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
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¥ 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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