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!Ncw3 of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
'OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
wumu or comm., in nwamw.K u ;
-pub o contract, must accept the oiler
of the lowest responsible bidder ac I
cording to .ho decision of IMstrlc j
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- o. .i ,,uoiii, wuu uii.u ,
a writ of mandamus asked for by the
Nebraska Building and Investment
onipuny. The court ordered the board
to rescind Its action In giving the con
tract for the new hospital building at
Iho Milford Soldiers' Home to Ernest
itoknhr at $77,1)09, and to make a con
tract with the Nebraska company at Its
aigure of $77,353.
Clarence C. Lunge of the government
tnlr mall service won the air race from
Omaha to the Dawes county fair at
Crawford, a distance of 470 miles. It
-was the llrst airplane race evr at
tempted in Nebraska. Lange c-tvered
the distance In three hours and fifty
minutes, making one stop at Grand
Island. Edward Gardner of the Ne
liraska Aircraft Co., of Lincoln fin
Jsliod second. Warren P. Kite of the
Grand Island Aero Co., finished third.
Only three contestants participated In
the race.
Nebraska Presbyterians In the last
two years have added to their pastors'
salaries an average of $-100 each, ne
cordlng to a recent statement of Dr.
"William II. K'earns of Omaha, one of
the district secretaries of the Now
Era movement. There are 170 Presby
terian ministers included in the synod
of Nebraska overseeing a total of 213
churches.
A jury in the district court at Fre
:mont found Aligust Thompson of North
liend guilty of assaulting Miss Mario
Krael, 17, also of North Bend. Tlie
young lady was found unconscious on
the doorstep of her home the morning
after attending an American Legion
dance, and for throe weeks was delir
ious from injuries received when nhe
leaped from Thompson's automobile.
All physicians In Nebraska are being
isupplled from the state health bureau
with franked post cards for making
reports to county superintendents on
cases of contagious diseases in their
communities, who report to the state
ihondquarters at Lincoln, who, In turn
;sends a weekly report to Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Smith, former
employes of the Institute for feeble
minded at Beatrice, who were arrested
' last week for the alleged systematic
theft of goods from the Institution for
the past few years, protest their lnno
cence and have secured attorneys to
defend them.
Secretary Stuhr of the state depart
'inent of agriculture has appointed sev
enteen men to inspect and grade pota
toes to bo shipped from western Ne
braska, lie estimates the Nebraska
potato crop this year will total ap
proximately 3,000 carloads.
Reports from Leavenworth, Kan.,
are that Leslie A. Tlbbetts, of Wy
more, serving a one year term In the
federal prison there for deserting the
army, made his escape with anotber
i prisoner.
It is estimated that more than $3,
000,000 In income tax was paid by
Nebraskans in the third Installment of
the year. Time to get tinder the wire
expired last Thursday.
Reports from 250 towns In north
eastern Nebraska, northwestern Iowa
.and South Dakota indicate that upland
corn Is ulmost all out of danger from
frosts.
Voters of Saline county at a special
election defeated a movement to re
move the county seat from Wllber,
where It has been for forty years, to
- 'Crete.
Mrs. Gus Hanlka and her 2-year-old
child of Stella were killed when a car
in which the family was riding went
over an embankment near Sbubert.
Impressive ceremony marked the
laying of the cornerstone for the new
Valley county court house, being built
at Ord.
A movement is under way for the
organization of the fourth bank for
McCook. The capital is to be $100,000.
Ak-Sar-Ben festivities at Omaha this
-week are drawing the largest crowds In
the history of the organization.
Contract has been let for paving a
-number of blocks at Pawnee City.
Itecords for land in Saunders county
were shattered the other day when W.
J. Magher, living four miles southeast
of Morse Hluff, sold his 240 acre farm
for $102,000 or $425 an acre.
Saunders county hog rnisers carried
off blah honors at the State Fair. Pert
a. Lyman of Cedar Bluffs, breeder of
Chester White hogs, won eighteen nu
bons, Including Junior champion sow,
and eight other llrst prizes. Harry
Woodworth of Wahoo, breeder of the
same strain, won eleven ribbons, In
cluding second on senior yearling boar
nd second futurity litter.
Petitions are being circulated In
TOfniiUiin count v asking, for tho re
moval of the county seat from Bloom
Jngton to Franklin.
Good roads enthusiasts of the east
wn end of tlie stato declare Sarpy
tonnty highways are the best in Ne
brnska.
