Nebraska Newspapers

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CALVE!U : : NEHKASKV.
THE
KANKAKEE OR
KOMO.
THE KU-
HoAtod In Ihnt itlon; shont his flldo
(Blm H ii lii'T, yo nig blush 11 brldui.
On I heir lien yinoou th y're flnrt ng now;
It alwnyi4 foil vn Iho in irrlitif vow.
Ho looks 'it Iho Muring railroad miipi.
At tln'tti n of enrs mid Irs hnugwn trnp4,
And whHpws, " 1'i'ttn', how Nluill wo go;
Jly Hie Kiinknkco or tliu Kokomo?
"Tlioso nillroml innpi ronfuso tho oyo.
ThiTi-'n tho C. II. u. hihI tho II. N. V
And this ono hiivn your llln's lit Htitko
On any to id lint tin Hky Illuo Luko.
'Iho.V. K. It. L.I'. Q. J.
Ilavt' ulnoporfl on tho mi tiro wny,
lint I w-licutd thiHo trulna arc much moro
Blow
1'Jiiin tho Kankakoo or tho Kokotno."
Fho iniinniircit: "Sweetie, 1'vo hoard pa
nay
What ii nno old road I tho P. O. IC,
Hut mamma suemo'l to dlsiwroe,
And pnitiTH tho X. H. II. O. T.
This chart cay. buby, tho views aro flno
On tho Tomih-I ow-Iloy-Miutim Line,
II it t still, pcitmpi, wo'il bettor go
On tliu Kiiukakco or the Kokomo."
A ootiduotor clnncod to pits thorn by,
A tll ftltl lit r1fifrVftl finllrrtlt tl I fl iritllllll
! IMU til nil K11'"1 iHifc trt pi IIUV
He nalil: " () man w Ith tho cap of blue,
oyo.
iiiinrill iiiu iiiiiuk, niiiiriii llli' inn,
Which road In bent for u blushing, puro,
Young t'inid hndo on hor woddlng tour,
And.tHI in quickly wlnt ou know
Of tho Kankakco and tho Kokomo."
Tho conductor' cyosgavn a savage gleam.
Thono words rolled out In a limpid utioum
"There's tin A 11. .1. I). V. It. ..
Connects with tho I'llp-l'lap-HIIMInng-Il.
You can change ou iho I.cg-oir-8uovlllo-
nraud,
And go through on Uio l'au-cako-Aoo-Full-
lliiml.
That road you named In blocked by snow
(Tliu Kankukco mid tho Kokomo).
"Tho Hominy! vnnlu, Pittsburgh Through,
ConncclH with tho Oslikosh Kiiliiunuoo,
With a smoklng-cnr all aClornoou,
liit the th I n ir fir a honeymoon:
And tho Central BcaltHTooth-lIungvIlk"
Kwltch
Ones through n vluo-oliid country rich.
Of tho road you named I nothing know
Tho Kmiknkeo mid tho Kokomo."
Tho brldo suld: " llnby. 'tis bost, by tur,
I.lko tho dollar, wo loiuru to pa.
(Thill's a pun I homd while on a train
On tho If. IC X. .1. Jorsoy malm."
Thocondiit't ir xmiled; his oye-tocth showed;
Ho had spoiled tho trade of u ilval road.
Ho know In his heart there wan no snow
On tho Kankakee or the Kokomo.
And tho bride and groom returned to pa.
Who heard It nil, and then Bald: " I' Hhawl
Jf you found you couldn't go that way.
Why didn't you g on tho Cross-eyed Hay?"
Tho bridegroom gimt a howl ol pain;
The railroad namea had turned lila bruin.
Jle rave, Insane, forovormore,
In a mad-house, Oiuiucd unto tho Moor,
Ilu'll glhhor: "Tootslo, shall wo go
lly the Kankakee or tho Kokomo'r"
Lwlt Jluirlmm, l Ilurne'i Dramatic Tlmti.
MIDNKJJIT A310IM1 THE DENS.
"Wnlchlng for mi Hour tlm Animal lit n
Mcmtgorlo.
Wlmt do tho animals do at night?
