FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. NAMING BABY'S Little No-No, fond of play, Comes to me at break of day, In a sweet and gentle way Awakens me from my repose; Holding up, quite cunningly, His little foot, that I may see, Thus mutely he entreats of me To name for him his toes. TOES, lit lit 5 le pig went to market; le pig stayed at home; le pig had bread and butter; {eo 1M i ¥ 3 i Who, just as the Brings the bright And the sweetn us enabling me lay with yl Willingly ¢ toes, — William West. ONE OF NAPOLEON'S PAGES. There are some trust mal was Philip lease this Em- \ v (1 more than led less than doubled his eff peror whon le Napoleon ince Napoleon, the athuml “manhood a frontie: ited to braves of th A = have under rance at of endur 10x nation most , he was of a Hundred but fifte was when ii age that The a deed of | Swimmer'' per! } oism as notable as ho kept the bridg davs of immature y of his om posed chil ng part was Ww and s braves of the nation a rendezvor preparatory against their ditary enemies, the In their chase after buffalo the hunting party ventured south of the Platte river and encountered a war band of | their foes. They fled northward and reached the ford a little in advance of their pursuers. men is zon the w Crows. The Platte is a wide and shallow stream, filled with quicksands, and the ford at which the fugitives 2ssayed to cross was a passage so narrow that at one point | they could progress only at single! file. Hot on the trail came the] painted and whooping Crows. At| the center of the watery way the lad | now known as the Swimmer paused | and cried to his companions: “Hurry | northward to the warriors’ camp, I will hold the ford until they come.” He was naked to his waist and kuee- deep in water. He had two old-| fashioned Colt revolvers and a bowie knife. Thus equipped, the bold lad | faced the onrushing enemy, while | his friends urged their way toward | safety and assistance. The Crows! plunged into the water and greeted | their single foe with derisive yells, expecting that he would flee upon | their advance. But there he stood, stern, immobile and impassive, until the narrowness of the ford forced his hunters into single column. Then | the revolver in his right hand flashed | out a tongue of flame. An unseen bullet sped straight to the heart of the leader who fell into the swift and treacherous current, and was fol- lowed by his frightened pony, which sprang from the ribbonlike pathway, only to be swallowed up by the terrible quicksands. Then came a battle royal. Over each other's shoulders and from beneath the necks of their horses the furious heroic lad. Several bullets took effect and the hurrying waters soon became tinged with his blood. After his first shot he had eleven leaden of his enemies. When, later, he told me the details of this wonderful combat, he { snid he was sure he missed his j but thrice. The revolvers emptied, { he threw them into the stream, drew this bowie knife, and chanting the death song of his race, dared his foes to close combat. On they came, une by one, for the narrowness of the way would allow of no concerted rush. And they came the lad gave blow for blow. In what he thought to be his first and final fight he displaye 1 th vue | desperation. deadly message ye ars f tl as Knife woun {| him from head to had pinned his left wut this i fought and still ~ waist. bod r he tore loose, | he chanted hi ong. Ju as terrific IS forehead 1g cry. It was tl war whoop of the down to the bank as the Swimmer. N 8 are over he earns a mod i as a clerk in Jor 1d the whites with JAPANESE TEA-HOUSE. How a Road.Side Inn in Japan. nol is Conducted farinnd a i with an accompanian noises suggesting ses worst stages. so have depa , this CA ME at chance, ey The thin sliding be little bar to top there is sour they reach to the of the room, and above them foot or so of yr generally a ti wood work. which and conversa. apart- we understand r Of allows free ventilation tion between the ments. Privacy, it, is no part panese different As the scheme Re from outside is very difficult at night. During was always careful examine the of the wooden shutters with which, after dark, every house is inclosed like a box, so that I could surreptitiously open a crack oppo- site my room, although by so doing I was disobeying the police regula- tions. These shutters do not keep out the noise of the watchman, who ail night long wan lers round and knocks two blocks of wood together, burglars kuow that he is on the lookout. of tea house. to the hot weather] to The Duke and the Toad. Napoleon was worshipped and feared, but men loved and adored the Iron Duke. Of the former, how few are the kindly human traits recorded ! | while of the other, to this day fresh proofs keep coming to the light of simple sweetness dwelling long in the minds of men The following anecdote concerning a letter lately exhumed may serve as one instance out of a thousand illustrating the | sympathetic nature of the great com- | wander. The letter, so far us my memory serves, was in some such terms as these: “Field Marshal the Duke of Well. ington hegs to inform Willlam Har- ris that his toad is alive and well,” It seems that the Duke, in the course of a country stroll, had come | upon a little boy weeping bitterly | over a toad. A strange trio they | must have been-—the lean, k {old soldier, the flushed i and, betweon them reptile squatting sobbing the ' with tearless eyes The boy .w to wrinkled because li¢ school day; he had come daily to feed toad ; the little heart was racked rial because ho feare« | would gone and might starve, heart was as soft as the boy undertook was going be neglected et LO to see that the after, and the quoted is one of the subsequent letins. looked letter NEW OIL DISTRICT, California. uel bel persons wii peculiar u the majorit gO yd fait vantrilogi his voice from whi proceed. some attention and a number been reached. audience hi § in vantriiogquism, ar