Cass county school exhibits were,
awarded the highest rank of any on
collective work at the State Fair. Cass
pupils also carried off twelve Individ
ual llrst prizes and numerous seconds
and thirds. Plattsmouth schools led
the state In penmunshlp.
Beryl Kirk, Omaha bandit, who was
ftirloughed by Senator Bushco, of Kim-
ball, while net fug governor In tbc nb-
Hence of Governor MeKelvIc and Lieu
tenant-Governor Harrows, after lie liuil
served only eighteen months of a
twenty-year sentence In connection
with the Malstoek Jewelry robbery and
the murder of Detective Hooney at
Omaha, was arrested In Dos Moines,
la., last week. The release- of Kirk
caused much comment over the stato
and brought much criticism of tho
power of "furlough," invested In tho
governor.
Afip ,wo ,01rg. ,uUi,ernton n Jury
, MAfM C0Uft t Freniont follIM,
,,,, 0I 0m C0Iltnu;t0l.( RUty
of nn ,uuI )t ,0 ,
ljlu,kon llt tlie luttor'a home at Fro-
moot, May V-. The case has attracted
wide attention over the state. Shortly
after the verdict was rendered Mrs.
Florence Olson, the defendant's wife,
liled a suit for damages of $25,000
against Mrs. Lueken, on the grounds
of alienation of her husband's affec
tions.
A hot contest for football honors !s
expected between teams comprising
the Nebraska conference. Twelve col
leges will compote this year, which is
three schools larger than the preceding
season. They are: Nebraska Wesleyan,
York College, Doane College at Crete,
Cottner University, Hastings College,
Wayne Normal, Kearney Normal, Peru
Normal, MItllnnd College, Fremont:
Grand Island College. University of
Omaha and Central College.
ltonald It. Williams, six weeks' old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Itolla Williams o
Aiiselmo, who has a great great-grand
father, two great-grandmothers, two
great-grandfathers, two grandmothers
and two grandfathers, has perhaps tho
longest list of ancestors of any person
In the state. Besides he has scores of
taints, uncles and cousins.
Disbarment proceedings against At
torneys Frank and Stanley I'.artos for
alleged efforts to old a client to'ovado
the draft law and other Irregularities,
scheduled to be heard by the state su
preme court last week, was postponed
on account of the lllnes.T of .Tudge Faw
cett.
Anton Hason, who found the body of
Miss Carrie Boutelle, school teacher,
drowned In the Missouri river near his
home, at Omaha, has found twelve
other bodies of drowned persons tltf
Ing the forty years he has lived In his
little home on the river beach.
Cattle and hog raisers of. Nebraska
and other middle west rtates will bo
forced out of business unless bankers
furnish them with $100,000,003 In loans,
ranchmen and hoge raisers told repre-
sentatlves of Wall street bankers at a
meeting In Chicago.
Itev. W. E. .T. Gratz, pastor of St,
Paul's M. E. church, Lincoln, has been
appointed secretary of the Instltut
and life work department of the Ep
wprth league of the Methodist Eplsco
pal church, with headquarters In Chi
cago.
The state railway commission Issued
an order authorizing express compitn
les to Increase Intrastate rates 12 Vi
per cent and Interstate rates suiT-cl-Jiir
ly to conform to recommendations of.
the interstate commerce commission
The Consolidated Electric company
at Beatrice has decided to complete
tlie construction of the electric lino
ffrwn llolniesvllle, through Rock
fford and Fllley, as far east as Vir
ginia. The line will cost about $20,000.
Lloyd and Leon Harbin were arrest
ed at Schuyler recently, charged with
pulling the tongue from -i mule bi'.ong
lng to Charles Sweet. Ellcliorn town
ship farmer. Spite work is said to
have closed the act.
Figures furnished the State College
of Agriculture at Lincoln by farmers
of Dakota county, show that the labor
of growing corn up to July' 20 cost an
average of more than $10 an acre.
Citizens of Murray have organized
a community club. Vnrlous commit
tees havo been appointed and some ex
cellent work will no doubt be the re
sult.
Herman Upton was Instantly killed
by a Union Pnclflc passenger train at
Elm Creek, when crowds attending a
barbecue forced him onto the tracks.
The state agricultural college says
that If favorable weather continues
ten days, practically all Nebraska corn
will lie out of danger of frost.
Lancaster county has a population of
85,002, census figures show. In 1010
the county had a population of 73,703.
Federal census figures show Dixon
county has a population of 11,815;
Garden, 4,572, and Hitchcock, 0,015.