Everybody who hits over visit ml a men
agerie must have observed that tho
aninmlH during show hours manifest
such an overwhelming sleepiness as to
suggest that tho only timo they liavo for
real rest is when they aro Under tho
eyes of tho public. It seonis to bo
necessary for keepers and attendants to
ilu uiujje- in iioni oi ineir cajros mo
inontarily, prodding thorn with sticks,
jabbing thorn with pieces of iron, or
animating tlioin witii cowhides to kcop
them awako, and when tho bold trainers
spring in among them, with much clat
ter ot iron doors, foot stumping, and
ejaculating of "Hi! thoro," oven tho
most savage brutes aro wont to look as
if they resented tho intrusion as a
breaking of their rest, rather than as an
aggravating temptation to a change of
diet. Do tiioy, then, nover got sleep
enough P A curious reporter took it into
his head to endeavor to do something
toward settling that question, a few
nights ago, by watching tho animals for
eomo timo aftor tho thousands of specta
tors at tho bIiow had left the building.
Slowly tho crowd passed out into tho
street, lazily watched as tlioy wont bv a
sturdy old lion, who pretended to' bo
nsleop, but kept opening an oyo
stealthily now and thou until quiot suc
ceeded tho tramp and shulllo
of many foot. Then ho lazily got
up, yawned and stretched himself,
as much as to say, panto
mimieally: "Thank goodness, another
day's gone." .Just at that moment ono
of the wind-jammers of tho band, with
whoso instrument something had been
wrong all tho evening, and who had re
mained in his seat punching and blow
ing into it after his eomrailos had gone,
blow a loud blast that in tho gathering
stillness seemed extraordinarily loud?
Tho old lion wheeled around and glared
savagely in tho direction whence tho
sound came. A couple of tigers sprang
up from apparont slumber with tho same
malevolent expression, and oven tho
liyonas stopped lighting long enough to
staro with mingled inquiry and fury to
ward tho belated musician. Tho dis
turber departed suddenly, all tho gas
jots wont out together, and only tho
clear, ghastly, bluish-white illumination
of tho oleotrio light remained. Tho fe
lino animals again strotciied themselves
on tho iloors ot tho dons, tho lions in
regular and digniliod attitudes, and tho
tigers, leopards and panthers twisting
themselves into all sorts of queer con
tortions to got their oyos away from tho
light. For a while tho antelopes and
tho dwarf eattlo stood up and ato hay,
with a manner of contentment they had
not worn during tho day. Ono by ono
they dropped down ou tho Iloors of
thoir cages and seemed to sloop. Gen
erally, thoy lay witii thoir logs doubled
under them, as if in readiness to mako
n spring, but tho "horned horse," or
gnu. which Tody Hamilton
ivlil
says "is
chiollv romarkiibln for llio
sinrular
unanimltv with which cnninnsltnr. in
sotting up advertisements and uoticos,
ttlwaya spell his name gun," had a
3ucer way of oolling himself up like a
og.
Three or four hours later tho electrio
lights puddenly i eased to glow, and then
only tho nut.ont watchers observed,
horo and tliero, long distances apart,
small point of gas Hamas, burning
Bleud.ly and only giving light enough to
mako the surrounding space seem moro
vast and darker just beyond thoir nar
row circles of illumination. Tho.se in
tho main division of the Garden scorned
like glow-worms in an enormous vault.
In the distance a watchman's lantern
dodged, bobbed and glimmered like a
will o' tho wisp. And now a new lifo
of activity seemed to have entered into
the boasts. In tho cages of the feline
bnats greenish, phosphorescent lights
shone in' pairs, sometimes iixod steadily
tor minutes together uxm tho silent,
motionless watchers, again Hitting to
and iro as the ferocious brutes glided
noiselessly hithor and thither in thoir
narrow, iron-walled quarters. For some
time all was silence. Then tho distant
watchman stumbled and awoke a thou
sand echoes. In an instant tho gleam
ing oyes in tho cages were all in line,
looking out, and every animal was still.
