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kV-KN-KKOUK' Knirr' rvim from
SI the big armchair In the library.
I where imndM wiu taklna hta
after-dinner nap.
Baby Bess came toddling down
the hallway; aha had managed to slip out
of the nursery while nurm was down
stairs, and somehow the little girl had
found ber way down the two Ions slippery
flights of stairs without falling nnd hurt
Ins herself.
Snore! Snore! 8n-8n-o-re!! again came
from the library. This time Baby Bess
heard It and stopped to listen.
Whit wail that strange noisa? It was
not dog Doner, for there he lay sound
asleep in the vestibule.
Oh! where was mamma? Where was
nurse? Where was everybody? B was
o frightened at that strange, loud noise!
There it was again
Snore! Sn-o-re! S-n-o-r-e!!
"Wenlly." sa-s Miss Baby, "I'm a sc irej
I'd like to scweam; but Bruvvcr Tom
says only Httle tlirls do that, nnd 'Hides,
if I do rewtam no one's hero to listen to
mo. I gueth I'll peck In an' nee if it's a
bis lion, an' if it la, 1 II ua, oh! no fast
Upstairs, an' I don't flnk it can catch me."
So Bees tiptoed carefully to the door of
the library and looked In.
Thar did not som to be anything very
scary In there; an ahe finally stepped In.
Just as she got Inside the door the queer
Boise came again from the direction of the
fireplace, and Baby Bess looked quickly
over there.
Horror! What was that on the floor?
Was it a big Hon, after a'd, that would eut
buoy? There was Us big head und staring
eym looking light at her, and lln red J iw
open, showing ugly tetth In ride, and tha
big, flat body sprawled over the floor.
Sn-o-re!!
Baby Bess, In spite of her resolutions,
gavo a loud, tetrlfltid scream and turned to
run, slipping on the polished floor uud fall
tng flat.
"f (loss me!" evc!almed grandpa, as roused
from his comfortable dose ho Jumped., up
and hurried over to the doorway, picking
up his small granddaughter and klaslng
her.
Baby Bum r.o longer felt frightened
wlxn safe in grandpa's arms, and between
her bnlf-choktd sobs she pointed to th
hearth and asked:
"What la that ugly beast? He growled
at me when I came In so" and alio gave a
very good imitation of a snare.
All the family were on hand by this time
and began to laugli while grandpa grew
rnthcr red.
"I'm afraid, baby dear, that it was
grandpa you heard and not the beaat on the
hearth. Thnt Is only a tiger skin and h
not alive. B?e, the head Is stuffed to
look real."
Bnby did not understand why grandpa
should make such a tuny noise, and in hnr
heart of hearts she determined never, never
to go out of the nursery f.gatn without
nure to take care of her. I'hlladolphl
Ledger.
How Flskliuo Children Bat lie.
Hoys who make a fuss because their par
ents oblige them to take frequent baths
should be glad that they ara not Eskimo
children, living on the shores of Norton
sound. In that cold region of Alaska alt
the boys ara obliged to take a sweat bath
VM-y week, and this bath is no Joke.
A fire of driftwood is built In the center
of the floor of the kaaraim the one-roomed
bouas where the men and boys of a vUlaga
pass most of their time and when tha
smoke has passed off the wood la reduced
to red, glowing coals, a cover Is put over
the smoke hole In the roof and the place
becomes Intensely hot.
The boys must then take off their clothes
and sit about the furnacelike apartment
until their skins become as red as the shell
of a boiled lobster, and seem on the point
of blistering.
Owing to the Intense heat the bathers are
obliged to wear respirators to protect their
lungs. These respirators are pads of shav
ings bound together, concave on the Inside
and convex on the outside, and large
enough to cover the mouth, nose and part
of the cheeks of the wearer.
Across the Inside runs a little wooden bar,
which is held In the teeth to keep the respi
rator In place. The boys sit there until
they are dripping with perspiration, then
they ru3h outside into the intense cold and
roll In the snow.
E. W. Nelson, who spent between fonr
and five years In Investigating for the gov
ernment the Eskimo living about the Ber
ing strait, says: "On several occasions I
saw them go from the sweat bulls to li'ilei
In the lee on a neighboring Ftream, unJ,
squatting there, pour ice water over their
backs and shoulders with a wooden d pper,
apparently experiencing the greatest p'eas
ure from the operation."
Although the Feklmo boys seem to with
stand such a bath aa this all right, and
even to enjoy it, it would. In all prubabl.lty,
kill any white boy who tried It.
