FOR BOYS AND GIKLS.
SOMH GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
Itobcrt'H Tot Gooio A Hey "Who Helped
JncU and Jill , Tliclr Story In Agon
Olilcr Tliuri the Mother Ooojo Kliymcs
l'unty Understood.
"VVInit the Chimney
Over the chimney the night-wind sang
And chanted 11 melody no one knew ; .
And the \Vomiui stopped , us her babe she
tossed ,
And thought of the one she had long
since lost.
And wild , us her teardrops back she
forced ,
"I hate the wind In the chimney. "
Over the chimney the night-wind sang
And chanted a melody no one knew ;
And the Children salu , as they closer
9 drew ,
" 'Tls some witch that Is cleaving the
block night through ,
'Tls a fairy trumpet that Just then
blew ,
And wo fear the wind In the chim
ney. "
Over the chimney the night-wind , sang
And chanted a melody no one knew ;
And the Alan , as * ho sat on his hearth
below ,
Said tq himself : "It will surely snow ,
And fuel Is dear and wages low.
And I'll stop the leak In the chim
ney. "
j
'Over the chimney the night-wind sang
And chanted a melody no one knew ;
But the Poet listened and smiled , for ho
Was Man and Woman and Child , all
three.
And said : "It Is God's own harmony ,
This wind we hear In the chimney. "
Bret Ilarte.
Robert's Tot Goose.
"Honk ! honk ! " cried the wild geese
n as they flew over little Robert's house
on their way south to spend the win
ter. When Robert heard the loud
"honking" he would run out , and look
ing up to the sky see the long line of
geese , and wish so much that he could
have a wild goose , that one would
alight in his yard ; but they flew right
over. Not far from Robert's home was
a large lake and here the wild geese
often stopped , and many hunters went
out and shot them. People liked them
to eat very much. One day Robert's
father went out to get some of the
geese , and when he came back he
brought one live goose that had been
hurt only a little. "See here , Robert ,
boy , what I have brought you , " called
his father. "A fine live wild goose. It
is hurt so little that I think it will live
all right , and you can have it for your
own if you want it. " Robert was de
lighted , and took the best of care of
his big new pet , and soon it was well ;
and after his father clipped its wings
it was let out in the yard with the hens
and chickens and seemed very well
contented. It grew very tame , and
Robert played with it a geol deal , and
the goose would come at his call and
really seemed to know the little boy
and be fond of him. "Come home with
me and see my goose , " Robert would
often say to his schoolmates , and the
! \ children were very ' gl.xd to visit the
odd pet. One 'fine day early in the
spring Robert was out playing in the
yard and his dear goose was walking
close by him as usual , when a big flock
of wild geese went over , going north
this time to build their nests and rear
their little ones. Robert was so busy
looking up at the flock and trying to
count the geese , and listening to their
loud honking , that he did not notice
that his own dear goose was looking up
also , and suddenly , before he could
stop her , she rose quickly in the air ,
joined the flock of her wild relations ,
and off she went. Little Robert stood
for a moment too surprised to speaker
or move , but when he found his dear
pet was really gone , he burst into tears
and ran crying into the house. " 0
mother , " he cried , "my goose has flown
away ! She went off with that big
flock that just flew over. Oh dear , oh
dear ! " and he cried as though his heart
would break. "Don't cry so , " said his
mother. "I am so sorry , dear , but try
to think how happy your goose is go
ing to be with all the other geese , fly
ing , flying along through the bright
blue sky. Perhaps she was lonely with
you. "
"I am afraid somebody will shoot
her , " sobbed Robert. "We will hope
they will not , " said his mother , try
ing to comfort him. "Well , now , who
would have thought of it ? " said Rob
ert's father when he came home at
night and the little boy ran to tell him
his sad tale. "I suppose I ought to
have clipped her wings again. But
don't cry any more , my boy ; perhaps
.1 can get you another goose next fall.
I will try to , anyway. "
"But it won't be my own dear
goosie , " said Robert ; "and I thought
she loved me and liked to stay with
me. "
"I guess she loved her own kind of
geese best , " said Robert's father , smil
ing. Robert often thought of his goose
during the summer , and he and his
mother used to talk about her and
wonder what she was doing in her far
away northern home , for he did not
know much of the habits of wild
geese. "Do you suppose she ever
thinks cf me ? " Robert asked his
mother. "I am afraid geese cannot do
much thinking , but if she could , I feel
sure she would like to think about one
who was always so good to her and
loved her so dearly , " answered liis
mother.
