JFOH THE YOUNG PEOPLE ,
INTERESTING READING FOR THE
F YOUNG FOLKS.
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Something For Boys Gertrude's
Pet Pig The Hen and the Baby
Naughty Tommy ,
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i WILL AND WON'T.
3 Ifow naughty und blunt a cruel "I .won't ! "
AVIiilu sweet things distil from gracious "I
will. " , -
Yet &omctimc3 they do change so quecrly
about ,
The meaning of each can btf turned inside
out.
"I will" can be naughty , "I won't" can he
good , \
And children decide it. If only they would
Make those strong little words always pull
the right way
'Twotild give us bright suiuhine the cloud
iest day.
St. Nicholas.
A Boy's Reason.
"Mil , " said a little girl , "Willie
wants the biggest piece of pie , and I
sink I ought to have it , 'cause he was
eating pie two years 'fore I was
boriided. "
Might Have Been Worse.
Pater ( severely ) My son , this is a
disgraceful condition of affairs. This
report says you are the last boy in a
class of twenty-two.
Henry It might have been worse ,
father.
"I can't see how. "
There might have been more boys in
the class. " Brooklvu Life.
Blowing Out the Candles.
I have seen about as much amuse
ment in the game of "Blowing Out the
Cnadle" as in any other. A lighted
candle is placed on a stand , and the
victims are blindfolded with the great
est care , for even the least sight
.spoils the game.
Each of them is then placed about
six feet from the table and required to
walk up to itanuVblow out the candle.
Almost every one thinks he can cer
tainly do it the first time trying , but
it proves to be a much more dillicult
matter than was supposed. Each one
is allowed to try three times , and the
puffing at the candle proves to be very
amusing to the party who are looking
on.
The Height of a Flour Barrel.
The company may be requested to
estimate in the same manner the
'height of a flour barrel. It need not be
brought into the room , for all are
familiar with the article , and the com
pany may be required to mark oil the
wall where the top of the barrel will
come.
Carpenters , masons and others who
arc accustomed to making estimates
in their heads may not be caught , but
others will be sure to make a great
blunder. The height of a flour barrel
is about two feet and four inches ; but
most of the party will mark it not
less than three teet and some over
four.
Something for Boys.
Science gives the following significant
i'acts concerning the results of smok
ing by boys : "In an experimental ob
servation of thirty-eight boys of all
classes of society and of average
health , who had been using tobacco
for a period ranging from two months
to two years , twenty-seven showed se
vere injury to the constitution and in
sufficient growth : thirty-two theexist-
, ence of irregularity of the heart's ac-
stion , disordered stomachs , cough , and
a , craving for alcohol ; thirteen had in-
tcrmittency of the pulse , and one had
consumption. After they had aban
doned the use of tobacco , within six
months' time one-half were free from
all their former symptons. and
.the remainder -had recovered by the
, .end of the year. * '
The Hen and the Baby.
Tnce upon a time , long ago , there
" "was an old-fashioned farm-house with
a very large kitchen.
This kitchen had two doors , one
opening into the yard , and one into
the orchard , where the hens were
sometimes let out to scratch about.
One'morning there wo a dear little
baby girl sitting on the floor right in
, the middle of the room , where she
Icould play with her spools and look
out of doors at the same time. On
one side she.could look out into the
yard and study the big pump , and on
the other she could watch the chickens
.running about under the apple-trees.
When no one was at the pump she
Diked the chickens best , and tried to
call them to her.
One day the little brown hen came
nip to the door and looked in. All was
stilL She could see no one but the
'brown-eyed baby sitting flat on her
blanket.
"Da ! da ! " said baby.
"Cluck ! cluck ! " said the little brown
hen.
hen."Da ! da ! " squealed little brown-eyes ,
shaking her spools in delight.
The little brown hen cocked her head
on one side and looked at baby's little
red boots with the black buttons on
them.
"They are good to eat , " she con-
eluded , and hopped a little nearer , and
then a little nearer , until she came at
last to the little red shoes and soon
she was tugging at them with her bill ,
trving in vain to pet them off.
"Da ! da ! " said baby , pleased with
icr new playmate and not a bit
" * /l
* Cluck ! cluck ! " said the hen , won
dering why these strange berries
wouldn't come off their steins , when
"Shoo ! shoo ! came from behind and
sent "her flying from the kitchen in a
hurry "fcoiind the other hens and tell
them of her discovery.
j.nd'.then fca'by began to cry becauw
5&S8SSSSSZ
she didn't Htce to have her caller driv
en away so suddenly. Youth's Com
panion.
Gertrude's Pet Pig.
Gertrude's home is in the pine woods
of Florida. As she has no little girls
to play with , she makes playmates of
the birds and animals. She calls them
her menagerie. One of her pets is a
razor-black pig , and his name is Peter.
