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"I reckon that's 80 about the monkeys , "
remarked Mrs Meadows "They used to be
In the country next door and now they are
no longer there . "
"Yes , " said Mr Itabblt "Il'a just like I
tell you : they were there once , but now they
arc not there any more. nut In the world
next door everybody hag his ups and downs
especIally his downs I'vo heard rny great
grandfather tell many 11 lime how our family
used 10 live close to the : Moon So I don't
make ( any brag , about the way the monkeys
had 10 take to the bushes. I remember about
my own family , and then I feel like hanging
my head down and saying nothing. It h 11
very funny feeling too When I think we
used to live close 10 the Moon , and that we
now live In the ground atlll have to crawl
there like snails , I sometimes feel like cry
tog and I tell you right now ifI was to be-
gin to boohoo you'd be astonished "
Duster John and Sweetest Susan looked
very serious , but Drusilla showed a desire
to laugh
"You say you used to live close to the
Moon ? " naked Busler John , with more cur-
loslly than usual
"Why , certainly , " replied Mr : Rabbit ; "I
don't say that I dltl , but I'm certain that
, my family did. I've heard my great grandfather .
father tell about It a hundred time I've
heard that It was a better country up there
than It Is where you live , even better thou
It Is down here , , a good deal more fun and
fiddling And not hair so much looking around
for something to cat That Is the great
trouble. It we dldn't have to scuffle around
and get something to cat we'd he lots beLter
oft
ort."Il's
"Il's mighty funny. It you let well enough
alone you are all right ; but the minute you )
o try to better It everything goes wrong "
"Dat wuz de way wid 01' man Adam , " r e
marked Drusllla
"Why , of course , " said Mr Rabbit , "anl1 It 1
was the way with all the Hubblts and every -
body and everything else. "
" ) Jut ) how did they live up there by the
Moon ? " asked Sweetest Susan "How did
they keep from ralllng oft ? "
Mr. Habblt scratched his head a little before -
fore replying . " \Ve11 ; salll he . after a while
"they got along just liS we do down here.-
heads UII end , feet down nut onb time , as
J've heard my great grandfather say : , the
Moon got Into , a Ort or fidget , and was
mighty restless for quite u while. At last
one of our family the oldest of all , made
bold to look over the fence allli ask the
Moon what the trouble was. lIe noticed ,
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too , that the Moon had shrunk considerably , !
and seemed to be 111 a very bad way It
could hardly hold up Its head.
l "lIut the Moon managed / to look up who
It heard . the 'fuss at the fence , and In a , 'ery'
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shaky voice tel < 1' the oldest of the Rabbit
howdy .
" 'What Is the trouble ? ' says the oldest
Rabbit Says he , 'Can 1 do anything to help ,
you ? '
" 'I'm ' afraid not ; sars the Moon 'You are
not nimble enough :
" 1IIa'be I'm ' nimbler than you think , '
says the oldest Rabbit
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" 'Well ; says the Moon , 'I'll tell you
. what the trouble Is . 'I want to get u meso
sage to 1111' Man , who lives In the world , don n '
yonder I've been shining on him ! at night t'
and ( I'vo caught II bad cold by being out after I
lIarl . , . lily health Is breaking down , and If I
t . . lon.t put out my lights for awhile and take
a . rest I'll have ' to go out altogether Now ,
It.s Ilk , this : I've been shining on Mr. lIIan.
so long that If I don't send him some word
. . . . be'll think something serious has happene
I must take a rest but I want to send him
a message telling him that I won't be gone :
. long. '
" Well ; says the oldest Rabbit ; 'I do n 't
mind going If 'ou'll show me the way , and
tell mo what to say. '
"So the Moon polntl'lI out the way , anll
showed him how to put his fingers In his I :
ears allli hold hts breath when hi took the
long jumll. Then It gave him this mes-
sage :
' ( ' ) n rrrowing wenle to gather strength :
I go h\IO the shadows 10 gather light. .
