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The Cat and the King they ran a race;
fo judges an Qwl with solemn face,
‘And three blind Crabs of courtly grace.
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The Cat and the King stood toe to toe;
The Donkey gave his trumpet a blow—
One, two, three, and away they go!
Sure, it was a wonderful thing;
‘A wild shout made the welkin ring—
To think that a Cat should beat a King!
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The Cat bowed low to the stately ion,
he Goose and the Donkey of haughty
© mien,
‘And even the Lobster proud and green;
‘But then she rose with a pompous air,
'And tossed her head and tail in the air,
‘And challenged the fleetest runner there.
The Lobster strode forth with native grace,
But the ained to run him a race,
‘And she flapped her tail in the Lobster’s
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The Lobster caught the tail in his claw,
The audience shouted a grave guffaw,
‘And the Cas struck out with a flew-i-aw.”
‘Around the track the runners tore, :
The Lobster behind, the Cat before,
She would reach the goal in one leap more.
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But the Lobster he struck a bit of a
mound : :
‘And gre the Cat’s head went with a
und,
‘And a yard in advance he touched the
ground. :
-~Abbe Reed, in Good Literature.
THE NEW GUN.
Johnny had a brand-new gun which
was a gift from his Uncle Robert.
Johnny had been wanting this same
gun for a long time. ' He used to
walk down by the toy store and gaze
longingly into the shop window at
the gleaming barrel, at the wonder-
ful trigger, and at the dark-polishead
stock and wish and wish that the
beautiful gun belonged to him.
At last someone told Uncle Robert
about the boy’s great desire, and the
other little friends were playing on
{1 went up to the hill.
that was tied up to the dock, and,
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next day a long wooden box was un-
loaded at John’s house, addressed to
Master John Howard. In great ex-
citement he tore away the wrappings, |
and you can imagine his joy and hap-
piness in at last being the proud own-
er of such a wonderful gun.
The following Saturday Johnny
dressed himself up in a pair of over-
alls, a pair of stout shoes and an old
cap. He loaded his gun, and with
plenty of ammunition and a small
box of lunch he started forth. :
“Where are you going, Johnny?”
asked his Aunt Minnie, as he passed
down the garden walk.
“Out to shoot Molly Cotton-tail,”
he answered, proudly.
Aunt Minnie disapproved of the
gun, but Johnny had been allowed to
have his own way, so she said noth-
ing. It was a beautiful day. Johnny |
walked across the meadow. At last
he saw a small object hopping along !
in the grass. The small object hopped
upon a tiny mound and blinked his
eyes at Johnny. Johnny was all ex-
citement, but he drew his gun and
took careful aim. There was a loud
report and then a very small, excited
boy ran hastily after the little bob-
tailed creature which was now hop-
ping painfully upon three legs.
“Oh, little Molly Cotton-tail!” cried
Johnny, as he caught the rabbit in
his hands; “oh, oh, I have broken
your poor little leg! How cruel! I
am so sorry that I shot you. I will
take you home with me and bind your
poor little leg up.”
Johnny gathered the poor, fright- |
ened creature in his arms and carried
it home with him. Soon he had band-
aged its legs and put it in a big box,
where he might tend it until it was
well. \ :
“But where is your new gun?”
asked his Aunt Minnie.
“Oh, I left it in the meadow,” an--
swered Johnny. “I will go bring it
to the house and let you hang it up
in my room. I do not intend to use it
on poor little harmless creatures any
more,” and Johnny never did.—The
Child’s Gem. :
A STRANGE ANIMAL.
I am a little boy, eight years old, and
I thought I would write a little letter.
About one month ago I and some
the old fort green. We were playing
hide-and-go-seek. Two or three of us
were hiding in a tent down by the
road, when suddenly one of the boys
said: “Look over the hill? Isn't
that a giraffe?” We all looked. We
all thought it wag a giraffe, so we
The hill was a
piece of land going up higher than
the level earth. When we got up the
hill, what do you think we found the
animal was? A leopard? No A
goat? No. A calf? No. Well, it
was a little deer. The people were
feeding it crackers. There was a lit-
tle hoy, with white, curly hair. A
woman was trying to take a picture
of him and the deer, but she could
not; the deer walked ‘around too
mach. But some time afterward she
did. I walked up to the deer to pet
it, but instead of petting the deer 1
got some saddening hits on my head.