Then, as the last faintVchoes died away,
a hyena indulged in tho diabolical noise
of his kind, which is commonly called a
laugh, and it ended in a chorus of snarls,
howls, laughs, yells, scrapings of claws,
and ruttlings of tho hyena cage. as its den
izens revelled in one of the numerous f reo
lights by which they vary the monotony
ol existence. While this was going on
ono of the lions expressed himoTf on
the subject of the disturbance in tones
like an asthmatic fog horn, and the oc
casion for public speaking was not lot
pass unimproved by either tigers, leop
ards, panthers jaguars or catamounts.
Tho lynxes were quiet, or else they could
not ho heard in the brief tumult. A
tour of inspection near to the cages of
the herbivorous and gramuivorous ani
mals showed tiieni nearly all standing
up, with looks of fright, and some ot
them trembling. Only the plucky little
axis deer had put itseff in a posture of
defense, with its head down for a ciinrge,
its if quite oblivious to the fact that its
siiarp horns have been sawn oil' lo pro
vent its jamming them through tho
wooden wall of the bless-bok's quarters.
Tho huge rhinoceri, both singlo and
double horned, and tho wart hog lay in
stolid indilVerencp to all the row. Unco
or twice every night, tho keopei'3 say,
the animals indulge in such a demon
stration as tliis, hut the uproar never
lasts moro than a few minutes, unless a
storm is coming, and then tho hyenas
display an activity and liendish jollity
peculiarly their own that keeps tho whole
establishment in a tumult all night.
What the monkeys were doinir couhfnot
bo scon, as it is necessary to keep their ,
cages closed up tightly all the time that '
punlic curiosity does not compel them '
to bo open, in order to exclude tho cold '
night air. As far as could be judged
from listening, mandrils, baboons and
several varieties of smaller monkeys
were sound asleep. The anacondas and
boa constrictors were much more lively
than during the day time, disentangling
themselves from "tho mass they made
together when sleeping, gliding stealth
ily about thoir cage, touching inquir
ingly with thoir noses tho glass walla
of thoir prison-houso, and festooning
thomsolves over tho wire screen that
covers tho kerosene oil stovo by which
their quarters aro kept at tropical heat.
Within a great canvas enclosure, tho
mother oftho baby elephant, having
completely covered her little one with a
huge pile of hay, stood swaging hor
trunk over it, anil rocking from side to
side, appearing to bo doing a sort of
pantomime cradle song. Tier keeper
says that sho only lies down very lato at
night, when all strangers aro away and
everything is very quiet, and that when
sho does so sho places hersolf in such
a position, with hor trunk touching tho
baby, that its slightest movement will
awaken her instantly. Long before day
light sho is up again doing horfanta&t'io
dance, but moving as noiselessly as a cat,
watching and waiting for tho little ono
to get up.
Of all tho hord of elephants, camels,
dromedaries, llamas, guanacus, sacred
eattlo, ponies, and other beasts occupy
ing tho largo space under tho
seats on tho Twenty-sixth stroot side of
tho building, tho most wakeful and
watchful aro tho first mentioned. It is
very seldom that thoy mako any other
noise than long-drawn pull's, that sound
like stupendous sighs, but never do they
all sloop at one time. From two to a
doon of them stand, as if on guard,
swinging thoir huge heads from side to
side, toeing with wisps of hay which
thoy gather to toss into tho air or occa
sionally stulV into thoir mouths, while
tho others sloop. lly an apparently
woll-uuderstood arrangement among
them, tho guard is rolhnod from timo to
time, blumberers awaking and stnndin"
up to swing and toss hay in their turn?
wliilo those that have been on their feet
slowly lio dow n. roll over on thoir sidos,
and drop asleep. When a stranger
entois thoir stable at night tho watchers
nover for an instant take their eyes oil'
him while ho remains in sight. Two or
throe spotted coach dogs animals for
which elephants soem to have a peculiar
atl'oction, possibly because they hmo
fewer good qualities than any other do-s
living sloop in tho hay under tho ele
phants' trunks, and aro nover harmed
or oven touched by them. Two or throe
of tho oldest and ugliest camels aro al
ways awako, not, apparently, to keep
guard, liko tho oloplmnts, but just bo
eauso thoy cannot stoop, and hope for a
ohanco to show thoir iunato eussodnoss.
N. r. Sun.
Mr. Edward Smith, of Enfiold,
Mass., has given 5,000 to tho Mt.