"The oldest Rabbit sold this message over
to himself many times , and then he Got
really for the Journey. verythlng went w ell
until ho came to the long Jump. ' But he
braced himself and shut his eyes , and put his I
fingers In his ears , and held his breat
Now , the Jump was a long one , sure enou gh .
It was so long that the oldest Rabbit opened
one eye , and then got the notion that he was' '
failing Instead ! of Jumping / and he opened ;
both eyes so wIde that they have been that t
way ever since This scared him terribly , I I
and by the time he landed on the world he !
bad , , forgotten ' : what he came for Ito vas n't
hurt a bit , but ho was badly scared
. "lie sat on the ground and tried to rev
member and then he got up and walked
t about. Finally . ho looked up and saw theMe
Moon winking one eye at him Then he
thought about the message , and he ran ort
tD11' : . Man's house and knocked at the do or.
y Mr. Man had gone to bed , but he got up and
" , opened the' door , and asked what was
vantcd
vantcdVell
" 'WlII ! ; says the oldest Rabbit , 'I'vo just
come from the Moon : with a menage for
{ you :
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'I 'Tho Moon told mo to tell you this :
a' ' I'm growing ' : weak nod have no strength
1')1J'olng off where the shado\\9 are da rlc .
: ' 11'l3n : scratched his head . Ill' couldn't
make the message out Then he said , 'T ' eke
this lI1esllgo back :
Seldom seen and soon forgot :
When a moon dies her feet get cold
"The oldest Rabbit bowed politely and
, , . started back bgnte 110 came to the JUIl1II-
Ing err place , and then he took the 1 eng i
Jump Ito was soon at hone , and went at
. once to the \Ioon's : house , and ! gave the n ) ca-
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. 1 . ago that : \11' . Ian had sent This made the
'ii 'i Moon very mad , It declared 'that the oldest
' , Habbt'had : carried the wrong message Then
; ' 1 Ib grabbed : the shovel and struck IIl1n In the
: ' bc . This made the oldest Habblt"Cry mad ,
' and he jumped at the Moon : and used his
f4" claws , ' The fight was a hard one , ' and you
I _ can see the marks of It to this day : All the
J' - Rabbits have their upper lips spjlt and tile
. . . . . . Moon still baa the marks on Its faca where
l' ' t the oldest Habblt clawed It .
"Thll way of It was tbls. ; ' continued air : .
' . ' . Habblt , seeing that the children had hardly
't , caught the drift of the story : "The M eon
, , had been shining constantly for many " ) 'ear.
and wu growing weak It wanted to take
I a rest , and It was afraid Mr. Man wouM get
scared wbea ! ho failed to l0 It "t ni ght.
Since that time the Moon ! \ hn been taking a
rest about every two weeks. At least It std
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to be that way , I never bother about It
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AJIi/It1C . CltlcliTI:1tS ,
A JOlllltllnr ( hUlltmlllt ; JIll ) ' " , 'hclI
Ihl"c IInll Is . I'rollnllell ( . .
T he . crushing defeats administered to the
nsllsh cricketers during their 't cent visit
to this country have been the means of giving
the , national pastime of the British Isles an
Impetus amoung AmerIcan sportsmen ; yet It
Is highly improbable that the game will ever
attain hero anything like the popularity . It '
has In England
There are several great drawbacks to the
popularity ot cricket In this country Jn
America everything Is done with a rush , An
Intercollegiate foot ball game on : Manhattan
field where half a . dozen legs are broken Is
greatly enjoyed by the sport.lovlng public.
Cricket Is voted slow because three days
with seven hours' play a . dAY are required
to finish a cricket match , Consequently the
game can only be played by men of leisure
and wealth In America the matches have
been condensed Into one and sometimes two
dayie' Another drawback to the port Is
that It requires an absolutely level turf which
requires constant attention and considerable
outlay oC money In bats , balls , leg ' guards and
gloves. The balls consist of a wooden center
tightly wrapped , weighing five ounces. They
are all Imported and cost about $5 each
Dots may be purchased for about $8. .
