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Raindrops
1\110)11111 ) ttgniti.l lI.r . \ vhadoAnne / -
1'cli the rlt lir-111th , , of the I 1411\1 1'1I111-
1.lIw tears by Ian Rings ) \\'cpt.
\Phen 1\ t ' HHtllg1'11111 ; came ! 1IIIIId\JlI ! 1)3 ) -
Anti Ihll 1'1I111111'111114ll'd / wllh II flll'l\\'cll
nigh -
1111 I ono III II , ' osebtld dept
II III ) ' lilt ( 1\ goal 011 her 1II'IIIt'hr golll
AIIII hl'lIIl(1'llI'd the 111111 Ihlll her lo\'h'
IJllJd-
IInmtlreli 10 Ihlll IIluHhlll1 /I / 0 W'I' ,
'I'lli'll I4l1l1hf'1I1II 1411t'(1 fl'lIlII his benne 011
hIAh--
AIIII enli ltd Ihl' 11\111111011 , 1111 to the HIy-
\Vhel' hcnuetl her fOl' OIl ) ! HIIIII'l hOill'
8111'1I1-IIIIl't'lI III/hl. / : rnnn . ( . 1'Ip"lIlg do\v11
III HCIII'eh of Il loan ( ( , I' her " jo\vclcI
( 't'4) \ \ ' 11 ,
AIIII HilI' 11'11111'11 0'1'1' the HIIIIHCI'H bar . ,
'I'llotc ( III II ( t 141'11 of nnlothyst ,
Hhn found the tea Ihlll ; the sunbeam
111'1141'11
And (1II1hlollt'11 l II into a : slur ,
A glillcllog : 1111\1'1' HIIII' ,
--\gacs Loelhlll'l Hughes I , 111 , Hccl'elitlon ]
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fNt IAi
c _ w , , , . . .
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AL Gilnwl'ton ' ' there
, near Elllnhlll'g J ,
is a great deal of salltlHIOIIl' . very soft
I\nll easy to WOI'I" In 7O : ! Il hlacl
lill1lt mined GCOl'ge Paterson 1c-
SOlved to IIIlIlw liunr elf a 1I0llsc In till' (
rock , nJIII after \ \ orking : for 1H'lIl'lr : fI\'e
'el\l'H It was IInlslll'll It I t 'onHlstl'tl of
a smithy , II : c dining : room six feet high / :
seven feet \vi(1e foltrlcen and It half
reet. long \.itli It bench all around , II
table and , II hell In the wall , II dl'lnl\
big roust of rather larger / sire , II hitch-
en with bed in 'Ihl' wall , II cellar \ and 8
washing : hOlls All Ihcsc things were
formed Jilt 01' the li \ 'Iiig rock ! , each
room 1I'lnIIghled / fl'OlII a HI'lIgllt.
Ocr the entrance , carve(1 In Stoic ,
ran this Inscription : "lll'l'l' Is 11 house
and Hhop hewn III this rock with mr
own halll ! . George Pat'rsoll " Then
followed sonic vcr es composed hr
Ale"1I1111 Penienik ) 1 , 01' which two
lines will serve as a sample ) :
011 , ,11\t'I" \ IIIJlllw IIIhlly 111'$01 $ lilY hf'IIl ,
1Iy ! house when living amt ! my glare
when tll'llIl
Paterson Itletl In 173fi , having dwelt
eleven years In his cave , which be-
Caine a wel1.1mown resort of holiday-
lIIal'J'R Even judges used to take a
11I'lnl In the stone 111\1'101'
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The Whirlwind
'I'hls game Is played by any IIIlmhe
01' Persons , all hilt one sitting : In
chin ira placed ) close together In a cir-
'Ie. The players face inward , and one
stands III the center 01' the circle , leaving ,
Ing one chair IIlI0cCIIlled. ) At a signal
each player ) changes to Ihe chair just
III his right and then to the next one ,
the whole clrelo moving Iu 1'0111111 IIIIS t
as fast liS lOsslhlo ) The player ) In the
middle tries 10 secure a chair , alum
when ho hoes o the one on his right
mast take his ) llace ,
$ 4CANDLES.
s ,
Plants at the Cape arc often rare
amid curious , There Is one , stunted
and thorny . which , lighted al the end
when green , burns slowly and Steadily :
like II wax 0811(110. That Is why It Is
called the candIa hllSh On the slopes
'
of tome : of the hills brow trees named
< . ' 1I11horhia , They IlIllr reach : :1 ) height ; : ;
of forty feet , and : SIHlIII lip stit' ! amid
straight 1\1 if made of metal Their
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hrllneho ; ar t Icy .on'n'h' formal IlH the
1II'IlIS of n candelabra , and the tree
has , on hilt t accollllt , Iwen likened 10
the /l'wlHh / cUllllll'Hllel carved Oil ho I
fallloll ! : ! arch of ' 1'1t1lS In Home , whlt'h
111etrtrcH ) ! ' have made famlIul' ! tll every.