Holyoko Sominary, to start a fund, tho
income- of which is to bo used to aid in
digont students, and ho is now ondeav
orlng to raise tho fund to $25,000.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL,
Isaac S.- Osterhout, who recently
died at Wilkesbarre. Pa., loft $350,000
to found a public library.
The Protestant Episcopal Church has
started a church paper in Haltimoro
known as tho Manland Chttrciman.
The Doard of Trustees of the South
Carolina University has decided to have
live additional professorships at a sal
ary of $2,000 each.
Mr. V II. Vandcrbilt has been
elected vestryman in St. Bartholomew's
Church, ono of the richest of all the New
York Episcopal churches.
Tho city of Charleston, S. C, is
said to lmvo dono more for itself in
behalf of its school-children, without
aid from abroad, than any city in tho
.South.
Tho best time to pruno fruit trees is
in June, when the sap is active and tho
leaves will protect tho sores made by
tho saw from the heat of tho sun. N.
'. Tribune.
Dr. Thomas M. Maguiro has be
come professor of moral philosophy in
Dublin University. Ho is tho iirst
Roman Catholic to hold this post. Re
ligious tests formerly barred positions
in tho University to all but Episcopa
lians. N. Y. Independent.
Tho Boston Herald calls attention
to tho fact that the primary education
in the schools in that city is delicient.
The great majority of tho children
have to go to work boforo they enter
tho grammar schools, and so the pri
mary school education is all they have as
a preparation for lifo. Thoy should,
therefore, bo taught something that will
be of practical value to them. Instead
of that, thoir timo is taken up with
esthetic and beautiful work, and a solid
and thorough training is not given to
them.
Tho alumni and undergraduates of
Vale College have raised money sufli
cient to purchase a park for athletic
sports, to bo tho property of tho stu
dents. Tho grounds comprise- six acres
of .sloping land on the western side of
tho city and aro to lmvo an incline of
one foot iu live hundred loot. Tho walk
ing and running track will bo a quarter
of a mile iu length. Inside the oval
made by tho track will bo tho tennis
grouud. On tho south side of tho track
will bo I lie grand stand, and south of
the stand tho ball-Held and tho lacrosse
and cricket-grounds. A place will also
bo devoted to archery. Ar. '. Inde
pendent.
A Montana ''Theater."
Tho theater, which is well patronized
by the bar-,room population, is a primi
tive structure. It is about seventy-livo
feet long by twenty-five feet wide", and
at tho entrance' has a bar on one side
and a faro table on tho other, eacli do
inir a thriving business If you aro so
fortunate as to pass tlieso attractions,
you enter tho auditory, which has an
inclined Hocr, is fairly lighted, and heat
ed by an enormous "stove pilot! full of
tho soft cwd which is so abundant
throughout his valley. Iu tho orches
tra is an excellent piano of the mot ex
pensive kind, from whose interior ono
of tho ladies of tho theater informed us
sho frequently cleaned out a dust-pan
lull of cigar stumps and ashes, dropped
in by careless performers, but it seemed
none the worse for rough treatment,
and with a skillful pianist, and tho as
sistance of a violin and Hute, made very
acceptable music. Directly at the right
of the stage are two boxes decorated
with remnants of lace curtains, and
through these boxes certain favored vis
itors at the performance pass to what is
called the "wine room." This is an
ante-rootn just oil' tho wings and Hies
from which ono can see tho stage, and
where at those intervals when not oc
cupied on the hoards, tho actors and ac
tresses resort for conversation and re
freshment. To bo sure, tlieso processes
are somewhat interrupted when tho car
penter passes through with a bulky
piece of stage property, for as space is
limited all the pumps, fences and lare
articles are kept out of doors, and aro
brought in through tho "wine-room"
as occasion demands, all moro or less
covered with snow or mud. Trilles like
these, however, we do not mind in tho
Ustern country. Tho ladios of tho