The Into ! uet'on of cadcet Into this country
has been rather difficult too , on account of
th e popularity of base ball. the accessories
of which may be purchased for a small sum
and which may bu played o. almost any old
pl ace.
A match cricket game Is played between
two sides of eleven players each , unless
otherwlso agreed to.
Each side has two Innings taken al-
tcrnately except In the case that one side
has scored eighty runs less than the op-
pestle side when they tallow their Inning. I
The wIckets are stationed opposite and 'I '
parallel to each other at a distance oC
twent.two "ards. Each wicket Is eight
Inches In width and consll-ts of three stumps , ,
or sticks , with two balls on top , - The
stumps are placed close enough together to
prevent the ball from going ' between A
batsman stands at each wicket , and . the
bowler oC the opposite aide , who corresponds
to a base ball pitcher , bowls the ball to a
batsman. The game , roughly stating It , Is
tor the batsman to protect the wIcket and .
to male as many runs as possible over the
other wlcllel and bael The striker Is out
It he be caught out ; If the wicket Is bowled
down or If. he bo out of his ground and
the wicket keeper put . down the w lcket caseEL
the ball with his hand or arm tn that case
the lltrlkel' Is "stlll\llell" ) out The rules
are , on the whole , simple , and the game
may be learned easily.
Philadelphia Is the crallle or cricket In
this t country . and the crack player of Amer-
Ica ( Is G. S. Patterson , who plays with the
Gentlemen of Phlla.1elphla. .
Among ' the best clubs In America are the
hiladelphia Germantown Belmont llerlon
and Iia'erlord oC Phllnllelphla ; the New
1."ork , Staten Island , New Jersey Athletic
club , Manhattan : and lirooktyn oC New Pork
There are also good clubs In Chicago , Daltl-
marc Detroit , Milwaukee , 1'ItLsburg' ' . San
Francisco , and In most Now England l'tates
A great many of the American cricketers
arc young fellows who came originally from
ngland ' . Scotland and Ireland. One of the
most enthusiastic cricketers In New York Is
Archie Gunn , the well known artist and illustrator
lustrator Crlcet matches ore the occasion
for a great , turnout of society Calk. Twenty
thoussnd of Phllallelphlu's "fJwagger" citizens :
zcns witnessed the resent match wIth the I
Engllslunen when the University of Pcnnsyl-
vania defeated them by 100 runs A number
of boys' . schools , notably SL Paul's Concord , I
N-Ih ; . ' and " St. Austin's Staten Island , are I
eonE-tantly tllrnlng out ) young cricketers. At i
these Institutions U9se ball Is prohibited and
crlellet Is . commended to the youthful inlnd I
as being .a healthier game I
Smnll ' 1'nll. .
Dess' mother Is a young and attractive I
widow , and a young minister was much in .
terested In her spiritual welfare , relates the
Chicago Trlbnno floss did not admire him I
much mving to his habit of taldng her to
taste occasionally for some little fib One
day he came to call and encountered Dess on I
the front porch lie presented ! her with n box
of cAramels , amI. being quite sure her mother
was In hearing dlstnnce though out'of sight I
behind the parlor curtains , he took occasion
to Indulge In few
a arrectlng remarks con
cerning the happiness of U Ing allowed t o
minister to' the fatherless babes Dess had I
heard "Chltnmle Padden" read and quoted
quite frequently , and , looking up Into the
minister's ( ( taco with her , vide . Innocent eyes
she remarked : "What yell ? "
"Huh-what did you say ? " stammered the
astonIshed man
-"What yell ? " repeated , Bessie
He gazed at her for a few minutes In blank
amazement , and then the sound of snothercd
( merriment coming from the parlor wlndolVs
recalled him to his se n sea . and , after a wild l
look around , as for a refuge , he IeIL
Ethel Is .tho only child of a college professor -
. teaser , and was left without a mother so her
training has . been rather different from other
chlldr , and , she Is ! very- bId and thoughtful
In her ways . One night her father was hearIng -
lag her say her prayers before she went t to
bed She had Gotten to her own little petitions - I
dons and the 'God bless everybodys , " and
her father had gotten Just a little Inattentive , '
when ho was startled by hearing her
say :
"And God l bless the devil 'causo nobody 'I
cares 'bout him at a11 "
" \\'hr , Ethel , " he exclaimed , "what are
you praying for the devil 1o1 ? " I
-'B'ell father , the preacher always tells
how horrid bad he Is and everybody hates
him so , I thought I'll better ask Cod to b
good to him. "
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Ethel's mother had positively forbidden her
to play In the cretk . and to make sure she
was obeyed sold : "Xow , If you do go to
the creek the Lord will see you and he will 1
tell me. You { snow he Is everywhere and
see you all the lime " :
aDO dap Ethel came In and her mother
had reason to suspect that she had bee
to the creek so she asked her : "Ethel ,
weN you at the creek ? "
"Nome , " responded Ethel conddgltily .