Lincoln police are boasting that not
a single automobile was reported
stolen during the state fair.
Burlington crop experts estimate the
potato yield In Nebraska this year at
0,000.000 bushels, as compared with
0,325,000 bushels In 1010.
Mrs. Nell Mumford of Beatrice has
been appointed by the state board of
control as house supervisor at tho
girls' reformatory at York.
A uniform course of study, the first
of Its kind ever compiled, has been
printed by tho state superintendent's
ofllce for the use of normal training
In high schools that receive stato aid
There are 213 such school."? In Ne
braska at the present time.
Nearly $500,000 has been taken In
benevolent collections , by Nebraska
Methodist churches during tli last
year, the treasurer reported to tho
stato conference at Omaha.
Charles Erickson, Merrick county
farmer, raised 817 bushels of oats on a
tract of less than eight acres, or 102
bushels to the acre. Ho sowed less
than ten bushels of seed.
'Hie 1020 State Fair was the most
successful In history in point of attend
ance mid jrute receipts. Attendance to
tilled 270,004, while receipts amounted
to approximately $100,000.
BED LITERATURE IS SEIZED
Evidence in Hands of Federal Agents
Shows New York Outrage Work
of Radical Element.
New York. Receipt by department
of Justice agents of live radical circu
lars, signed "American Anarchistic
Fighters," which were found In a mall
box at Cedar street and Broadway.
furnished the first tangible clew, they
said, to the identity of the persons
who were responsible for the explosion
In Wall street.
In making public the circulars,
which were printed on cheap paper,
seven by eleven Inches, Chief William
Flynn of the bureau of Investiga
tion of the department of Justice call
ed attention to the fact the bombs sent
In the untlou-wlde plot on .tune 1,
1010, were wrapped In circulars an
nouncing the coming of the revolution
and signed "American Anarchist Fight
ers."
Tlie text of the circulars read:
"Remember. We will not tolerate
any longer. Free the political prison
ers or It will be sure death for all of
you."
Tlie circulars were not enclosed in
envelope j, nor did they bear addresses.
Some contained misspelled words.
"In my opinion this was not an at
tack on .1. P. Morgan & Co.," Chief
Flynn declared. "I believe that those
responsible, picked out the tlnanclal
center to create a demonstration."
Examination of shrapnel found lm
bedded. In the bodies of some of the
deail and of fragments removed In
surgical operations on the Injured has
added weight to the belief that the ex
plosion came from an Infernal ma
chine and was not accidental.
The brokerage firm of Daniels &
Co. sent to Mayor Hylan a check for
$250, requesting lilm to use it as n
nucleus for a fund to hi! raised for
the relief of sufferers In the disaster.
The letter points out most of those
Injured were clerks and stenographers
In moderate circumstances.
Total losses In securities resulting
from the explosion were approximately
$212,000, most of which has been re
covered, according to information col
lected by The National Security Co.
It Is estimated tlie ultimate loss would
not exceed $21,000.
FOOD PRICES LOWER.
Drop
Noted Throughout Nation
by
Labor Department.
Washington, D. O. Twenty-five
of
the 43 standard articles going Into the
American family market basket do
creased In price between .Inly 15 and
August 15, It was announced by the
Department of Labor's bureau of labor
statistics, which made public figures
showing that during the 30-day period"
ending with tlie middle of August, the
retail price of potatoes fell 44 per
cent and the price of cabbage weut
down 41 per cent. The drop In sugar
price was placed at 14 per cent. Most
kinds of meat also decrased.
Indications that the decline In food
price levels was general, Is seen In
statistics showing that each of the 51
cities covered by tiie bureau's survey
reported decreases.
Official Count Necessary.
Chicago, 111. Olllclal returns In the
Illinois primary will not be made
known for a few days, James F. Sulli
van, chief clerk of the Cook county
hoard of election commissioners, said.
Adherents of Len Small, Thompscu
candidate, claimed that the missing
Chicago precincts from which no re
turns have been received, due to the
fact that the ballot boxes wore seaU'd
before an olllclal count could be made,
would easily give their candidate the
republican nomination for governor.
Supporters of Lieutenant (Jovernor
.lohii O. Oglesby, backed by Governor
Lowden, however, maintained that he
would keep his present lead.
Mine Operator and Deputies Killed.