The "?wnket Umlied."
Oh, Hush-u-By I .and It a beautiful p'ace
Kor atecpy emiil per pie to go,
And the I'.ock-a-By Itoutc is the favorite
one
With a certain wee laddie I know.
The track lies on sleepers of feathers and
down,
No accklenlB ever take place;
Though there's only one track, there is only
one train.
But rt runts at a wonderful pace.
There are beautiful things to be sten on
this route,
If you're good you may take Just a pe.-p;
But BlranM- us It seeius, they are tec n bl
in drtmriH;
So be sure that you oo:i go to slexp.
Say rood-nlpht to the Sun, for he's off to
bt-d, too
He can't hear you, so Just wave yor
hand;
The Moon and the Stars they will light up
the curs
As you travel to Hunh-n-By Land.
Bo, quick. Jump altoard. It is time Iw be oT.
You liave nothing to pay, you young t If:
Jut think of the luxury, luildlc, you'll
have
A whole slerplnir car to yourrelf!
Frederic B. llodslris. In the Book Love.-'s.
The Li:tle rrlve anil Her Dolly.
Once on a time, in a ca-'tle away over
the ccean, a king and queen and a dear
little prince were packing their trunks
and gutting ready to go on a long Journey.
Into the princess' little brown trunk were
put, Lestd her- pretty dreaaes, books and
toys, cakea, cookies and candies.
You knew, almost any littlo girl would
wear a smiling face if she had a do.tr
little trunk full of pretty things and If
she were going to have n long ride on the
choo-choo cars, but this little prlneoss'
face wus very Ktd, and when tlm carriage,
came. Instead of running pally down the
walk, she buried her face in pillow and
began to cry.
"Don't cry," said the queen, "here la
your pretty blue parasol."
"Hush," whispered the king, as he car
ried her In his arms down the stairs, "and
I will give you a nice round cookie."
"There are lots of them in the trunk,"
walled the princess.
"Ehe-e-e, she-e, everyone will hear you
crying," laid the queen.
As they drove through the streets the
people came out of their houses to wave
their hands and say good by to the good
king and queen, and when they saw the
unhappy little princess each wanted to
make her happy. A little boy brought
her a drum, another an orange and a little
girl brought her a beautiful stick of red
and white candy, but the little princess
cried harder than ever.
Just then a dear old grandma stepped
out Into the street: "Bless my heart,
hasn't she a dolly?" and off came grand
ma's apron. She roled It up and wound
the t:cs into a sash, and pinned her shawl
over its shoulders. Then she put the
dolly she had made Into the princess' arms.
Tho little prince na stopped crying nnd
began to smile; in a minute she was laugh
ing and holding the dolly clone to her; she
waved a kins to the grandma and called:
"Oh, thank you, thank you."
All day long the princess played with
the rag dolly and when the sun went
down behind the trees i.nd tho little stars
came out to play, she rocked ft to sleep,
and thin in the song she u4ig:
Sleep, hal.y, sleep, the big stars are tlio
sheep;
Tho ; i t tli- at.irs nre lamb, I g'iss;
The creitt moon Is the sheperdess.
Sleep, baby, sleep.
CatcklntK Monkey.
In the Philippine islands the natives
catch monkeys in such a funny way.
The monkeys are very fond of tho meat
of cocoanuts. which grow as plentifully
there as apples do In our country. They
are very lazy, though, about gnawing
through the outer bark, an 1 will only do so
w hen ve ry hungry. The natives take ad
vantage of their greed and indo'.cnco by
cutting a small ocen!ns through the rhtil.
Just large enough for Mr. Monkey's long,
thin hand to penetrate. When he once
gets Inside he gets his hands full of deli
cioits, dainty meat, ond his hand is nat
urally widi-r In this att than when it. en
tered. Finding hi. hand will not come out,
the monkey chatters and scolds nnd plainly
shows his Indignation at the way he has
beia trapped, but never thinks of Io'faenlng
his hold on the. c(xiniit and withdrawing
l.ia hand aa easily as ho zut it In. There
he at-iiuls, an nntjry monkey, until the
man ho set tbo t ocoanut trap come and
takes him captive.
Mctt Animal l'l.iy.
Did you know that many animtU like
to piny and romp Just n- 1'ttlc hoys nnd
girls do? You- have nil seen the monkeys
at the 7.00 and how they torment and
chaso cne another, but did you know, also,
tliat even the tlrds and animals like the
b'ultfcr and weasel like to frolic?