When the geese began again to fly
south , Robert often watched the flocks
and wondered if his goose were there ,
And one day you can hardily believe
it , but this is a true story Robert's
S goose did come back ; she flew right
into the yard and brought two dear
goslings with her ! Oh , how delighted
Robert was ! And the goose seemed to
know him , and came right up to eat
out of his hand just as she used to do.
"Well , well , " exclaimed Robert's fa-
bier , "to think of that goose's coming
back ! I think it shows that she loved
you pretty well , after all , ray son. "
The goose never went away again , out
she and the goslings lived all their
lives with Robert on the pleasant farm.
ELIZABETH ROBINSON.
A Hey Who Helped.
In every conflict with foreign pow
ers , some of those who perform the
most Important services are persons
who for one reason and another have
been compelled to remain at home. As
a striking illustration of this truth , the
Pilgrim Teacher recalls an anecdote of
revolutionary times. Luke Varnum
lived in a small village among the
Green mountains. He was fifteen years
old , and was lame in his left foot. So
when every other boy and every man ,
old and young , shouldered his firelock
and marched off to Join Gen. Stark and
fight the Hessians at Bennington.Luke
was left behind. He limped out and
held the stirrup for Lieut. Chittenden
to mount , and then he had to stay at
home with the babies and the women.
The company had been gone an hour
and a half , more or less , when three
men galloped upon horseback. Luke
went down to the rails to see who they
were. "Is anybody here ? " asked one
of them. "Yes , " said Luke , "I am
here. " "I Eee that , " said the man ,
laiiEhing. "What I mean Is , is there
anybody here who can set a shoe ? " "I
think I can , " said Luke. "I often tend
fire for Jonas. I can blow the bellows ,
and I can hold a horse's foot. Anyway ,
I will start up the fire. " So Luke went
into the forge and built a fire. He
hunted up half a dozen nails , and he
had even made two more , when a
fourth horseman came slowly down on
a walk. "What luck , " said he , "to find
a forge with a fire lighted ! " The
speaker threw himself off the horse
meanwhile , and Luke pared the hoof
of the dainty creature and measured
the shoe , which was too big for her.
He heated it white , and bent it to the
proper size. "It's a poor fit , " he said ,
but it will do. " "It will do very well , "
said the rider. "But she is very ten
der-footed , and I do not dare to trust
her five miles unshod. " For pride's
sake , the first two nails Luke drove
were those he had made himself. When
the shoe was fast , he said , "Tell Jonas
that I lit up the forge and put on the
shoe. " "We will tell him , " said the
colonel , laughing , and he rode on. But
one of the other horsemen tarried a
minute and said : "Boy , no ten men
who left you today have served the
country as you have done. That is
Col. Warner. " And when we read how
Col. Warner led up his regiment just
in time to save the day at Bennington ,
we may think of Luke Varnum , who
bravely helped his country.
Jack and Jill.
The Icelandic Edda contains a leg
end about Mani , the moon. It is said
that Mani once stole from the earth
two children , a boy and girl , named
Hjuki and Bil , who had been drawing
water from the spring Byrgr and were
carrying it in a bucket suspended from
a pole which rested on their shoulders.
Mani placed these two children , to
gether with their bucket , in a con
spicuous place in the heavens where
they could be seen by all men. This
undoubtedly refers to the spots on the
moon , and it is said that to this day
the Swedish peasants point to two of
these spots as a boy and a girl carry
ing a bucket of water between them.
Now "Mother Goose" whatever may
have been the age in which this de
lightful old lady lived , and this matter
is as uncertain as the ago of Homer
undoubtedly had heard this story of
Mani , and that is how she came to
make up the rhymes about Jack and
Jill. She changed the name Hjuki into
Jack and turned Bil into Jil , to pre
serve its feminine character , and the
story about the mishap which befell
the children was easily invented. In
deed , we can see , the accident happen
in any month , if we will watch the
moon through its various phases , for
as the moon wanes its spots succes
sively disappear : "Jack falls down
and Jill comes tumbling after. "
Fussy Understood.
