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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1904)
S ; " : ; : ZL I it I nw.w U Imm ' U;ni 1 t J I JiL ( fij i Ih AL - f . T 7r- -Jvi flavin HI Pletare Takes. IXJjY lived away off across the ocean with bis father and mother, and he never saw his grandpa and grandma and tils uncles and itnU and cousins the way moet little boys and girls do, for they ail fired here In America. Now, grandpas and grandmas and aunties are always very fotid of little boys, and It was very hard for the special relations never to aee Billy. Indeed, they had never seen him at all, for he had been born over there and had never come to this coun try. So the aunties and count na all kept writ ing to mamma, wanting her to send Billy over for a visit, even If she could not come herself. Bat, of course, mamma and papa would not think of sending Billy so far away from them, all by himself. "Besides," said mamma, "there are o many grandpas and grandmas and annti?s and cousins that Billy would have to be divided up In very small pieces to get round among them, so that they could acta have a share of him. Now Billy really thought they meant to cut htm up and send a little piece of him to each of his relatives, and he secretly wondered whether It would hurt very much; but fortunately mother decided upon another plan. A plan by which they could all ses Billy without his going over to America at alL How do you suppose mamma managed It? Can you guess? . Well, Billy went to a place ens day where they had a big- box on three Ions wooden legs, and with a glass eye which looked straight at Billy In a very embar rassing way. A big- man moved this box back and forth and around, but still left that big . eye staring st pMr little Billy, who grew very restless. Then the man covered the box all op with black cloth, leaving only the eye free, and he put his head under the doth. "Listen to the birds In the box." said the man, and Billy listened, but could bear nothing except the man himself whist ling. " "Bide," said Billy, "they never could keep birds tn a dark box, they wouldn't live that way; tbey always live In cages, 'cos we've got one at noma." The man laughed and so did mamma, but Billy did not think It was at all funny, especially when the man came up behind Hilly and, bidding him be still, grasped Billy's head with a big Iron clamp bo that ha couldn't move tt- Billy got scared and wanted to cry very much, but mamma told him not to be a cry-baby, that there was nothing to hurt him; so, as mumma said so, of course Billy did not like to be rude and contradict her, and he swallowed very hard and looked at the b!s eye to see whether it was still look ing at him. Just as be looked the man touched tha box, which gave a funny Mile click, and then tha man said "that's all right," and let Hilly loose from the clamp that held his head SU1L Now, what do you suppose ft all meant? Two or three days later mamma showed Billy a lot of pictures that looked Just as XUUy saw himself when ha looked in mam ma's looking glass, "That la the way the big eye In the box aw you the other day, saki mamma. "Now we will send one of these photo graphs to each of the grandpas and grand mas and uncles) and aunts aud cousins, and then they can all sue Hilly and yet we can still keep Billy hers wiUS ma" Phila delphia Ledger. 4 Walblag oa the Oiling;. Few people, probably, know what tt Is) that enables files to walk on the celling. It has been supposed that their ability to do so was due to the fact that each of their feet Is a miniature alrpump. This theory was found to be unsound, and It was then explained that the feat was made possible by means of a viscous substance which exuded from the hairs on their feet. This theory also was abandoned as being only partly accountable for the facts; and the preferred explanation Is that flies are en abled to walk upside down on smooth sub stances by the help of capillary adheii. n. An Investigator has found by a series of nice calculations such as the weighing and measuring of hairs that a fly would be upheld by capillary attraction were it four ninths as heavy again as it la. Each fly Is ' supposed to be furnished with from 10,000 to 12.0CO minute foot hairs; these exude an oily fluid, and It Is because of the repulsion between a watery surface and this ol'y liquid that a fly finds It difficult to mount a dampened glass. Harper's Weekly; Birds la lastsier. How pleasant the life of a bird most be. Flitting about in each leafy tree; , In the leafy trees so broad and tall. Like a green and beautiful palace ball. With its airy chambers, light and boon. That open to sun and stars and moon; That open to the bright blue sky. And the frolicsome winds as they wan der by. I They have left their nest In the forest bough; Those homes of delight they need not now. And the young and the old they wander out. And traverse the green world round about; And hark! At the top of this leafy hall How one to the other In lovo they call! Tome up! Coma up!" they seem to say, Whero the topmost twig in the brecse way. j "Come up! Come up! for the world Is fair Where the merry leaves dance in the sum mer air." And the birds below give back the cry: "We come, we come to the branches high. How pleasant the lives of the birds must be, Living In love tn a leafy tree! And away thrnurh the air what Joy to go. And to look on the green, bright earth be low I i What Joy It most' be, like a Irving; breeze. To llutter about 'mid tha floweririR trees; Lightly to soar, and to see beneath Tbn wastes of the blossoming purple heath. And the yellow, furse-llke fields of gold That gladdened some fairy reslon old! On the mountain tops, on the billowy sea. On the lify sterna of a fort-rt tree; How pleasant the life of a bird mtut be Mary Howit. 4- ' The Apple Tree's Party. One bright morning tha sunbeam cam down to visit the apple trees In the orchard.