A well known German named Beckmnn
had a ret bailor and a dog who used ti
hav great spurt together. "They used
to have a series of gymnastic perform
ances," ho writes, "on every pleasant after
noon, nn-.l thlr four-footed friends enmo
from far and ner to witness the per
formance. The game was that the baSer,
roaring and shaking his head like n wiM
boar, Hhould charge upon the dog unit
strike him In the sldo with its bend; the
dog, leaping dexterously entirely over the
badger, awaited a second and third at
tack, an J then made the badger chaae hi in
all round the garden.
"If the badger managed to snap the dog's
hind quarters they would have an. angry
tussle, but never a real fight."
Hogs end cats very often have games
with their masters, too, aa you all know.
There is a dog In this city that plays at
"bJJo and aeek" with his mistress by the
hour, although slie Is always the one to
hide.
The dog wait until she bide and calk
then he chases all over the house looklne;
for her. He has not a kten scent, so it is
a case of "s-;ck till you find." When at
last he discovers her hiding place he Jumps
and barks and wags his tall, as much a
to ay, "My, but I'm a bright dog to find
my mistress."
The latter can never hide in the sama
place twice, however, for the dog Invari
ably looks In every place in which she hag
hidden before.
BnUy'n Kami Pile.
In a great big wooden box,
Nice and smooth, to save her fror-ka.
Is the baby's pand pile, where ail day she
plays;
And the things che thinks she makes,
from a hous; and barn to cakes,
"WiuM keep, I think, her family all their
days.
Ono she paid sh'd make a nl
Or, at least, she'd like to try
S up she Ftralghtwuy rolled each tiny
sleeve;
For her plums she used rome stones,
Mid? a fire of cedar cones
Not real tiro, you know, but make-believe.
Next Fhe baked some buns nnd bread,
"Kor her dollies," fo she said,
" 'Csuse. you -re, they Ilk? my cooking
best of all;"
Though her Hour wn only sand,
Iiolls. she knew, would und its tit n&,
And excuse her If her batch of dough
should fall.
Fimetlme cook wilt miss n pan.
Or a bowl, or spoon, or can;
But I think sUe's very sure whero they'll
he found;
For she knows it' Jut such things
Baby uses when she brings
All her dollies to her sand pile on th
ground. St Nicholas.
Great Floral Clock
Time's fleeting hours ore licked cfT at the.
World's fair at St. Leurs on a wonderful
ehror.omotcr. This is the floral c'ock whet
lies on the slope of the hi'I In front of the
main entranco in the north facade of the
Ta'ace of Agriculture.
The Coral clock has a huge till nl of
brightly blooming flowers, marking off tha
numerals and minute epacs.
Spread on the side cf the M".I, It an
nounces to visitors in fnr-off parts cf th
tnctnsure what hour of the day it Is.
The till is lfio feet in d'amcter ard the
mtr.Jt fcav.d fifty feet in ltnith. The i.u
mern'n marking the hours nr? flfte-n fret
long. TSese numerals are nil picked cut
In brlght-ct Icrcu cnleua, a foli age plant of
derive grc.wtl which 13 kept symmrtr'eal
by pnirlng without danger of Impa rlrg lt
greiTvlh.
Flowers of varisritcxl has cover tho e t r
face of the clock, ond to Insure a perennial
blocm the plants a-e chag-d frtn. -er.tly.
Collections of twelve cistinctr! 'ti's All
the circle rurrour.dlr.g the nuineru-, eie'.i
collect Ic.n being twenty-five feet lorg an
fifteen feet wide,
The hands of the clrck are of stel
troughs. In which plants are grow In
A thousand Incar.dcscnnt e'.ectric 1 ghts
Illuminate the clock at nlphf, the white
light bringing cut th? brilliant hu-s tf the
flowers and foliage as vividly ry n'g'-.t ra
by i!t.y. The machinery cf the clock is
boiled in fin ornamcrtal pavilion at the
Fummit of tho hill. This p.wvlllon li ilit-a
incloaed, tho movements of the works be ng
visible to vislton.
The hours and qutirter hours are r! rue It
by a great lra.s btt! in tie p;iv lion, wh'eh
may be heard throughout the rrcatcr pirt
cf the fafr ground. In the pavTcn Is a'83
a Urge hour glass of the time of our grand
fathers, the evoiutli n of the process of
ticking ort tim being thus phown in con
trast with the most modern method of
keeping account of the parsing of the
hours. St. Louis F.epablK
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