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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1904)
'' ' flCJI a Tina imuMf efti s . WUikc felt cross, nothing iuku rial was tk matter, bo h felt lonely. Ibmmt aal'l. "Willi play fa th ncfffj whO. Bamk lies down to rest her poor btuJ." and 4 hew went across th ball to th ulet, dark ened room, leaving Willi rocking away on his ano Mc rocking bora, which usually gav Man much pleasure. - Bosnebow today horseback. rMJivg f.tcw Very im)mm, a ad WiMe thought he would build a forf out of hi blocks. "I will hove th Jap and th Russians fight battle." saM W1IB ia bia Ms deep vole. 80 b art to week aad bailt up A fort, evt oat bia Mill lendc soldiers aad the tf cannon, and was boob, in th anfclst of a ficre battle. ' lint this stow tiresome, too. aad every thlns was stupid. -Why didn't Warren FWter coos wheal he said he would, and Why did dear Baaauna. bar a baadacbo list the very day nuraa went to. aco her tx -other, who hod Just come from Ire Is nrt?" muttered Willie, throwing himself d two on th floor beside the fighting war r. ore. Willie lay there, thinking over alt thee flings and before he knew any thine about 1 1 he rolled over and went sound asleep. And then what do you think happened? Willi had a dear little fox terrier named Jiewey, after the brave admiral who cap. tured Manila during the Spanish war. Mow Dewey was ar fine mtle fellow, an whit except two littt spot of black over it Oyer and ear;, he wasan affectionate Utile fellow, too, and devoted to hi email ieioster. but, lfka all dogs.- lie was very tavuiaittv and sometimes thla curiosity led hint Into trouble. Nurs bad put some sticky flypaper up on the tablo to catch . the naughty flies which wok Willie up so early in th mora ing, and th captured flies wero making a Treat bussing on the sticky paper. "Dewey cam trotting Into th room, and finding Willie fast asleep stretched, himself on the. floor beside him and went to Bleep, too. , Buas buss busal "What la th world la tliat?" said Dewey to himself. Copping- one of Uia ears lusily -to get rid of a troublesome fly 4. ' Buaa-s-s-s bus buxx! - ' - , Dewey got up, stretched himself and Ustened attentively. "What could it her He walked, around the table, still hearing the strung noise; then he Jumped on a chair ataadlns by the table, and, by put ting bis front pawa on th tauie, could See the flies struggling to set free, - litre was a, flno opportunity to get at those flies which were alwaya bothering htm. so up Jumped Dewey on the table, and right on to the flypaper, and--then . Dewey tried -4a raise one foot, and with treat effort succeeded; but every time he lifted on of his feet he hud to pat It back Where h got It from, he could aot loweeu the other three, and once, after a terrible Struggle .to get two loose at on time, poor Dewey ! oat bis balance. altogether and tell over aldewise 00 tlr; sticky paper. Alas, alaal Poor Dewey could not free himself at all, and lay there a very dlatreeaed Uttle dog, no doubt bitterly regretting hi curiosity, and giving utterance to piteous cries every now sad their M sauna, waking- up from her nap greatly refreshed, snade her way the nursery ta - see what ber Btfle so wee about, snd there was Willi, fast asleep, makhir a very pretty picture, with his rosy cheeks and tangled, yellow curt. Mamma s'arted t pick Bp he boy. sad was much startled , at hearing a feebt moan Just bebtnd her back. Bk tamed, as sb lifted Willi ha ber arms, aad caaght afgkt f peer napleas Uttl Dewey fas bis bed of atwhasea aad glue. Mamma ought sot To have laughed, but sb couldn't beJp tt. aad papa, coaamc tp stairs Just el that minute, laughed Ions; and load, aitd Willi wok np wf tkt eo BtKeb noise, sod ha bad t bxagb, tco. - "Poor, poor Dewey; H"a a sbaas to lo;n, said mamma, putsins: does WUl e. and biagbmc until th tears casa tato her eyes. "What oa earth are we t wfih blm? How cam we get hhn IcsueT ato ' asked, Aad. Indeed, it was a serkm matter to get poor Dewey foe, sad even after b bad been "soaked for hears.' as be after ward eonftdeattaUy told bla friend. Matty, the cat. ta hot watfr. Willie's father bad to cat th paper from bis balr to get it 9. Dewey beeam a wine dog ta tho eenree of tine, sad ever after avoided flypaper, and never Jumped ai a attain. Philadelphia Ledger, A. Zaat Uibr. Th Zuai child spends bia early days la a cradm. Bat a cradi in Zani-land does not mran dews pillow. siOtea cwveekets and fluffy faces; it is oory. a fist board. Jnat th leasth of the- baby with a hood Ilk a doITs buggy top over th