Next time I went down, two or three
days afterward, it gave me some
more. So I gave it some candy, and I
don’t think it will hit me any more.—
Clayton B. Seagears, in the New York
Tribune. 7 ny Ey
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A VISIT TO THE NAVY YARD.
Last autumn I had the pleasure of
a visit to the Brooklyn navy yard. I
was invited by the father of a friend
of mine, and we asked a few of our
friends. hil 9
The day was a fine one, and after
crossing the Brookilyn Bridge in a
trolley car we walked to the navy
yard. ;
One of the boys had. brought a
kodak with him, and expected to take
some pictures, but as we were about
to enter a blue-coated official said
that it was not allowed, and he had
to leave his camera behind until we
came out. : :
After entering the yard everything
was a hustle and hurry. There was
the hum of drills, the screeching of
engines, ‘and the incessant hammering
as the men fitted the pieces of metal
on the huge sides of a battleship that
was being built in dtydock. We then
walked over to one of the battleships
securing permission, we climbed ‘up
deck, where one of the sailors offered
to show us around. ]
Everything was intensely interest-
ing, and we enjoyed our visit very
much.—~Howard Townsend, in the
New York Tribune.
The recent prominence in the suf-
frage discussion at Albany of Dr. Mary |
Walker recalls one of the cleverest
remarks that the lamented Bill Nye |
ever uttered. He described Dr. Mary |
as “the only self-made man in Amerie
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Calculating Rule and Pencil Holder.
For the benefit of the engineer
and draftsman who is required to
make hasty calculations, a combined
pencil holder and calculating rule has
Boilermaker Best Lawyer,
In spite of the fact that Vincent
J. Thompson, a young boilermaker,
arrested on a charge of moving mort-
gaged property from Michigan City
recently heen devised. The calculat-|to Gary, was opposed at his trial by
Calculating Rule and Pencil Holder.
ing rule is of tubular form, and is
fitted with a slide indicator, formed
in the shape of a cuff. One part of
the tube comprising the rule is pro-
vided. with a slide member, which is
graduated and used in the manner
of the ordinary slide of a calculating
rule. Within the tube a pencil may
be fitted. By thus combining the rule
and pencil, the danger of mislaying
the rule is avoided, and the com-
bined instrument is of convenient
form to carry in the vest pocket.—
Scientific American.
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A Plant Watering Scheme.
Persons engaged in rearing house-
hold plants are often in a quandary
when it is desired to leave the house
temporarily without neglecting the
plants.
An arrangement can be readily
rigged up so that the necessary water
will be supplied to the soil automati-
cally. Take a bowl of water and
raise it well above the level of the
plant to be watered by means of a
bog or a pile of books. Twist several
strands of common darning wool to-
gether to form a long thread and soak
them in the water. If one’ end be
hung over the bowl and the other end
left in the water a steady drip, drip
will commence and continue until the
bowl is empty.—London Globe.
"two of the ablest members of the bar
at Hammond, Ind., he pleaded his
own case so well and baffled the pros-
ecution without the aid of a lawyer
that a jury in Judge Ames’ court
found him not guilty. Thompson
compelled one witness to swear that
he did not know the difference be-
tween a kitchen table and a cabinet.
All the oratory of the lawyers availed
nothing against Thompson’s clever
cross-questioning. :
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Book-Marking System.
Among the recent inventions is a
very ingenious book-marking system
designed for use by teachers, students
and others who have occasion to read
from or consult different parts of a
book. The scheme consists of a
series of target-shaped cards of grad-
uating width and of sufficient length
to rest across the page and protrude
from the edges of the leaves. The
extending end of this is marked with
figure, letter or other note suiting
the convenience of the ome having
occasion to consult the book. The
other end of the slip is fitted with a
rubber band, which is of sufficient
proportions ta fit arcund the volume
from top to bottom. The functien
and to permit of an arrangement of
markers in such a way that one will
net overlap another and hide it from
Pa AEA PERS ater SAW
view. For a lecturer having occasion
to refer frequently to the different
parts of a book during the course of
his remarks the convenience of this
scheme will be readily appreciated.—
Washington Star.