theater aro atlablo and pleased to meet
strangers. This being a well-conducted
entertainment, thoy do not drink durin
the porlormiuicp, unless it be a glass of
lemonade or beer now and then, dill'nr
mg m tliis respect from their fair sis
ters at Ulen.live ami Bismarck, but con
tent tnemselve, with smoking industri
ously when not occupied with tho clo"
dances or character songs which are
their specialties. Tho hour for commenc
ing tho performance is ten o'clock p. m.,
and it usually lasts until half past
two m the morning, during which time
tho voice of tho nroprietor is frequently
heard saung- "Kcop your seats, gen
tlemen, keep your seats. Tho show has
Ollly illit enniinmwi.il " (f ..nna
tho longer tho gentlemen keep their
seats the moro thoy drink, and toward
tho eloso of tho ontortainmont tho nudi
onco is anything but stolid. Tho gou
tlemon eriticiso frooly and audibly, put
thoir feet on tho backs of thoir neigh
bors' chairs, quarrel a little, drink somo
moro and mako up their dillbronccs, but
their favorito diversion is to sond up to
somo ono on tho stago whom thoy par
ticularly admire a glass of boor to drink
between tho vorses of his song. Wo
saw tho comio man como oil' aftor a
long sorios of recalls with a rcpord of
thirteen glasses consumed (lining his
last vocal otlort, and ho told us in tho
''wine-room" that ho could "go as
high as twenty-seven glasses without
giving uji." Tho profits of tho theater
aro considerable, and will bo, doubtless,
until tho railway brings in a class of
people who demand something bettor
than tho prosont mauagomont fur
nishes. Cor. N. X, Evening rest.
Youths' Department.
" WHEN rM A MAN."
Fin aboy'bontaih'jrhnBntnblo;
My hilr 18 tho o lorof Mux:
My tmmo Ian t Bliak -spo pi. c Milton,
Or Myron or s.h Hoy. or 8uxo.
Bv-nnd-liy it will Iw "Mr. Dun el,"
rhuy all cnll mo now "Little Dun;"
I'll toll you In rhymo whut 1 fnncy
Will happen when I um a man.
I'll havo n bltfirardpn forp-'irhoq.
And churrtus, and oveo H tu nloi;
WMi tho rutostof fixings to-- mbb ts,
And piKPons, uml di)jf-.nnd white tnloo.
TH taiivn n biff house, ml u suibli;
And of herdcfl tho handsotncU span
Thtxt over you fenot'd your oyos on,
'TIa likely, when I ntn a man.
A enno I will twirl In my finircrs,
A watch-guard phnll (furnish my vest,
No fenr t f o-xpenso Hhiill dotor mo,
Mv raiment fill ill bo of the bost
A ring on my linger rtiall glisten,
Am) the cunnlngev, Hl'-iik bltick-and-tan
Shall trot nt my heols tu I travel,
I'm thinking, when I am a mui.
No poisonous drinks will I swallow,
From foil (mulling pipes I'll bo froo,
My noeo wasn't tniulo lor a. chimnoy,
No snulll ig or chewing for mo.
No w my boull' II poos with gio.it patlonco,
And as well as a llttlo boy can
I will set thorn a bolter oxiunplt;
Won't 1 lecturo them whon I'm a man?
I'm n boy, so thero's no uso In talking;
I'uoplo snub mo as much as thoy piuaso;
For tho too of my shoos nro ot copper,
And my stockings coiiicovcriny knees.
Fvo told you tho whole of my story,
As I pionused to when t bogun;
I'm young, but I'm dully u-gi owing,
Look out for mo when I'm a man.
Jolm S. Atbim, in I'uuUi'n Companton.
A PLEASANT SUIIPIUSE.
BV KITTY AVIIITE.
My brothor Johnny says ho would do
for a first-class bumble-bee; bo's as hot
all over as if ho had forty stings. Wo'vo
boon talking through tho stovo-holo to
comfort each other. This hole is in the
wall at tho side of my bed; so, if I put
a chair on the bed, and then climb up
and stand on tiptoe, L can see into John
ny's room, and wo can havo a good talk.
We're in trouble; and this is how it
happened:
One day last week our teacher read us
a story about ti good little girl who had
a sick father; and he was going to starve
to doatli 'cause he hadn't any money to
buy oranges; and everything had gone
wrong inside. Well, tho good little girl
hearil that a dentist wanted some teeth,
and would pay well for them. (I don't
see why lie should pay money for teeth,
when ho could havo his own for noth
ing). Tho little girl had lino teeth, so
sho wont to tho dentist and asked him
to take some out and pay her tho money
thoy wore worth, for her poor father.