With the other pigs he wanders all day
in the woods , digging with his snout
under the soft moss for roots. When
evening comes they all run home for
their supper.
Gertrude has a pretty pail made out
of a gourd , which she fills with ears of
corn. With it swinging on her arm
she walks out to seePeter. Sheclimbs
on a fence , and sitting there waits un
til he finishes his supper.
Peter is very funny-looking , for he is
yellow and his nose is about half a
yard long , and his back is a sharp
ridge. He soon sees Gertrude , and
knows the corn in her pail is for him.
He plants his feet on the fence and lifts
up his snout to be fed.
The other pigs have found out that
Peter has something extra every meal.
Sometimes they play a joke upon him.
Just as he takes the ear of corn two
pigs bite his legs , which makes him
jump. He drops the corn and one
P'ggy picks it up and cats it. Then
Gertrude handspoor Peter some more.
As he takes it , the pigs again bite his
legs. He drops the ear and the other
pig gets it. So silly Peter goes to bed
without his dessert.
Gertrude heard her mamma say
that pigs eat snakes. As there are
many near her home , she is teaching
Peter to walk home with her to pro
tect her and then go back to his pen
alone. Our Little Ones.
Naughty Tommy.
Yes , it was Tommy Foster , and this
was his first day in school. Tommy
had started out quite gayly in the
morning , in spite of the fact that he
had tied his old gun to Fido's tail , and
shut him up in the attic. Poor Fide !
who loved him , and licked Tommy's
hand even after Tommy had abused
him.
Tommy's big sister had left him feel
ing very proud of the pretty , curly-
headed brother in his scarlet ici , with
its scarlet tassel bobbing and bowing
and waving at every turn of his curly
head , and the lovely Scotch plaid
dress with embroidered collar. Tom
my felt very large and important as
he sat down among the other little
folks. The first thing he did was to
call out across the room to a little
girl who lived in the next street. She
looked very much frightened , but
the teacher told Tommy that he
must not talk in the school
room , so gently that the
little girl looked pleased. Tommy
frowned and muttered under his
breath. Then he made a noise with
his slate , and the teacher spoke again
quietly. Then hepinchcdtheboy ne'xt
to him to make him look at the funny
picture he had drawn on his slate.
He was naughty , and he knew he was
naughty , and I do not know why , but
I am afraid that he was glad he
was naughty. At last the teacher
handed Tommy his scarlet fez , and
said ; "I am sorry , Tommy , but I can
not have little boys in my school who
do not try to be obedient. You must
go' home ! ' ' "Go home ! " Tommy
could not believe his ears. So naughty
that he could not stay in school !
What would his dear mamma say ?
Tommy's big brown eyes were full
of tearsbut he saw it was useless to
ask the teacher to let him stay.
Slowly he went out into the hall , put
ting on the fez of which he was so
proud only that morning. When he
was alone he did not try to keep
back the tears , and as he stood
crying he heard a scratching
scurrying sound over the floor ,
and a gentle little bark. There was
Fide , saying as plainly as a dog
could : "I am sorry you were so
naughty ! "
Well , the next day Tommy came to
school , and he was so good , so obedi
ent , that the teacher gave him a flower
to take home.
"Fido , I believeit was because I was
hateful to you first that I was naugh
ty to everybody yesterday. Mamma
said it was , and she knows , " and the
red tassel waved most decidedly. "I
told teacher all about it , and she said
you were a true friend to me , because
you forgived me what I did , and helped -
ed me. You did help me yesterday ,
Fide , when you came. "
Fide waved his tail joyously , and
rushed ahead , sayingplainly : "Come ,
that's enough ; jet us play. " And
they did. Christian Union.
Kangaroos to be Imported.
The Helena Independent is assured
on what seemsgood authority that the
project of importing kangaroos into
this country is seriously entertained
by several enthusiastic and wealthy
sportsmen of the west. The animals
have been successfully acclimated in
England and France , and we are as
sured that there is no reason why
they should not thrive here. The
practical extinction of the buffalo has
left the plains without any big game
of importance , and the experienced
sportsmen declare that hunting the
kangaroo , as practiced in Australia , is
second in excitement to killing the
buffalo. The scheme is not without
commercial importance. Kangaroo
leather is a very valuable product ,
and the animals breed rapidly. The
promoter hope to be privileged to in
troduce the new game at the begin
ning of the warm season in Yellowstone
park , and to insure them for a few
and immunity
years government protection
munity from senseless sportsmen.
A XEW-YEAE'S EBEOB.
Again ho took up the letter which a
moment before he had thrown down
in wondering anger and passionate
pain.
"It is not like you to write such ae
this , my false one. It is as if your
accusing conscience had made you
careless of your wonted precision and
daintiness , " he murmured.