head. Upos) this hard bed th baby la bouod Ilk a wrassmy the covermsa) weenad rewad and round bias onlfl the lift! fallow can not move except to opes has saoath aad eyes. BomeUasea h Is aarotled. and looks out tat th bar whitewashed rosea, bttaka at th fir bornioar oat tho hearth and: fixes his eyes earnestly oa th wolf aad cswgsr Bktas that serve as chairs sad beds aad carpets hi th Zuat home. By tho Unas k la two or three years old, he has grows; into s plump little brom creature, with the stralghteat of coarse black belr sad the biggest and roundest of' black eyes, lie is now oat ef the cradle and trots about th house and the village. When the weather is bad he weara a small coarse shirt, and alwaya a necklace of beads or turquolae. St. Nicholas. The Bwvhslltltna; f Cyi. Gyp was a dog, who was regarded by all the neighbors as most exemplary. Tor even years he had slept under the stove In Farmer Hell's kitchen; accompanied Beth, the farmer's son, to school, and gone regularly to church every Sunday, listen ing to the sermon with polite attention. The nesreat neighbor to the Hall farm was a Mrs. Reed, who owned a splendid bulldog. Defender. This dos wna her con stant compsnlon, as ahe had raised him from a puppy. On coming home the other evening she waa shocked beyond word to see her favorite Defender calmly trot off after a gentleman who had called upon her, but who was going t Farmer IfEtll's to spend the night. Defender had -taken an unaccountable fancy to the newcomer, even to the extent of deserting his mis tress. Gyp - (the Hall dog) was a silent spec tator to this heartless desertion. He went np to Mrs. Reed, licked her 'hands nnd showed her the rrentegt sympathy. When she went to bed Gyp sccompantrd her frti her room, and calmly alept under her. bed nntil morning. Over at the Hall farm they wer search ing high and low for 'Grp. "He's surely loetr said Mrs. Hall, -for he bad never stayed eat all night In seven Tears. Be sides, he knows as well as I do that tomor row I Sunday. Mr. Hall replied: "Well, rwt 'ser be 71 com hem In ttm for church, anyhow. Despite Ibea cheering propherW. Gyp dldnt com bom. II stayed tullhfWly by Mrs. Reed natil noon th following- f . when Defender MoareJy saBtarcd up u path. Then Gyn left, hi look plainryaay tag, Tv don my doty here, sjayway." . When he reached bom b hung his bead aad 'hi tail, aot t b outdone, limply fed lowed soit. Gyp shank under tho'ctov aad acted th part ef a .repentant sinner. He no doubt had Just remembered that it was Bundsy, and wheat the folks can tn from charch Gyp was a pJctnr of a consciestco strlcken sinner. Mr. Hall patted bis head and tried tn cheer kfca by saying. "Braes np. old feQow. Tnr net the first man who has son wrongs X gness th preach--erB forgive yea tf you never do It 4 gain." Gyp rafeed bin head, wagged bia tail, and bis forgtreness was complete. Wasar mgtoo Star. ( s Boat Tell DIly. I asked a happy Httl mil. Preud owner of a doll and eatr -Whirh do too love the better, dear. lour rioil or kitty? Tell me- that." Th Mttke irmMm paused ivMV, Then-whispered aoft ns evenirii' b re ere, . "I be've I 'ove my kitty best; But don't tell ffblly, if 'ou p'eaael" . Cames off Jaaaaeae Cfcfllreaw Cert rode Froet. resfdicg with her father ha Japan, gives this dearrlptioa of ebRdrvs's game lit Japan, in a latter printed ba Tooth: . J promised to try to write yew of seen of th snsaes I saw th children playtnar ia Japan. I think I-wrote about bow th hoys at school wer ptayfna; th gam with rings, which they . had to pot over their heads and pall down vntO they could step sot of them. ' There wer two teaavv ' and they started at a signal from a flag; which marked th starting and finishmar points. The censrs Is aboat t2S yards each way. . Two boys on each side, carrylns two long, pole between them. run to ring I; then they drop the poles and the front boy puts the ring over his head and goes through it. The second bey doea the same; then they pick up tho poles andj run to rmgZ and1 pass through It In the srnne manner; then rinse. S, 4 and S, on til they have completed th course. .The two boys who first reach the poles from which they-started win. - About the little girls: I will tell u first that their principal game seems to be taking aire of the children. The Japanese take care of th.bables by. fastening them -on their backs, and Tittle girls hr.ve babies ""fastened on their backa, too. The mothers , are not very tall and oftentimes are not very old. and it ia very hard to tell mothers frons girtav The Httl girls hive their hair done up in