- The leaves were 'wearing their green dresses and thi baby apples were Just be ginning to grow. They had a happy time, for the t-tes and the butterflies came to visit them and tha robins sang cheerfully. Among the branches two robins had built a snuff little nest and they took very good care of the five little blue eggs tucked away under Mamma Robin's warm wlnga, Mrs. Robin said. "I hope my lit lie birdies will wake soon. They will be glad to sea the green loaves and the blue sky. Mr. Robin and I worked very busily to gather plco of twigs and hay and hair to weave then into a soft nest. We had a happy time building the nest and w shall have such a happy family In our little noma when the birdies wake up." Every day Undo Wind cams to sing among the branches and tha sunbeams hone very warns upon the birdies nest. They called again and again, "Wake up, wake up." One morning Vra Robin heard a little cracking noise under her wings and the egg began to mora Then she beard a little voice say "Peep, peep, peep" very softly. What do yon think had happenedT Tes, two little robins were waking up had cracked the shells and put out two little heads. Four bright little eyes looked about with wonder at the beautiful green loaves and sunshine. Very soon three more little robins wakened and six more bright eyes looked up and saw a very happy mother robin. They cuddled down under her warm feathers while Father Robin flew about gathering food for his little birdies. Mother Robin said, "When your feathers have grown longer and your wings are stronger I will teach yon how to fly." This made the little birds very glad be cause they wanted to fly like Mother Robin. "Tomorrow," said Mother Robin one day, "the old tree will have a party. Birds and bees are coming: to sing-; butterflies are coming; and ail the flowers, who live tn the grass under the tree, will be there with their smiling faces. You may fly down te sea them and we will bars such a happy time." The little birds were so glad and talked so fast. They were not at all sleepy that night, but wanted the morning to come quickly. The morning of the party they were awake early. Uncle Wind played some soft music and everyone tried to make the others happy. The birdies sang and the flowers smiled. Mother Robin taught the little robins how to fly and they came down in the grass anions; the flowers and spent a very nappy day. Wester Books. Are our boys and girls making the moet of their vacation? It is almost halt over, and every one of you should be a great deal wiser than you were when the school bouse doors were first closed. Tou are studying In the very best school possible. If you are the right sort of boys and girls, and it is a school from which no one ever graduated nor learned all there was, even fn one single book. The teacher in this school Is Nature, and ' she Is constantly adding- new leaves to her book. The wisest men are discovering leaves and chapters, written hundreds and even thousands of years ago, which have been hidden away through all the agea Nature's library Is full of wonders and of thrilling' stories for those who take -the trouble to find them. The best part of It Is that the more you read, the more you want to read. Some times the fascination becomes so great that men and women devote their entire lives to studying the pages of Nature's books, and they seem never tired of read ing the wonderful things tltey find there. Would you like to know something of a man who learned many marvelous thing from these books ? Perhaps you may And something about him In this little paper next week. Datehi Draft Desna, la nolland and Belgium the dog oeeuplea the place which the donkey does ta sev eral other countries. Ia the former the sight of a conpte of dogs dragglnc along a pushcart loaded with vegetables. Bowers or shining milk cans Is .a familiar one. Tbey trot along underneath the cart, within easy reach of the blunt toe of the sibot of the woman who walks behind It to gutd It by tlie handles attached at that point. In Belgium the dogs are hitched In front, as the Russians attach their horses to their drosklcs, three abreast, and ure guided by a pair of rope reins fastened to a muzzle about the nose of the dog in the mid Ho. Recently the National Cart Dog assocla tlon, organized to regenerate the original race of Belgium mastiffs, held Its first ex hibition of cart dogs. The Flemish breed ers have found that In crossing the Bel glum mastiffs with the Great Danes, with the Idea of increasing the size of the cart dogs and so secure additional strength, they made a mistake. The result proved to be animals with weak hind quarters and) dlsportionate limbs. Now they are endeav oring; to revive the original stock. The women and dogs of these two little countries are another evidence that human nature and canine nature are the same the world over. When one sees the whlte caped Belgian milk woman with her dog standing near a well, the woman having; a battered can slung on her forearm, one instinctively becomes suspiciousv The sus picion Is confirmed when one discovers a policeman detaining at the roadside a pair of sulky-faced milkmaids, with their dog? team and then- cart laden with slender necked milk cans, while he Jots their names In his little book against a charge of watery ing milk. When the cart comes to a stand still the dogs are no longer draft animals, but dogs. They sit or He complacently down and oil their tongue from their open mouths. Apparently they have forgottea that they are animals Intended for human) companionship, but condemned to bard labor for life. W Learn hy Data sr. We learn by doing, little folks. No matter what the work inny be. Just try, with ail your mttrht. nnd find How one by one your giants nVe. Don't say, I can't," before you try. But try and see wh:it you can do. For if you're helrel br others, why, 'Tls others do the work, not you. See happy bfrd In yonder tree, How soft and warm he build his nest J He asks no help rum you or me. But tries to do his very best. And If tike birdie, tittle ones. Your very best you try to do Tou'U find how easy will become The tasks that seem so hard to you. Kindergarten News. . A Herele Action. Not so very long ago we neard of a real little hero In Minneapolis. The lad Is only 10 years old, yet be proved himself braver than, most men. Edwin and his f-year-old sister were on an errand for mother. The little girl started to run across the street ahead of her brother and had reached the middle of the road when a team of maddened, horse dashed in light. The frightened creatures were almost upon the child. She seeuied paralysed with fear and stood staring at the animals, unable to move. EM win perceived the peril she was la and, heedless of his own danger, with tn Instinct of a true knight, cast himself la front or the runaway, throwing the little girl out of harm's way. He had saved his baby sister, but had taken her place of danger, for the horses were upon nlm In aa Instant. Those who had seen the brave deed lifted the little fellow tenderly and carried him te his home. When the doctor came be said that although the lad had a broken collar bone and several other Injuries, be would recover. If all our boys and gtrls were as noble and unseUsh we would have In a few years the grandest country the sun aver shone upon, for every dttsen odd he a Inwo, and you know a nation U what It snea and women make it. I "J?- ajf