This story may sound a little bit like
a fairy story , and you may think it
safer not to believe it , but it is just
as true as can be , for the owner of the
cat said so himself. He was a fine ,
black Persian cat , and came proudly
marching into the house one day with
a poor , little sparrow in his mouth , for
pussies will catch birds , no matter how
fine their family blood may be. After
showing his prize , Pussy went to the
front door , and , thinking the mat there
would make a nice table , commenced
his meal. Of course he scattered a
great many feathers around and made
the front entrance look anything but
tidy , and the cook was not pleased at
the litter Pussy had made , and told
him so , anj said that the next time he
chose to dine there , he must turn the
mat over on the wrong side. And fol
lowing his own text , cook turned the
mat over. About two weeks afterward
Pussy brought another bird to the
front door , and , though the mat was
quite heavy for him , took his claws
and turned il over as cook had told
him to do. Then he proceeded to en
joy his feast.
Small Tor His Age.
"Grandfather , " said a saucy little
boy the other day , "how old are you ? "
The old gentleman , who was much un
der the ordinary size , took the child
between his knees and said : "My dear
boy , I am 85 years old , but why do you
ask ? " The little fellow replied :
"Well , it seems to me you are very
small for your age. "
Cocoa fiber is used in manufactur
ing the Bombay rug a kind of heavy
matting especially made for use in a
smoking-room. It keep clean longer
than a woolen rug.
FlnnnolerK Fond of runny SfufT.
The man whose daily life runs in the
channel of finance frequently resorts
to diversions which are antipodal to
his business. The head of the finance
of the nation , Secretary Gage , is fond
of humorous literature after he has quit
his office. The writings of several of
the more prominent authors of this
class are marked as they appear in the
daily prints and are laid upon the sec
retary's dssk. The work of the clever
cartoonists of the day are also clipped ,
credited to the paper in which It ap
pears , and put under the proper paper
weight on his desk.
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Transvaal Stump * ) afore Costly.
The price of old Transvaal stamps
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First Republic Transvaal stamps dis
posed of at a sale in London a few
days ago were a 3d (1877) ( ) stamp , sur
charged at back , 7 ; a Id error ,
(1877-70) ( ) , surcharged "Transvaal , "
29 ; a 3d lilac on green of the same
period , without surcharge , 15 10s.
Among the Second Republic stumps
was a half-penny on a Gd stamp with
queen's head , 16. At the same sale a
15c reunion , first issue , brought 33 , a
30c reunion , first issue , 46 , tnd a pair
of 2d Mauritius , 43.
In a recent talk about the Algon
quin language , Dr. Edward Everett
Hale observed that GOO words of any
language are enough for human com
munication. "Six hundred words , "
ho said , "arc said to be sufficient for
the couriers of Europe , and it is the
outside limit of the vocabulary of
Kalian opera. It is true that this is
the minimum of human intelligence ,
ir both cases , but still it answers for
the conveyance of thought. In the
book of Judges , for instance , there
are not 700 different words.
There li n Clous of Fcoplo
Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
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called GRAIN-0 , made of pure grains ,
that takes the place of coffee. The most
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New Inventions.
Four hundred and ninety-six (4'JG ( )
inventors received patents during the
past week. Of tins
number SI per cent
were able to sell
their inventions be
fore the same were
patented. Amongst the curious inven
tions were found a machine for thin
ning seed sprouts ; a cap which can be
converted into a turban ; an automatic
lamp extinguisher ; a milk-pasteurizing
apparatus ; a smoke purifying tobacco
pipe ; a revolving shed for storing bi
cycles ; and an automatic rolling miter
for plows. Amongst the gruesome in
ventions is one for a coffin hingc'l in
sections so that the corpse can be rais
ed into a sitting position , while an
Omaha inventor obtained a patent for
a trolley which cannot jump or become
detached from the trolley wire. The
last named invention patented was pro
cured through Sues & Co. , Patent Law
yers , Bee Bldg , Omaha , Neb.
The only tea gardens in the Unted
States are at Pinehurst , S. C. Dr.
Shephard's estate comprises about 700
acres , of which between 50 and 100
acres are now planted to tea.
How's Tills ?