one solid roll on the top of their heads In back, white the married girls wear ft in two rolls with a pin through them to ' hold them apart and in place. ' The children do not have much room to play taa1, and their wooden ahoes come off o easily that they couldn't run; ao they play puss in the corner. Their feet are done up in niualin or cloth, not tied on tight as In China, but more like stockings, and seweti on. There Is a separate . space for the big toe. Their shoes are of wood, one piece for the foot to rest on and then two pieces fastened to that on edge. Then, yoix aee, they are not buttoned, but are strapped on, and when they walk they have to pull their ahoes along," When they go In the house they take off their ahoes and leavo ' them at the door. Their fathers and mothers do the same thing. Some of th poorer children go With bare fect. ' The little boys play marbles a great deal and have pretty gtaas marbles. They do not seem t play in a regular circle or ring, ' but Juet shoot ait over and try to hit one another. Th girl. In pkue of playing; with marbles, aeera to prefer pieces of glued which ar triangular In shape,, not very regular, and which they throar or pitch at each other's piece of glssa est tk ground. A very ahnpl gam which Interests th children very much is placing with a small, parachute made of Japanese, paper. It la about six or eight inches across. The boys and girls have long poles of bamboo and very tight, generally ten or ' twelvo feet ' long, and they pat these up tn the air with, the little parachute on if- Then they pull the pole down quickly from the parachute, which comes down, very slowly, and the ' children, get much amusement In ' seeing it come down. "AMI the children seem to have tittle dogs,' and even m the crowed part of the busi ness city, where the families live in very small places snd tk children have to play on th streets, still they have little dogs. They appear to be a kind ef a spaniel, with curly hair, generally black and whit, aad - are Qutta gentle, especially with th chil dren. The dogs are well taken care of and lock clean snd well fed. The lit He' children play 'school a great deak-at leas tkat Is what I took a to be. You see. I could not understand what they said. I did not see any little girls with dollies, but there were sa many with real babies that I guess they never need any , imitation ones. These, were about all that X noticed In the streets, except that the boys wer play- . Ing soldiers with wooden, guns. Some day soon X hope that you. wilt b ' ablo to see them all yowrxeX Don't yoi think It Would be fun seeing children ao different .from any you. have ever seen. and. walking with, funny wooden shoes? - r. . .. e . . - ' A Happy Aetdnt. ' An. accident o, cut on th finger caused Edison to Invent the phonograph, or tally ing machine. . Mr. Edison, told the story of this lnven tlon t a visitor recently. At the time, ba said, he was singing into a.tekphene, and In the tetephon mouthpiece be had plaaad . for aafo beeping a floe steel point. Sud denly this point cut hi finger. He found, to hi surprise, that it had been, moving here and there and roundabout, guided by the vibration of his voice. - Ha placed, a strip of yellow paper under the steel point, replaced it la the maifht piece and said the alphabet. The atoet,. while he spoke, ran over the paper, and for each letter of tho alphabet it made a. different mark, or scratch. ' - - This waa what Mr. Edisea had ho;cd for. He new held the steel point ftlli and drew the paper scraiehea' elowly over it. There was given forth, very faintly, the alphabet as he had repeated it. - ' Thus the principle of the phonograph the registering anil the reproduction cf the voice' a vibrations wna discovered through the cutting of a finger. It was Edison's finger, though, that waa cut. SrilVi Brown's might have been quite hocked oft, and no phonograph weald have resulted. - : - 3 Marvelowa Clinaait , An Irishman returning home from Amer ica got Into conversation with an English- man; who aaked him what pnrt ef America be hailed from. ' ' - ' California," said Pat "I believe." sudd the ngU4hma. "iher are different -cltmatea near each: other there." "Welt, to give you aside." said Pat, "X was shooting one day. aad: my dog. a well trained -One, aet himself aer ies a ditch. X was surprised t find, on any giving hint the usual token to start. t7at h remained " motionless. Going toward him to ascer tain th reason. I found, that Id toll was frostbitten at .one side et toe ditct and big head suns truck on tit other."