Then tho dentist made hor toll him all
about hor father; and ho wouldn't take
tho tooth, but ho gave hor tho money all
tho same, and wont to soo her father,
and got a doctor for him, so he didn't
die.
It was a beautiful story, and made mo
cry. Johnny said it wasn't anything to
cry about; stories liko that were for
examples, and when wo had a chance
wo must just go and do likewise.
Well, this morning, when father was
putting on his overcoat, Johnny and 1
asked him for a penny. And father, ho
said wo were alwa)s wanting pennies,
and ho wasn't made of money; and
then ho wont out.
Sister Km began to cry, 'cause father
said sho couldn't have a now dress this
Easter. Everything was going wrong,
and ho didn't know what would become
of him, and lie was sick of everything.
Johnny and t didn't cry; wo only
looked at each other.
While we wore going to school, John
ny said this was our chance. Now wo
could do liko tho good little girl, and bo
a support to our parents. Dentists al
ways wanted teeth, and we'd go to tho
dentist right away aftor school, and
havo it over.
" And then," says Johnny, "if wo'vo
made iivo dollars for father, perhaps
he'll give us our penny, 'cause it'll bo
such a pleasant surprise to him."
Wo couldn't hardly wait for school to
bo out. J got a black mark in arith
metic, 'cause when Miss Stevens asked
mo if you iuul an apple, and if Samuel
Smith ato it up, what had you loft? 1
said : "Your teeth."
Aftor school wo walked about till wo
camo to a dentist's, and wo wont in,
and asked him if ho wanted some teeth.
And ho said: " Why? Did we want to
lose somo?" And we told him, " Yos."
We thought ho would sit down and
ask us all about it, just as tho other
dentist did with tho good little girl ; but
ho only said :
"Let's look at 'cm."
Then ho made .Johnny climb up in tho
high chair, and tip ids head back ; anil
then ho said : " You want tlieso two out
that crowd tho rest." Thou ho put an
iron tiling into .Johnny's mouth, and
pulled out ono tooth, and then ho pulled
another. And ho said Johnny was a
bravo boy 'cause ho didn't holloa.
I asked Johnny if it hurt, and luiHiiid:
"Not much, and don'tyou disgrace tho
family, Kitty White, by howling."
" Now, my little lady," says tho
dentist, "got into llio chair, and I'll bo
as gontlo as I can." So he helped mo
up, anil lipped uaoic my noau, anil
looked.
"Your tooth aro crowded just liko
your brother's," says ho; and then ho
begins to pull.
My, how it hurt! And didn't I mako
a no'iso! I thought my head was coming
oil'. Hut it was over in a minuto, and
tho dentist told Johnny not to laugh at
mo, 'causo 1113' tootli came harder than
his did. "
Whon our teoth wero out, wo thought
tho dentist would pay is. Ho askoif us
whoso little boy and gin wo wero, and
whoro wo lived, and said this was
pleasant weather for little folks.
Aftor a whilo ho said: "It's four dol
lars." Wo thought ho had four dollars for
us, and held out our hands, but ho
didn't give us anything. Instoad of
that, ho said: "Haven't you got any
uionoy?"
Then Johnny ovplalnod to him thatf
wo thought ho would pay us for our
teeth, so that wo could help our poor
father.
i'hc dentist began to laugh, and said
ho didnt pay for teclh; but ho would
givo us a letter that would make it all
right.
fcSo he wroto a letter, and scaled it,
ami told .Johnny to be sure to give it to
father. He kept laughing all tho timo
ho was writing it, and wo thought ho
was tho pleasant est man in tho world.
When wo got homo, Johnny said wo'd
better wait till aftor dinner to givo
father his pleasant surpriie. And at
first I was glad we'd waited, for tho
roast beef was too brown, and father
said: " There nover could bo a pioco of
beef dono right in this house, and Mrs.
White, my dear, if you could only havo
a carving knife that would cut! I believo
vour son uses tho carving knife for a
jackknife."