11I1 < . ' . 1'I'I\\'elprf Hllr that thor tool ] , I
1IIIlto IIncanny ; when they I'ldo through , I
Il grove of thelll ntlltlsl" . :
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Game of Initials.
A good game for you to play If this ! :
bislribnle paper nnd pencils all10llg
Iltl ! boys and girls , one for each , n1ll1
tell them 10 \ \ ' rlte down at the head or
thl'lr shod 14 of P11 lieu' their OWII u 111
ItialH , each one 10 write 110wn his own
limit lals ; 01113'
'I'hl'n read alollll the following questions '
Ii0nH 1'01' them to Wl'lto 1I0wIIII \ the
Order that YOII give / thell1
'rlH' e questions they rust allSWCf
with words beginning / with the IlIltlnls
Aftl'l' the IIl1estOH ! have all been all' .
Hw"rell , 01' aftel' "llnlO IH ill , " gather : :
all the IHlII'I' ) ! and l'l'lIl1 the answers '
alo\lll. \ 111'1'0 Is all example : One boy's
initials \ \ ere B. 0 P. :
Whllt do you lllte heHt to eat ? Beans ,
Otherwise t Peas
Wltat IH 30111 ' worst falllt ? Bonstlllg
Of Pl'I'fOI'lI1aIlCl'r :
Wltllt Is your greatest : virtue ? ' Being .
ing : Occasionally PIOIIS
i\lnllY other qlleHllolIs may he given ! ,
such nH "What did Son dislike : ; most
aH : a child ? " \\'hat do 3011 most
dread In the future \ ? " "Wltat 110 you
1I10si hope for In the future ? " etc-
NOI'IIt AllleJ'lclIlI
Torpedo Dived Into Mud.
A torpedo was tired recently from
the after starboard lobe 01' the flagship .
ship \\'Is'onsln of the Asiatic squad-
ron 1l went straight until \ withlll 100 J
3ar(1y : frolll the shill , when It , dived
allll buried itself In the mlll1 Until !
Iw t propellers stollpell ( it croatcll a
hlllck whirlpool whel'e It WIIS hlll'l'ow-I
IlIg into the hotlOll1 A buoy was
dropped 1 tUd native tlln'l's1'1'0 tlis-
pllcltell to the scelle. Some hours
later the torpedo \ waR located and 1'0'
Iurned 1 10 the sltlll The ] tail of the
little 11p"ll'oyel' wus hllrlcll ( six feet
hOIll'allt the mllll and it was a tllmcllit
IlIsI 1'01' the diver to make a line fast
to It.
Pin up the Stars
r
: w xv > <
xv : u > <
Stick six pins ) Into the stars hI the !
diagram above , no that no Iwo pins
III'pear )11 ) tine sall1e straight line
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When the Whale DInes
Tile appetite ) of whale Is lheI101ll' ) '
enal. Ills chief diet consists ! 01' jelly-
IIsh , lie hns slmlll to open his mOllth
/11111 / paddle \ 1I10llg Ipl"III'l'ly III order to
take III jellyfish hy illeICgonIOad. : .
Such Is hc t nlethud adopted hy he I
whalchonp whall' 'l'hc SIIeI'II1 whale ,
on the dllllrary , ( 'aptlll' "R huge s(1Ilids
wl'lghin ' : Often several I tOilS Lllw his
hrolhl'l' , the ' whalpllOlIl' whale , he must
he constantly \ Oil the lookout for I'ood
Otherwise hf' WOlllel HIlI''lAs : rummy
as 1-1 seals have been taken from n :10. :
foot "killer. \ " Other IIshes / 01' enol"
I\IOUS \ aJll1t'1 it ! It'S arc nntIn'omll1on ,
The hhlCOth , for 'xamllle , thrives 011
sardines and other small Osh Assuming
slIIulng that one hhICfhh ( eats to small
fish II day , It has hecn figured that t Il
1001111.08 ] 10OOOOOOOOOOOOOUO sardines
to feed lonOOOOII110OllO bluefish fin
the Anwl'iclln coast : ; every Slimmer
Most curios of all eaters Is the hytll'a
-a strange creature that can Ill' tuned '
l'11 inside out without illllJalrlll Its
I appetite ai' Its powers to t-Golden .
l Penna.
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Dreamln' of the Old Days.
