have him put out of here , bekase
there'd never bo no moro comfort whilst
ho'd ho let remain. And the devl | himself ,
too , found him so throublesomo that bo was
only too glad to glvo In and ax the request
of Wllllo that ho'd go quietly and lave them
in palce. Hut Willie was contrary , as al
ways he had been , and he now refused togo
go till they had to join and put him out
by main force. 'And ' when they got him out
and the gates slammed on him Wllllo kicked
up a racket outside and pegged on the gate *
for all he was worth and wouldn't go * w y
( lit they'd consent to hand him out A torch ,
that ho might see his way by. So the devil ,
through the bars of the Rate , handed out to
him the torch and told him to begone back
to the wurrl' he eonio from and spend his
time ever nfthcr in lendln' good people
osthray.
Hack Willie cotno and from that day to
this ho has continued wandhcrln' afore him ,
over hill nnd dale , himself and his torch ,
nnd It's his great delight to ntthract the at
tention of good people that have lost their
way at night and lend them Into marshes
nnd bogs nnd swamps , where they get stuck
and sunk and lost.
And from that day to this , owln' to the
torch or wisp ho carries In his hand , ho has
been called Wlllle-tho-Whlsp.
And on our friend Nell here tonight ho
had ovll intentions , but. as Nell remarked ,
ho had some poor body's prayer on him and
God reached till him n helpln' hand and led
him out of the bog.
"Thank God ! " wo nil said fervently.
And Nell said : "Thanks bo to Him ! "
ClIII.nilK.V AVIll ) lll'X AfTOJIOIllI.BS.
Little I'nrUInn l oy ntut ( Jlrln nncc
Those who imagine that ono must have
a considerable knowledge of machinery be
fore being able to go about In horseless car
riages would open their eyes In amazement
at seeing children of Paris as they dash
by in powerful carriages and motor cycles ,
controlling them ns they do with absolute
confidence.
At the recent automobile ) exhibition nt the
Tulllerles gardens the children played a spe
cial part. Seated in carriages gorgeously
decorated with flowers and ribbons , young
boys nnd girls ns young as 8 nnd 10 years
old Joined In parade , scattering roses to ono
another , dashed along In races , nnd turned
around so quickly sometimes that a rear
wheel would bo lifted from the ground.
Finally automobiles were running- wildly in
all directions nnd the children showed ro-
innrkablo dexterity ns they steered back and
forth among people and obstacles.
The Parisians have ono great advantage
In the way tholr houses are built , for the
convenient accommodation of horsclcsa car
riages. Most of the houses of the better
class have wldo carriage entrances through
them to open courts in the rear , so that
the carriages run in to the doorstep and
then through the court.
PIlATTIjlS OV THE YOUNOSTEIIS.
"Wllllo , didn't I tell you to stop that
nolso ? Now , don't let mo have to ten you
a second time. "
"This Is the second tlmo now , ma. "
"Willie , said a mother to her G-ycar-old
son , "I eco your llttlo sister has the email
orange. Did you let her take her choice , ns
I told you to ? " "Ycs'm , " replied Willie , "I
told her she could cither tnko the llttlo ono
or none and she took the llttlo one. "
"You don't take any Interest in figures
Tommy , " said the teacher. ' 'What are you
going to do when you grow up it you don't
know how to cipher ? " "Oh , " replied the
precocious youth , "I'm going tobo a schoo
teacher and make the pupils do all the
flggerin' . "
Teacher Tommy , I hear that you nnd
Willy were fighting yesterday. Don't you
know your llttlo hands were never made \o
tear each other's eyes ?
Tommy How could we tear ach other's
eyes with gloves on , I'd llko to know ? Why
Miss Meek , you don't seem to know the firs
thing about the rules of the ring.
"Papa , " said little Harry , "do you know
how high those clouds are ? " ' 'No , my son , '
answered the father , with an indulgcn
smite. "Well , they're cirrus clouds , " said
Harry , regarding them with a critical eye
"and they are about three and a half miles
high. Your education must have been pretty
sadly neglected , wasn't it , papa ? "
"Now , boys , " said the Sunday schoo
teacher , "can any of you name the thrc
great feasts of the Jews ? "
"Ycs'm , I can , " replied one llttlo fellow
"Very well , Johnny. What are they ? '
asked the teacher.
"Breakfast , dinner and supper , " was th <
unexpected yet logical reply.
Tliouxnnrt TonRticm
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People often wonder , says Our Anlma
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and dead birds , for , though birds nnd mlc
are constantly dying In largo numbers
hardly ono is ever to bo seen. The fnc
Is that they are burled by beetles. Buchi i
ner gives a brief account of them as follows Il )
lows : I
"Several of them unite together to bury I
under the ground , as food and shelter for '
their young , some dead animal , such as l <
mouse , a toad , a mole , a bird , etc. The I
burlaF is performed because the corpse , if I
left above ground , would either dry up or >
grow rotten , or bo eaten by other animals. I
In all these canes the young would perish , 1
whereas the dead body lying In the earth i
and withdrawn from the outer air lasts |
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In n very well considered fashion , for they
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deeper. When It is deep enough down it
is covered over from above. If the situ
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and great efforts drag the corpse to porno
plYico more suitable for burying. They work
so diligently that n mouse , for Instance , is
burled within three hours. Hut they often
work on for days , co as to bury the body ns
deeply as possible. From largo carcasses ,
such as those of horses , sheep , etc. , tboy
only bury pieces as large as they can
manage. "
There can bo no doubt of the intelligence
of these strange insects , as a gentleman
discovered In ft rather curious way. Ho
desired to try a dead toad , and for that pur
pose he fastened It upon the top of nn up
right stick. The burying beetles , how
ever , were soon , attracted by the smell , nnd ,
finding that they could not reach the toad ,
they undermined tbo stick , causing it to
fall with the toad , which was then duly
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Ing 1,100 kilometers of the line. They will
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