Wro felt so sorry for poor father that
wo thought wo'd givo liim his surpriso
then, so he'd feel hotter. Johny took
out tho letter and gave it to him. Ho
sits next to father, and I sit next to
Johnny. Eathor took tho letter, and
said:
"What's this, sir?" 1
And Johnny said: " Head it, dear Pa,
and see."
Then father read it, and wrinkled his
forehead all up, and wo thought ho was
going to burst into tears, liko tho sick
man did wjion the good littlo girl
brought him tho oranges. Hut ho didn't
burst into tears. Ho threw tho paper
across inc tauic, ana sam:
"What's this, Mrs. Whito? Havo
you boon running mo into debt, after
what 1 told you this morning?"
And mother said: "Em suro I don't
know what you moan, dear." Then
sho read tho letter, and called 113
naughty children, and "how dare you
go and havo sound teeth out without
my consent?"
And father said that "what wo had
dono was catamount to robbery; going
and getting him into debt of our own
accord; and you may go to your rooms
and think about it till your mother and
1 come."
Wo'vo been in our rooms ever since,
and both father and mother said thoy
wore under tho n'ecssity of
Woll, Johntry says n switch is tho
worst, but ho doesn't know anything
about a slipper. Anyhow, it's over for
this time. Ada Ncyl, in St. Nicholas.
How the Swallows Stopped tho Clock.
Two newly-married swallows, with
tho important business of building a
nest on thoir minds, stopped to rest ono
morning on the hands of a great church
clock in tho town of Newark, Now Jer
sey. Presently thoy noticed a littlo hole
on its face just largo enough for a swal-
low to enter. They looked in, and saw
a lovely place for a nest among 11 collec
tion of wheels that seemed perfectly
quiet.
There is a great difference, you must
know, in the movement of tho wheels of
the great clocks. Somo turn swiftly,
while the larger ones move so slowly
that, unless thoy aro watched for a long
timo, thoy seem to be standing still.
The swallows thought it would bo de
licious to live in the clock. No boys
could disturb them, and unless somo ono
should invent a now kind of Hying cat
thoy would never have any unwelcome
anil dangerous visitors. So thoy began
to build. They carried hay and grass
and cotton into tho clock, and by night
their nest was half finished. They slept
in a neighboring tree, and in tho morn
ing ilow back with fresh building mate
rials. Something very strange had hap
pened. The nost that thoy had partly
built had nearly disappeared. Thoy had
to begin again. AH that day thoy
worked hard. Tho next morning thoy
found tiiat tho same cruel trick had been
played on them. Thoy now bocamo
very indignant, and that night thoy
perched on tho hands of tho clock, so as
to bo near in ease any ono should try to
destroy thoir nest, in tho course of tho
night the hands of tho clock turned
around and tumbled thorn oil', but in tho
morning thoy saw that their nest had
only been slightly disturbed. They re
paired the damage, finished thoir work,
and moved iu that night.
For two days thoy wero very happy,
but on tho third day a man climbed into
tho tower to soo why tho clock had
stopped. Ho found nearly a pock of
straw and grass and cotton that had
noon drawn by tho wheels into tho in
most, recesses of tho clock, and had
linally so clogged tho wheels that thoy
could move no more. Then ho found
tho nost that tho swallows had mado,
and throw it away, and stopped up tho
holo in tho clock faco.
And so it happened that tho swallows
had to go and build a nost under tho
eaves aftor u.--JInrpcr''s young People.
Pea-nut Coll'co: Tho nuts must bo
shelled, the brown skins removed, and
tho kernels roasted tho second timo
vory dark brown; thun, by crushing or
coarsely grinding them, thoy can bo
boiled with water, affording a pleasant
bovorago when used with hot milk and
sugar. Tho quantity of nuts required
to mako coffee of tho desired strength
must bo decided by individual taste, but
a first experiment might bo made with
a cupful of nuts to a quart of water.
N. y. Times.
It is customary, in somo localities
to teach children to think of a text as
thoy drop thoir pieces of monoy into
tho contribution box. A certain littlo
girl at Sunday-school recently saw tho
box approaching and began to search in
hor memory for ii tcct. She hesitated
for a few moments, droppod tho dime
in tho box, and exclaimed, triumphant
ly: "A fool and his money aro easily
parted." Hath Times.