ThIIlJ IIhout the tune IIOW whet ! ) Y } U'1t
leave y e I' , city I1llll'h ,
\11' ' tl'10 , lw It boy IIgnlll : a-\\ 8(1111' 111 the
hllllll'h !
"Splash ! " goes theater ,
"II' " \ ' ' 'I'r1111111' / 1'1'I'IIIR
' 1'0 bring YOIl hu'k the HUIIHhlnc-
'rhe W'I'tllfH : DC old tln'llIltH.
'J'hllll about the time now whclI rou'lt
I est where 1'IIIIIIItltI'H , deep ,
DOWII It\ the t riverhose the liars 1111'
ii ) I\'ln' deep. )
" Splrish'goes IIII' water ,
. \11' the I'I\'el" In its III1W ,
IS I Hlnglll'-HllIgllI' to y ( iti
The Snags ! : ! of long lI"gol
Think ! about the LIllie lIow-the swcel-
c'Sl lime of 1111 ,
\ \ ' hl'rl you IIstl'1I1'1I ( e , ' II footstep where
the ( blossolll ! ' ; used Iu Cull !
1 , ' hum the old , RWI't't 1I11'1I110w:4- :
. , Lonve yel' city mlleh !
'Uncle's blossollls walllll' fl'r you ,
All' the buys ail In lie branch !
-Atlllllta (2unstltatton .
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Resemblance Led to Crime.
In the fumolls case of i\lartin , .
Gllcno , the lallnchillg' Oil a criminal
coarseas the result of 1111 extl'llonll.
lIury chlln'o [ 11111 l a sadden 1'080l\'e
1J\l'lin Guerre was n soldier , and WIIS
mOl'1 lally wOlllldel ! III a slll'IlIlsh In the
1I0rih of Fl'Illlce Among his comrades
was II mUll 1'l'lI1arlmuly him , and
wil Iivlunl guerre had contracted a
great friendship. The two used to he
always together and enjoyed the joke
of their strange I'esemhlallce.
Ouerre's (10111)10vas with him when
Ill' was dying and Guerrevtth \ his last
breath , heggNl his cOllll'ad < . ' to carry
sume little 1I'lnltehe \ hall to his wife
at hOIllO 'rho 110llhle assented anll
proceeded to fulfill his promise fallh-
fully
fully'h'n
\\'h'n he arrived lit the village \ : on
his IIIlsRlon he learned that OIlOl'l'e's
wife hllll , dUl'in : ; her hm'hanll's ab-
sonce In the war , cOllie Into somc lit-
tle property through : the death of a
'lation He began to envy l\IIII'LIn
OIlClTe'R Jot If he hall lI'ell.Vhen
time villages cahint they began to
exclaim , "lIero's : \1\I'Iln Guerre ! " By
the time he un\'e(1 ! ( at the cottage
l ioor he 1\1111 \ decided to act "llIl'tln's
inll ) 1'1 t , provided the dead man's wife
was lecel\1l ( ( hy his similarity to her
hllshalld She was1111 the 11II)03tor ) )
took ? ; \Ial'lln OIlOI'1'O'S place. The wife I
only diScuvered : the truth some twelve
months later hr the absence from the
impost cn"s arm of a scar which l\Ial'lIn
had uorne.
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Horse "Tarred and Stoned. "
A'an J\tlen : with tancll stones
\ \ as IHlsslng down Oxford street , 1.011'
lion , the other day , near the \Ial'hle ;
Arch , when an incident occurred which
fined the spectators with aIllUCII1Cnt. : : ;
' ; he shafts sullllonlr ga'e'II ' , so that
lie ( tarry contents of time \ ' a1) were )11'0' )
clilitalcd I1l1On the back of the hOl'se
' 1 he 11111 mal presented ) a curious spec'
ladle , for the tones co\'cl''d the greater .
el' portion 01' his body , adhering by
leans of the sticky composition , In
flit l'IUI , all other cn'or.s ! llelng of no
avail , the fantastic creaturevas led
wllr ; to he operated upon ' with suitable .
able chemil'nls
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Odd Month of February
S. C. lIcWl1l ! of Ho'ldanll , "fe. , who
has kept a diary faithfully since 1859
has the follo\\'ln ; entry against Feh
2'S : , 19110 ! ! : " 1 cbm'nar3 has hecn IIn olltj
nUlI1ht'l' The mtlmh has hilt 28 liars ( ,
although \ he I year iH the I'olll'th after
leap 30111 ; there was no new moon :
therevas a thllnllel' shower ; it has
mh1l'11 six times ' ' ' '
111111 hall four stormy
Sunllap The thm'nwlllet1' ranged
from II below to , Hi above zero. , .lau
lIal'r and March : each had two new
moons "
OrIgin of the Postm..rl
Great Britain , It IR said , can , without .