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case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hall's
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We , the undersigned , have Unown F. J.
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perfectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga
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Care-not is a greater hindrance to
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THE GRIP CUKE THAT DOES CUKE.
Laxative Brorao Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces L.a Grippe. E. W-
Grove's signature is on each bcx. 25c.
The first thing you see in boiling
water is the scum.
I shall recommend Piso's Cure for'.Con-
snmptioii far and vide. Mrs. Mulligan ,
Flumstead , Kent , England , Nov. S , lb'J3.
The individual wuo tells the truth
with deliberate caution isn't believed
half so often as the fellow wno can
lie gracefully. Chicago News.
The moon revolves from one point
in the heavens to the same point in
27 days , 7 hours and 43 minutes.
Wilton IJarrott'H Now 1'lny.
In "The Sign of the Cross , " Wilson
Barrett reversed the usual process by
first writing a play and then making
a novel of it. Now in producing a new
novel , "In Old New York" in which
he has the collaboration of Mr. Ehvyn
Barren , of Chicago he returns to the
customary plan of procedure , if , In.leed ,
it is customary to look forward defi
nitely to dramatizing a novel of your
own production. This is what he pro
poses doing" with his "In Old New
York , " soon to be published , and fur
ther intends to act the resulting play
when next he comes to America. ,
How to .Suvo Aliinoj on Slum * .
Members of the United States Cooperative
ative Boot it Shoe Piu-chashig A.S.SOIMH-
tion save 33K percent on all purchases
of shoes.
Mr. E. IT. Tilton , Secretary of the As
sociation , 105 Summer St. , Boston , will
Eend un illustrated book on shoes , instructions - ( ,
structions ho\v to join the association .
and full information concerning it to !
anybody upon request. J
A niir Fin
On the Dead'.vocii , S. D. , branch of :
the Burlington Railroad is a gulch 700 i
feet wide , known as Sheeps 'Canyon , j
This was crossed , until recently , by a )
wooden bridge , 12G feet high , which I
took over 240 000 feet of lumber in the
building. Recently this trestle was
filled in , and the great undertaking at
tracted the attention of railroad men
all over the country. It took twenty
weeks to accomplish the task. It was
necessary to haul 2.SSO.OOO cubic feet
of earth one and one-half miles up a
two per cent grade and unload off the
high bridge. This required 1,480 trains
of fifteen cars each ; 22,000 carloads in
all. It was a stupendous undertaking , i
but now the bridge can't burn , and it
doesn't cost a lot of money every year
for repairs and watchers.
Christians are like eggs , there are
no medium ones.
Taxes on I'ntriitcil Inventions.
A. C. L. , Steamboat Rock , la. : Your
inquiry concerning taxes due in towns ,
counties , cities and the state from in
ventors who make and sell their pio-
ductions is received.
Materials used for manufacturing in
ventions and thereby increasing tne
value of such personal property is tax
able. Towns and cities may therefore
have ordinances to regulate sales.
Pedlers are subject to a license tr x.
But county supervisors may remit tie
tax on articles of an educational natuie
or on account of the age and infirmity
of the sellers. But "persons selling
their own work or production , either
by themselves or employes , " "who ha/e
served in the Union army or navy , " are
exempt from license tax as set foivli in
Section 1347 of the Iowa Code.
Your patent clothes pounder is your
own invention and manufacture ; you
can therefore sell it without a pedicrs'
license.
Where town and city ordinances call
for a license fee the tax may b ? re
mitted upon petition or proper presen
tation of the case to the mayor. But it
will cost less to comply with such or
dinances as a rule than to ignore
them.
Consultation and advice free.
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Registered Patent Attorneys.
Des Moines , la. , Nov. 11 , 1899.
The world-spoiler has no use for the
steady toiler.
Mr. Four Milea of Bridgeport.
Conn. , has made application to the
court to have bis named changed to
Frank Miller , on the grounds that bin
present appellation i frequently imeil
to hold him up to ridicule. 1118 father
had five children , all boy.s , and instead
of giving them ordinary Christian
nonics he called thorn by the first five
numerals. One and Three Mlle huvo
already had their namcH changed by
the courts ; Two Miles seems to bo
satisfied with his unique cognomen ,
and Five Miles can not take a new
name until he shall have become of
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