Defective in form as it was certain
ly , in substance it was imi > ressive
enough.
"I do not wish to see you again , newer
or ever. If I have ever allowed you
to suppose I eared for you it was be
cause my family for the time had con
fused my reason and dulled my sensi
bility lay their unceasing importu
nities. To convince you this is true , I
will even confess without reserve that
I most fervently and devotedly love
another. "
Rathvayne arose from his chair as
if unconscious of motion , and distract
edly paced the length of the room.
Half-way down the room he passed
a mirror , and he paused to glance
earnestly , almost fearfully at his re
flection.
It was indeed the look of a man
whose reason might be unsettled ; and
in fact then , and for some little time
afterward , Alger Rathvayne Avas
scarcely his own natural self.
"Who is this other whom my ador
ed lalse one loves ? " he resumed , with
increasing agony and excitement. "Is it
Malmouth de Vcre who has supplant
ed me in her affections robbed me of
my joy who has cheated me of my
most precious treasure ? And shall I
tamely submit to such injury and
affront ? Well , I shall be present at the
reception to-night , and if our happy
idyl , our brief delicious dream , closes
in tragedy the blame and fAtilb are
not mine. "
It was rather late that evcningwhen
he was admitted into the elegant
Craig mansion.
The charming drawing-rooms were
quite empty , alike of callers' and
hostess.
As he entered a low tone the eager ,
triumphant tones of Malmouth de
Vere sounded from the spacious
conservatory just behind him.
Eathvayne's pallid face suddenly
flushed a dark angry crimson. His
fine eyes shot forth an unnatural fire.
One hand was abruptly thrust inside
his coat , and nervously clinched some
thing hidden there.
He pushed aside the silken , rosy
hangings , and gazed searchingly down
the long , perfumed aisles of greenery
and bloom.
The next instant he started and
impulsively stepped back within the
screen of the heavy protiero.
Under a tall , blossoming orange tree ,
BO near that he could almost have
touched her with an outstretched
hand , stood his fair , idolized Van
essa.
essa.Her proud golden head was very
erect at the instant , and her great ,
luminous blue eyes were fixed with
something like wonder upon the smil
ing young gentleman before her.
'Why do you pretend coy indiffer
ence now , my queen ? Have you not
admitted that you care for me ? "
Malmouth de Vere was baying.
Alger Eathvayne set his white teeth
sharply upon his nether lip.
"Ah I could slay them both. I had
rather lay her dead at my feet then let
her live to belong to the brainless ,
soulless society butterfly who has
stolen her from me , " he murmured to
himself.
And again one shapely hand , was
thrust within his coat to fumble the
deadly thing there concealed.
And then , all at once , his saner ,
nobler self asserted the supremacy.
A sudden shudder shook his handsome
figure from head to foot.
"Great heaven ! I have been mad-
absolutely mad ! " he thought. But I
am myself again , and I want no
coward's vengeance. "
He stepped to a window and drew
something from his coat. The moon
shine flashed upon it for a second , and
then it fell ringing upon the frozen
snow far out from the lawn.
' She is safe now , " he said to him
self.
self.And during that singular digression
he could still see the sheen of her violet
let gown , and hear her soft low voice.
"There is some absurd mistake. I
do not care for you , and I never can
care , " Eathvayne heard her say.
His gloomy eyes brightened and the
blood surged to his pallid face.
"What did you intend me to think
by y our delightful little note , my pet ? "
De Vere asked.
"It was plain enough , * ' Vanessa an
swered , impatiently. "I meant you
to understand that I wished to
see you no more : that I had
only been kind to you because my
family were always pleading for you ,
and that I loved another. "
' But you didn't write that , " said
De Vere , producing a dainty note ,
fastidiously lettered upon the most
delicate of violet-tinted paper.
Vanessa caught it with a startled
little cry of grief and mortification.
"Oh , that was not meant foryou , but
for another , " she panted , he.rblueeyes
brimming with tears. "Oh , how could
I be so careless ! How shall I manage
io correct such a stupid blunder ? "
In the hurry of her many prepara
tions for her grand new-year's recep
tion Vanessa had somehow contriv
ed to change the envelopes.
And so Do Vere's note hadbcen sent
to Eathvayne , while that meant for
thelatter had , of course , been forward
ed to De Vere.
P She dropped faintly upon the plush-
cushioned scat bent'ath the orange
tree , and she did not attempt to
restrain her tears.
"Oh , what will poor Algy think ? "
was her mental question.
But Rathvayne was hastening to
ward her knowing all , understanding
all , and so joyful at the termination
t ihr day.s misery that he was ready
even to pxirdon the blunder whicl
caused it.