Jasper, Ala. L. M. Adler, general
manager of the Corona Coal Co., was
stmt and killed and Deputy Sheriffs
Edgel and Browne, traveling with him
In an automobile, were wounded so
seriously that both died later. The
shooting Is considered the outgrowth
of the coal jnluu strlko which has been
In progress hi Alabama ten days and
after the killings Sheriff Clark Guthrie
of Walker county called upon Gov
ernor Kllby for troops. Adler and his
party were shot from ambush, authori
ties say.
No Barnstorming for Harding.
New York. There will he no "barn'
storming" In connection with project
ed speaking trips of Senator Harding,
Will Hays, national chairman, said
here In commenting on a report from
Marlon that the republican presi
dential candidate would travel from
coast to coast. "There has been abso'
lately no change In our plans as an
nounced a month ago," Mr. Hays said.
He expressed doubt that Senator
Harding would go fnrther west than
Omaha.
Harding Comments on Maine Vote,
Marlon, O. Senator Harding Issued
the following statement In reference
to the sweeping victory won by repub
licans in tho Maine election:
"Tho result In Maine Is reassuranco
that the American people mean to re
turn to representative government un
ci or the constitution through the;
agency of the republican party, and
that Maine takes the lead In declaring
for America unmortgaged to the old
world, but still ready to servo humani
ty as American conscience Impels. "
CHILDREN HELP
IMPROVE STOCK
Parents Learn That Good Care
and Good Feeding as Well as
Breeding Are Requisite.
STORY OF BILLY AMD BETTY
Girl Makes Wonderful Success With
Runty Pig and Boy Does Almost
Equally Well With Ewe-Necked,
Frouzled-Looklng Calf.
Zcb Powers thought he knew all ho
wanted to know about purebreds. He
had Seen reckless fellows In his sec
tion put all their money Into pure
breds, and had later attended tlie
sheriff's sale and seen the "neglected
animals sold at farm-cattle prices.
That was enough for htm; and when
the college professor, the county
agent, the Ilve-stock-assoclatlon man,
or anybody else began talking about
the advantages of better stock, 5Ceb
gave It tin a cold shoulder.
But when Billy and Betty pot to
reading up on what otlier noys ami
girls were doing In tho community
with corn, pigs, or calves, pop Just
hnd to listen. He argued with them
and told about cases he had known in
which "tricksters had put purebred
stock through the ring on fake bids
to get free advertising and catch suck
ers." lie had even, beard old SI Slocuin
and 1'ncle Peter Tumbledown make
the charge that the university fellows
were hired by slick sellers of pure
breds to help them bunco the farm
ers. Mother Strikes a. Bargain.
Then Billy and Betty would make
further Inquiries and talk It over with
mother, who perhaps was grieving
over the fact that Molly and Bob,
long dissatisfied with slovenly farm
work, had gone to town, one having
a $15-a-week factory job and the other
driving a team for a contractor. She
had a real heart-to-heart talk with
father, and finally got him to let Bil
ly have old Brlndle's calf and Betty
the runt pig out of old Spot's puny
litter; and If they "were silly enough
to think there, was anything In all this
club stuff, maybe this would help to
get the foolishness out of their heads."
Needless to say, Billy was the first
one up tlie morning auor mo an
nouncement. He and Betty attended
to their new treasures long before any
of the regular chores were done. Betty
gave the old sow some nice extra feed
and got on such good terms with her
that the sow was satisfied to let Betty
see to It that tho stronger pigs In the
litter didn't lick the platter clean be-
It Was Not Long Before Betty's Pig
Showed the Effects of Good Treat
ment. fore Runty got his turn. After that
square meal, the first the luckless chap
had been able to get, his tall began to
get kinky, and In a few days had de
veloped a genuine curl. This was a
case Of a fellow needing a friend, and
he responded to his better treatment.
The bull calf that had fallen to the
lot of Billy hadn't boon plnylug in
much better luck than Runt. Old
Brlndle was supposed to be the family
milk cow. but except during a short
period after freshening the children
hadn't had all the milk they wanted
and mother had always had to keep
on hand a supply of condensed goods
to mix with It for the cereals and
sometimes to keep from drinking black
coffee. The hay that couldn't he sold
and the straw stack were about all
Old Brlndle had to make milk on dur
ing the winter and a skimpy bit of so-
called pasture that was too hilly, rocky
and stumpy to plow came as near as
she had a chance to be "knee deep"
even In June. The calf's daddy was a
1,000-poiind 0-year-old that a farmer
kept for freshening his own cows and
letting to Ills neighbors at "six bits '
a service.