.Yew , remembtr what 1 told you the other
day . the herd will tell me. "
"Nome , I wasn't there , " declared Ethel .
Pretty soon she came back and sold : "I I
just wanted to see If tile Lord would be
mean enough to tell you . I was down at
the creek and he dllln't tell you , after nl ata
I didn't tlllnlc he'd be so mean as to go and
tell on me , "
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The Boston JournAl says that Johnny and
Willie , aged respectlvel 6 and a years , were
engaged In a hot discussion as to their age e .
WIlli , of course , claimed to be the elder ot
the two whereupon Johnny replied : "You
aln't either , the oldest , 'cause when I was
born you wasn't numn' but dust la'III' ' round
up In heaven , " .
"Dear pap3 , " wrote the IUtle girl , "I t'mt
you a kiss"13et I week by the express man.
1 hop he ) gave It to you all right. Here-
after I'I ! send 'em by mall , because the express -
press man Is very homely and I dOll't like
gIving them to him , and neither mamma lior i )
nurse will do It tor me. "
"Jennie , " said IIttlo 'Iabel to her big sister -
ter at breakfast "dill you tell papa ? " "Tell
papa what ? " asked Jannlc " \\'hy , you to tdd
caMr. . Dut'ter last night If he did It again ) 'ou'd
tell pspa-sl\ll . be dill It again. I ser him t "
And than papa locked at JennIe over bls
SIlS81I. :
A little girl we Imew does not undcrstand
encores , and so found fault with the and 1 -
coca at a recent chlldren's concert , In which I
oho helped to sing II chorus "I know we
dldll't malle'o\o : mistake , " MbeCclalmell on
her way home "and yet they made us come
out and flag : It all over again " I
Tomll1)-Say , ma , don ' t It make your ban ds
warm ashen you smack me1 Ills : \Iother-
Why. yes . Tommy It don , Tommy-Then I
wouldf\'t It do Just as Self If 1 you held them
over the gas so\'d [ _
" 0. mamma { " ' exclaimed ICHlr , who had I
Just tried her solt.bolled ess with her fork ,
"It's a.bll'fdln' ! "
Mother-Oh , Neddle , leek at those teen - , I
rat Neddl -"eth'm : I that down on ! e.0
gesso , all' thull1 0' the paint tamed olU I
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- Sixteen carloads of the finest , choicest and newest fall goods , consisting of Furniture , Carpets , Stoves and
: i - House Furnishing Goods , arrived in Omaha last week , consigned to the People's Furniture and Carpet Co.
E- It [ represents by far the greatest purchase , ever made by this house , and the entire purchase will be placed on _
. . sale beginning tomorrow , Monday , morning , Oct 14. In point of magnitude and low prices which will prevail ,
! ! it will be the greatest sale ever held in this titY Great preparations have been made to receive the enormous
I crowds of buYers On account of , the magnitude of this sale , we will have a double force of salesmen to wait
on every one . , We have engaged extra teams so as to deliver all goods promptly ,
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