"But you will never know , my be
loved darling , what I suffered , " hi
said to her , as he kissed the lovhig ,
quivering lips and beautiful wet eyes
"I trust never to experience a. likt
torture again , " he added , with i\ \
shudder , as he recalled tlie deadly
thing which was glittering beneath the
moonshine somewhere out on the
lawn.
And that fearful temptation , result
ing from her new-year's error , ho nevei
confessed to her. even' when she had
become his adored bride. Family
Story Paper.
All "Fust Class. "
Some one has said that frankness
about unpleasant facts in regard to
one another in variably marks the con
versation of relatives , and it certainly
is often true.
A Vermont farmer had three sons
for whose-benefit he had worked hard
and denied himself that they might
have the education which he had lack
ed. The two older sons made the
most of their advantages , and in the
course of time entered honorable pro
fessions and were great sources of pride
to their old father.
The younjrest was a handsome , ea
sily influenced boy , and on his final re
turn from college he had developed in
to what is called a "dude , " with many-
airs and little common sense. Ho re
garded the farm and everything about
it with a high disdain , yet he seemed
to have no inclination to seek employ
ment of any sort away from home.
His father was bitterly disappointed
in him , but said little to the foolish
young fellow , who one day overheard
a conversation between his father
and an old friend from the city , which
fortunately had a salutary effect on
him.
' Well , Mr. Adams , " said the old
friend , "you have three sons , I know ;
what are they all doing ? ' '
"John , " replied Mr. Adams with
pride , "he's going to be a minister , and
a fust rate one , too. if I do say it ; and
Fred , he calc'lates to be a lawyer , and
I guess there won't be many smarter
in this part of the country ! "
"And how about James ? " inquired
the friend.
"Well , as to James , " responded the
farmer dryly , * 'he' < 5 my son to be.sure ;
but if James don't meet with no seri
ous drawbacks I think likely he'll
make a fust class idiot some day ! "
Youth's Companion.
A Sensible Precaution.
You ask me why I inquired your ad
dress when writing out the prescrip
tion for your cough. The reason will
at once commend itself to every sensi
ble mind , und is simply this : There
have been cases innumerable where
lives might have been saved had the
number of the residence of the party
for whom the prescription was put up
been known to the druggist. For , us
we all know , mistakes are made even
in the most reliable drug stores through
the carelessness of clerks. Not long ago
a druggist found , on returning from
supper , that a bottle of strychnine
was on the counter , and asked the
reason why.
The clerk replied that lie had just
been putting up a prescription , and
was horrified when he found that he
iiad made use of strychnine instead of
some less harmful drug mentioned in
the prescription. The frightened
young fellow did not even know the
name of the person who had come for
it , or for whom it was intended , and
ifter hours of search on the part of
the- distracted druggist the unfortun
ate victim was at last traced to his
: iomer but too late , for the first dose
had killed him. That is why I place
the name of the patient both on the
prescription for the druggist and on
the stub left in my prescription book.
Interview in St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
Heroes Who Will N'ot Work.
Prince Nicholas of Montenegro , be
fore leaving for Cannes , summoned the
fighting men of several districts and
addre&sed them in thefollowingterms ;
"You are heroes , all of you , but you
will not work. Our country would be
as rich as it is glorious if you would
devote the same ardor to the produc
tive works of peace as you do to the
destructive labors of war. I waited
for you to reeogime yourselves that
men must work , but as I have waited
long in vain I now direct that every
Montenegrin soldier who lives where
vines can be grown shall plant this
year 200 vines. Commanders of brij j
gadcs shall plant 20 , commanders of
battalions 10 , officers of lower rank 5
and non-commissioned officers 1 olive
tree apiece , and whoever shall volun
tarily plant 2,000 vines this year
shall be exempt from taxes for ten
years. "
The "heroes' ' made wry faces over
the matter , but a command is a com
mand , and they are now busy at the
degrading occupation of husbandry.
The Gazette calculates that the 4th
brigade alone will next spring plant
800,000 vine ? , 1,120 olive trees and
that the whole army will enrich Mon
tenegro with 4.000.000 vines and 20-
000 olive trees. Nothing could be
more significant of the change that
has come over the spirit of the times.
London Standard.
A Mastodon's Tooth.
Dr. H. Miles Cochranc , of Houlton.
Me. , has on exhibition at his denial
rooms an extremely rare curiosity. It
is the tooth of a mastodon , known as
puch. according to Dr. Cochrane , from
the conical projections upon its sur
face , and showing it to belong to a
vegetable eating animal akin to the
elephant. It was discovered in the
earth about live feet from the surface"
of the ground by a man engaged in ex
cavating for a cellar to a house in
Monticello. The tooth is about thir
teen inches in circumference. Kenn v
bec Journal ,
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