The County Agent Call.
j Mother knew that pop was "dead
agin" the county agent because he
knew that It was Just one more scheme
of the politicians to make a Job for
some feller that ought to bo doing
honest work, and that It was another
plnn to Increase taxes. She contrived,
however, to have him stop long enough
one day to talk things over with Hit
children. At first pop was anything
hut cordial, but began to get Interested
when the agent told him he knew a
farmer who would bo glad to pay him
$50 more than the local buyer hail
offered for a little hunch of shouts and
another man who was looking for Just
such a pair of yearling mules as he
had. to put with u hunch ho was feed
ing for market.
The agent saw at a glanco 40 things
that were keeping father a poor, clown
trodden, shiftless farmer, hut lie was
wise enough to go slow on suggesting
a rotation of crops, alfalfa, a dressing
of lime or tile draining, and a lot of
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other things in addition io Improving
his live stock. It totraliied from sny
lug anything about a silo on that visit,
hut he dtd say ho could let him In on
a car of middlings that some neighbors
were getting at a price much below
Tom Focdsby's figures.
The county agent ventured a few
other suggestions that would not In
volvo much outlay, and father after
ward told mother the fellow actually
seemed to know something about farm
ing. Some side tnlks with Billy and
Betty resulted In Runty, the pig,
catching up and then passing his
brothers and sisters, and the calf get
ting to look a lot better than any
other that had been nu the place.
The agent hadn't the heart to tell
Billy that the calf would stand no
chance at the county calf-club show
and felt that better results would come
fronl helping him to do tho very best
he could with what he had to work
with, so he arranged for him to make,
the entry. His feeding and care had
given quite a gloss to the calf's coat,
and after he had used the clippers
on his tall and sandpapered bis little
upstanding horns ho thought the calf
surely looked like a winner. Rube
losshy's children came over and de
clared that Brlndy and Runty were
tile best-looking calf and pig they
Billy and HIt Brlndle Bull Calf.
ever saw. and Minnie Crookfur
row nnd Tommy Sourgrass wanted to
know all about what Billy ami Betty
had done and were keen to know how
It would come out.
A Lesson for Billy.
When the county-fair time came
around the calves were lined up, and
Billy was surprised, and, of course,
disappointed to find that his eAlf, had
to stand next to the last one, and In
deed It was a frouzled-looklng calf
that stood with Its little ewe-neck ahd
Its funny-shaped head hung low. Billy
saw that the Judge was perfectly right
and not only told him so, hut asked
him If he wouldn't tell him what was
the matter with his calf. The Judge
was glad to have him show "such In
terest and pointed out that in his Judg
ment Billy as a feeder and caretaker
had really done very well, but he
could not hope, with a calf bred as It
was, to compete with those that no
only had as good care and feed as
his calf, but something besides good
breeding. He showed him that Brlndy,
while having an exaggerated paunch,
was sharp-shouldered, had very little
meat on his ribs or loins, and was
too long legged, lie carefully went
over the black, the white and the
roan calves above him. showing their
good points as well as their weak onos.
This was a real lesson to Billy, and
It Is needless to say that It was a
much more valuable lesson to father,
who the next year bought him a high
grade calf and was as proud us he
could be when his son won .the blue
ribbon ami a trip to Hie International
live stock exposition at Chicago.
Betty's runty pig also opened father's
eves, tor t ne youngster "goi in uie
money" with lilm and he said, "Next
year you can have the best Instead
of the poorest pig. and If you come
out nil right 1 may buy a bred sow of
one of the good breeds and let you
raise her pigs on shares."
AID FOR FARMERS' MUTUALS
Fire Insurance Companies Given Help
by Department of Agriculture In
Timely Hints.
Assistance has been given a large
number of fnnners mutual fire Insur
ance coinpanles by the United Stateu
department or agriculture ny suggest
ing to these organizations suitable ar
ticles of Incorporation, by-laws, ami
application and policy forms. In con
nectlon with the by-laws recommended
bv the department's specialists a class
ification of risks has been prepared
which has received the Indorsement of
the National Association of Mutual
Insurance companies. Already several
companies have adopted this ciasslfl
cation. A set of by-laws prepared by
the department for one of tile more
progressive farmers' mutual wind
storm Insurance companies Is now rec
ognized as a model among leading men
In this particular field of agricultural
Insurance. A simple system of records
for farmers' mutual Insurance com
panics prepared by the department
within recent months Is nlready being
used by seven concerns and more than
a score of other companies Indicate
by correspondence that they are con
temtilatlug adopting this system of
records.