out fear of coat adlction . claim the
1,01101' of having originated : the post-
111:11'I : . 'rhe first one which WaS used
d
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III London as long ago as 1660 , was I
\ < ' 'IT sllllple affair ! , consisting of a 1
11I1111 ; circle divided Into two parts , In ,
the top ) portion ) there were two let-
tHS , Inlllcntlll : the month , while In
the 10wl'1' half the day of the month rr I
\t ' as shown No endeavor was made ,
It' denote the year , and It Is only by , '
the dales of the letters all which the ; :
' '
mark Is impressed that it Is possible
to fix the date of Its use , The earliest
known wns Oil a letter written In 1680. J
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As Thin as Two
'rhe sailor who said there was very
little WhHI , but what there was of It
was \'ery high , has a rival In syntax
dCJwn In VII'glllla , " said : : ; 1\11' . Paul Kes-
tel' "The last line I saw him he told
me of a mutual acquaintance ) who had
IICI'II In poor health and lost flesh
I
very nollcca hlr.
" 'YOll are thin , ' said he , 'and I am l
1 Ibin hill he Is liS thin as the two of c
i
liS put together. ' " -New York Herald.
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Relics Hard to Value.
When the appraisers 01' the estate
of the Into Robert 11. Fullerton of
Bcdford , N B" , clime to his collection '
of ancient fil'clIl'ms and weapons they
. . . 'L _ .
were at loss to know what to do A ' \ u . . . .
pair of old dueling pistols , silver \
mount 0d , and In an excellent \ state of ,
Jlres < "I'\'nllon. was especially difficult !
to \'alllc , Dates were found on them ' j
indicating that they hud been made 1
and probably ) used before the re\'olu. i
tloUlIl'r war '
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Deer Die in Combat. ;
With tlH'11' horns locked ] after 1\ ,
dl'IHlIr combat , two large back deer i
wOI'e found on a mountain south of
Danhm y , Coimmu , during the winter , I
The bodies of both animals were lac' t
elated as a result of the fight , an
the t ground for rOIls ( around was co\o
erect ( with hOOII ] The larger of the
t.wo animals holll tight ! to the ad\'er. I J
Ral'r It hind slain lJy the entangling of ,
their Horns , hall frozen to death iW j"
Legislative Halls Net for Dogs > -
The speaker of the Now SOlllh 1-
Walcs Parllamcl , ( was lately called f
upon to give what Is I probably-
unique ; rulln : ; , lIe decided that the
legislative chamhol' was for the use
of bipeds , not qllllllrllpeds A memo
her had insisted on bringing his pet
dog Into the chamhel' , and another
ember : called the speal\Cr's attention
10 the innovation and lie annoyance
caused thereby ,
Odd Charge Against Woman
Charged with jumping astride R.
wild hut somewhat exhausted deer
IItHI p0unling : It to death with u stone ,
pretty Luella Hlllett , a young married . . -u , . . . ,
woman alpenrcll ) In the Bennington ,
VI. , court.Vhen \ arraigned she was
clad In the I typical barb of a hncl-
woodsmlln , IIIl'hullu ( : trousers , ret !
sweat , holster belt , fur call and had
her hair closely Cl'ollled ) ,
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Seven Million Men on One Job ,
'I'he greatest number of men ever
ennplo3e(1 on one structure was the
Gizeh : pyramidvllero 7,000,000 men
were in forced lahol' ' ! ' 1115 113 'rnmhl
Is 4 1,10 feet high : and covers nn area
of i hurt r'en acres , twice the dllneu
sltms of 81i3 other hulldlng in the
world , In one instance taking 2OOU
1111'n Ihui'ee t Scars In urlnglllg a sIngle
stone Irom the ' ' ' . ,
om quarry. !
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Warlike Omen Fulfilled. '
A \Ianchcblcr : , N. II" , luau recalls
that when he was a YOllllg child his
father . tool him to see the vast quami I
tit3 of army worm which had scttled
down on trees , grass , houses and '
fences SIll''Oll\lIlhlg ! \ Con'ord common. \
common.3'f T 1
This visitation occurred about 18CO , - joJ (
and people ) sal.1 the worms were an
f
omen of war
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Twin Stem of Tobacco , t
; \h' . Helm \Iorgan ; , ofVhite Sulphur
district , showed the Tines a twin lent .
01' tohll'coalprfrcl \ sJlcelm n , j
'rhe two steins flrmlr ulI\l \ d show i
distinctly right \IIi \ to tile stalk , How
many growers 01' handlers 01' tobacco
have ever seen such a fl'IlI ? -George.
town Times I
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