for something and the air tha performer His expression and 1 his steady and interested gaze direct ed to the point whence the voice is expected io proceed are divert the thoughts of the lookers from anything like investiga.ion or skepticism. The fact is that we are accustomed to hearing a much louder and more forceful voice than that used to produce this illusion. The quality of tone employed in these ex- very much thinner and weaker than that used for ordinary of the comn of mystery up he directi out assume Keeps this 1: : likely to on deprived of its power to judge of the voice as it is heard under such The vyery smallest amount of air possible to produce sounds is thrown out, consequently the vibration of the vocal chords is cir conclusion is therefore arrived sleight-of-hand performances, Carpet Weaving. It was in France serious effort was nade to establish the manufacture of carpets in the sathion of the Orient. This was in the reign of Louis XIV ., and under the direction of his Minister Col. bert. The royal manufactories were designed to furnish all manner of (iobelins and master weayv- During the these factories but revived the manufactories and in the a5) ch tapestries of 1789, ¢ almost suppressed, furniture, and Benuvals factories rs wove ri revoiution wer ¢eorn X. furnished his palaces with their loom work, The i! Napol- national continue worksh ps of France sti anit woven the the stuffs of Gobelins, Beauvais and Suvonnerio are aco Furope wledge unted among arpet woavi introduced During Huguenots with other of ¢ presumably ngland France ersecution of the nwriaes from rafter after son Turning Waste to Wealth offes to! tiie nts and the fashion- Paris ishhments for the possesses sufacture 0 elastic balloons largest house turns out 120.000 dozen ita ani the go and without eo dolls unting punacia I nelios Ais, In Parisian mechanical toys great has been made, and they an be purchased at Very reas mable ovrices. As a general thing, they are not made in the great manufactories but find their origin in the homes the skilled workmen. The excellence of the workmanship and superiority in design have almost entirely driven from French soil the German toys which once predominated Rince IS67 French toys have been rapidly making their way, and during that year 1,500,000 francs worth of toys were sent abroad. In 1878 the value of the exported toys reached nearly $4,000,000, while for 1889 the total reached the im- mense sum of $12,000,000. England is the best customer, she taking over a seventh of the whole toy produe- tion of Paris, and Spain comes next. Other nations come in the following order in their relative importance ae buyers of French playthings: he Argentine Republic, Belgium, the 3 Progress * of Germany, Switzerland, Uruguay, New The doll furniture and the boxes | | : i ! i Antoine. Everybody has seen the animals rwounted upon bellows, under pressure. They are also made in the same quar. ter, are wmnufactured by hundreds of thousands and sold very cheaply. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Ix the Ird., there are neighborho the outskir § thiree places f wl Oo on rt are slaughtered for for {ert etLors tizing purposes say that the mes Belgium and suspicion pre France Vials Lig consumed in Chie 12 halt, the mere wrecks « are bought f« ri), killed are the decrepit Sr A BONG to ten horses are ench of tii visitor to one « Red Cr h the and re it got ly after the great batt! yang fale Wie THe Se of the Interior has deter: retary ined to extend tl “outing system,” under w certain number of pupils at the Carlisle dian School, both boys and girls, have been employed by farmers in the neighborhood to learn from actual experience how to work, to ali Government Indian In- ducements will be offered to get adult Indians also to seek employment ip the homes of farmers. schools. New York is not the only over erowded city in the world. In a re. cent address at Queen's Hall, Lon. don, Mr. Asquith said: “The over: crowling in London is terrible. There are about 400,000 persons liv. ing in homes of one room, and 800, 000 ‘living two or more in a single room.” In Clerkenwell and White chapel ‘over one-third of the popula tion live more than two in a room.’ Tue Treasury Department has lately decided that, in the case of child born in an American customs port, he is not a native born citizer of the United States when the mother is an emigrant not yet ad mitted to the freedom of the coun: try. The case in point is that of a pauper lately held for return to her own country by the emigration com- missioners. Iris estimated that about $10.0 000 has been invested in coffee houses ng an antidote of the saloon in Eng land. It is said there are about 7. 000 of them, employing 56,000, and they are a paying investment. AA —. There are 7.747 miles of rivers and c. ualsopen to navigation in France, ~ THE JOKERS BUDGE? ND YARNS BY FUNNY OF THE PRESS in the Poetry Buginess--Prazise~« Time is Money-- Easily Satiafied-~ £to., Ete. dis= 1 make ve you are such an inveterate HE KNEW, ' “Madam,” said Weary Walker to Dumsquizzie, “I'm looking for “Pooh!” replied that good woman. ‘You wouldn't know work if you were to find is.” ‘‘Jebeg your pardon, madam, for contradicting you, but let me ask how 1 should be able to dodge work if I did not know it when [I saw it?’ HE WAS MOVED. Missionary {out West)—Did you ever forgive an enemy? Bad Man--Wunst, “I am glad to hear that. moved your inner soul to peace to strife?” **1 didn’t have no gun.” What prefer OUT OF FELLOWSHIP, Tired Phelan~I've lost for cider, Busted. Busted Soles—=No! Tired Phelan—Yes. I went and asked that farmer for some awhile ago, and he said it was workin’! my love . HASN'T HAD TO THROW ANY. Hobbs-—Jugg's wife says that in all the ten years of her married life she hasn't broken a single plate, cup ot saucer Bobbe-<Either she ur uggs must have au ¢ rgelic temper, ®
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