Live Stock
Notes
Green herbage Is esseljtlnl to
economical production of pork.
the
If the sheep havo ticks, dip them;
you can't afford to feed ticks, sum
mer or winter.
Better hulls, loars and bucks beget
hotter hank balances. Slogan used
by bankers of Bend, Oregon.
FAMTALt
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DUCKS' WEATHER.
"Quack, quack." wild Mrs. Due!:.
"Quack," said Sir David Duck.
"Grunt, grunt." said Sir Benjamin
Bacon am) Sir Perclval Pork said,
"Grunt, grunt," as they both looked
at the ducks who were walking pnst
the Pig Pen Palace or Mud Yard, as
It was also sometimes called.
"Cackle, cackle." said Miss Fidgety
Fashionable Hen in u very proud
voice.
"Cackle, cackle," said AIlss Gray
Hen in n very proud voice.
"Hello, cock-n-doodle-do," snld Mr.
Red Crown Rooster, ' and his cousin
Red Top, said,
"Cock-a-doodle-do, how are you?"
"We're pretty well, quack, quack."
said .Mrs. Duck.
"So are we," the other .barnyard an
imals said.
"Do you know that we are very
proud, quack, quack," said Sir David
Duck, "for we have something of
which to be very proud."
"Yes, quack, quack, we , have, In
deed," said Mrs. Duck.
"Quack, quack, quack," said the lit
tle ducklings. "We huve something
of which we cithnot help but bo proud.
It seems that It has been something
of which the family have been proud
for years ami years, and that atlll we
can be liroud of It. , in fact, we hoird
It only today which made us know that
still It Is our pride."
What In the world are you talking
about, grunt, grunt," said Sir Benja
min Bacon from his pen. He was a
cousin of Brother Bacon, but he was a
good deal more snobbish, and belonged
to a nobler family of pigs than Brother
Bacon did.
'Yes, what ' In the world are you
talking of?" asked Sir Perclval Pork,
who, too, was a cousin of Grandfather
"What In the World?"
Pork Pig. They called their home tho
Pig Pen Palace or Mud Yard and put
on more airs than their cousin pigs
you see. "(Jrunt, grunt, squeal, squeal,
I would like to know," ho said.
"Cock-a-tloodlc-do, so would I," said
Bed Top.
'Cackle, cackle, I would like to know
what you mean," said Miss Gray Hen.
"Pray, tell us what you are so proud
about, cackle, cackle," said Miss Fid
gety Fashionable Hen.
"I will toll you," said Sir David
Duck, "unles M.s. Duck or the Duck
lings would prefer to tell tho story."
"We're willing to let you tell It."
said Mijs. Duck.
"Quito willing," said the ducklings.
"Well," said SI David Duck, "years
and years ago whenuver It rained hurd,
folks used to say, 'Fine weather for
ducks P That was such n compliment
to us, for It showed us that there was
weather Just for us nnd that folka
were willing to have the rain so that
It could be line for us. Of course, we
like the ruin and so tho rain is line
wenthcr for us. Wo adoro tho water,
and rain Is water.
"Well, the family has always been
proud to think that there was such n
thing as special weather for ducks-,
and that when people went out on
such days they, knew perfectly well
that the weather was our weather and
not theirs. We'vo been a little bit
afraid that perhaps things might have
chnnged. Ono never can tell. But
today we heard a great many people
who aro visiting the fawn (because
there Is'n tea party being given there),
and they all said the same thing.
"Well, now wo know that we're still
tho creatures who have the rainy days
made especially for them. You, we're
very proud."
"You don't suppose." mild Bed Top,
"that folks say that because they can't
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stand tho rainy weather, and they
think that It Is only tit for ducks?"
"I don't suppose that," said Sir
David, "for I feel they mean that such
weather Is our special weather, owned
by us."
Hopefulness Is Not Blindness.
Hopefulness Is not necessarily op
posed to common sense. The girl who
Insists that she will pass her examina
tion without difficulty, while she goes
on day after day neglecting her stud
ios. Is not hopeful ho much ns fool
hardy. Hopefulness should bo cultivated but
It is not necessary to shut one's eyes
to tho facts. Hopefulness la an ad
vantage while blindness Is a mis
fortune. Learn to see thing as they
are, and to tuke the optimistic view.
Do not deliberately blind yourself to
the real estate of affairs and call it
being hopeful. Olrls' Compunton.