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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1910)
i FOR THE CHILDREN Talking Dogs. Away back in the seventeenth cen tury a boy of Saxony owned a mastiff which had a peculiar bark. The boy thought that there was a resemblance in the sounds made by it to some Ger man worAs. and he determined that he would teach the animal to speak. The task was a difficult one. but the boy had great, patience and finally taught the dog to" speak thirty words, a few of them French, but the major ity German. The words were simply uttered by the dog after the boy had repeated them. It is said that in the year 1718 a dog was exhibited iu Holland which could pronounce all the letters of the alpha bet except i, m and n. In the year 1719 there was a speaking dog at Ber lin, and the "Bibliotheque Germa-. nique"' for 1720 asserts that there was then a dog which could speak sixty words and that it showed a preference for short words, never attempting to speak a word of more than three syl lables. These casas are. of course, remark able, and yet it cannot be said that the dogs employed speech in the real seuse of the term, for there is no evidence that thought determined them in the choice of words. They simply imitated the human voice. . over'nearly all parts "of "the world, is one of the mostf interesting members of the finny tribe. It apparently is I very susceptible to the atmospheric changes, and any one who takes the trouble to note its setionsjn the aqua rium will be astonished to find that the beautiful little lish is a true proph et in matters relating changes in the weather. , - When an area of lower temperature, with rain or snow, is approaching, the goldfish remains near the surface of the water, while, if clear, sunshiny weather ,is expected it will almost always be found near -the center of the reservoir. This seems very strange, but a little observation will prove the statement to be correctj. Conundrums. Why are spiders good " correspond ents? Because they drop a line by every post at every house. What does a girl become when she ceases to be pensive? Expensive. What is the sure sign of an early spring? A cat watching a bird on a tree. A lady asked a gentleman, how old he was. He answered, "My age is what you do in everything." How old was he? XL (exceh. What beneficent word is a combina tion of a chair and a table? Charita ble. Why is it that whenever you are looking for anything you always find it in the last place you look? Because you always stop looking when you find it, Why is the world like a cat's tail? Because it is fur to the end of it. N What is the most difficult lock to pick? One from the baid head. How would a pig build his own house? Tie a knot in his tail and call it a pig's tie. . . K Why is jinow like a maple tree? Be cause it leaves in the spring. :. The Game of Scandal. Any number of persons may sit in a row or circle. One of them begins by whispering a story in the ear. of his next neighbor, and he in turn whis pers it to the next, and so on till it reaches the last, who relates it aloud. The first player t,hen gives it as-tt was told in the beginning, and it will gen erally be found that the two stories are quite different. Instead of a story a single sentence, spoken very fast, may be used. It is called scandal be cause it shows how, stories are often changed in passing from mouth to mouth. - Take Hold, Boys;. It was found the other day that out of 150 boys in a public school in New Orleans not one single one of then"! could sharpen a pocketknife. A boy who can't sharpen a knife, sew on a button, mend a chair, paint a door, set a pane of glass or fix up an old clock had best get right to work and take some lessons. The Catspaw. "He won't hurt you." said little Ted As baby sister on he led To the .cattle shed. And when before a great new calf They stood in fear ' ' - In most endearing tones he said, '"you pat him, dear." JCouth's Companion. v i ' The Pepper Vine. J The" most common and widely used of all spices is pepper. It is a native of the East Indies, but Is now culti I vated in various parts of the tropical belt of this hemisphere. The plant is I a climber and has a smooth stem 1 sometimes twelve feet long. The fruit i is about the size of a pea and when ripe is of a bright red color. In culti vation tne plant is supported bypoles. , In some localities small trees are used I instead of poles, for the best pepper is j grown in a certain degree of shade. 5 The Game of Queries.. This interesting game may be made instructive or merely amusing, as the players may prefer. Each player is furnished with a sheet of paper and a pencil aud is told to write at the top of the sheet a question of a historical nature or one that is pure nonsense. At the extreme bottom of the sheet he must write the correct answer and then fold the bottom over so that the answer caunot be seen. The papers are then 'passed to the right, and the players receiving them must write an answer just above the folded answer and then fold the papr down so- that 'it cannot be seen. The papers are then passed again to the right, and au swers are written and foldeddown as before until every player has written an. answer. The papers are then col lected, and the questions and answers aje' read aloud for the informationor amusement of the company. The Gentle Art. "I adore intelligence!" she cried. "So do I." said he. "All the same, though, beauty and intellect never go together." , 7 "And do you think me intellectual?" she faltered. "No,", he confessed frankly. With a faint blush she murmured, "Flatterer!" Los Angeles Examiner. i Light on Ma; i Little Brother-Mr. Poseyboy. won't you go and stand before the window Poseyboy Certainly, my . little man. IJut why? Little Brother Oh. ma says she can see through you. 1 want to see if I can. - A Curious Barometer. The 'goldfish, which is distributed Concentration of Trades, The concentration of kindred trades goes steadily forward in Germany. In May last three large unions trans port workers (9G.G23I. dockers (22.036) and seamen and firemen (10,604 at congresses held in Hamburg decided to amalgamate. ff Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle." "Tall oaks from little acorns grow." "Take care of the pennies; the dollars will take care of themselves." ' , 'I en cents make one dime; "Ten dimes make one doilor; "Ten dollars make one eagle. " "Thrift is the mother of independence." , - Begin now and form the habit of thrift by saving a cer tain portion of your wages each week, or month and deposit ing with us. We pay 4 per cent mtsrest on deposits. Let us explain our system to you. 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