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the train if you keep on trying to run.”—From Punch.
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PILOT AND “DRUMMER?”
IN BRITISH COMMONS.
Census Shows Wide Range of
Popular Representation in New
Parliament. !
The oft-asked and much debated
question as to whether the British
House of Commons is more represen-
tative than the American House of
Representatives is answered by the
following census of the new Com-
mons, taken for private reasons by
Lewis Appleton, of Old Queen street,
Westminster, and furnished by him
for publication. It has been com-
pared with the official records and
found correct.
Commercial travelers
ste sss steve sts .
Directors of public service corporations. 12
Real estate, accountants and auctioneers 7
Farmers ...... ef hen iene sale 13
Randiowners ... i chi sia 56
Iron founders and merchants. ........... 13
Manufacturers ard spinners............. 51
Poekors ov. iin hs nrg
Storekeepers ....... ei erates aeineig OO
Clergymen .........00 0 a ia 3
Automobile makers and dealers. ......... 2
Newspaper owners and journalists. .... . 38
Peers’ sons and brothers............... . 45
Artidenlers [00 8,0 on oa he
Pilots vov0......0 00... i eae eas +.
Printers, booksellers and authors....... 8
Professors, schoolmasters and tutors.... 14
Railway and naval contractors.......... 3
Secretaries (stenographers) ........... . 10
Ship owners and builders............ are 12
Stockbrokers ........ sire eee es evel
Military officers. .... STS TT, vee. 44
Navalofficers.......... ., olin. ee 2
By the foregoing census it appears
the House of Commons is like the
American Congress, a popular place
for lawyers. The English legislative
body, though, is strongly represen-
tative of a number of trades gnd pro-
fesstons not markedly present in the
lower House in Washington, notably
storekepers, farmers, teachers, mili-
tors, literary men and clergymen,
Peers’ sons and brothers, too, are
in a class by themselves, inasmuch a3
there are few men of leisure in Con-
gress who could
them. cos -
The American Senate is almost en-
tirely made up of lawyers and cap-
tains of industry, whereas the Brit-
ish House of Lords is almost entirely
made up of men of leisure.
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WISE WORDS.
A contented heart is a cash register
full of gold coin. :
whole world is trying to do “fancy
work.” ge :
uncommauntcative stenographer would
be a curiosity.
\ If lots of people were portioned out
the kind of cake they deserve life
would give them sponge cake. *
A man who has money to throw at
the flocks that hover over him.
The famous shot heard round the
to the modern chorus girl’s kiss.
Opportunity, like repartee, hath a
feniinine way of ringing her bells
when she turns the corner out of
sight, : : :
the ugly old world is appreciative
enough to adore even attractive
veneering.
A woman when she puts k»r money
in a bank has the same feeling as
when she leaves her best fsdend in
the graveyard. : %
Consider the ways of the diligent
man, my son; he standeth in the
presence of princes. Observe the
methods of the diplomat; he sits right
‘along up beside them!—New York
‘relegram.
Tin Corsets Draw Bolt.
stays, came near causing the death of
Mary Taylor, tHe nine-year-old daugh-
ter of John P. Taylor, a farmer liv-
ing several miles south of Petersburg,
Ind. During an electrical storm the
child crawled heneath the rear porch
at her home, looking for a hen’s
nest, and while there lightning
struck the house, partially wrecking
it, but injuring none but the little
girl in her hiding place.
The child was taken from under
the house, unconscious from serious
burns. Her mother, in undressing
her, found the child had on rudely
constructed corsets, which had been
made of tin taken from the sides of
old cans. The metal had been mashed
the child. One of the stays contained
a small hole and the tin was melted.
The child recovered.
Some Style.
Sam Sunflower—‘ ‘Pete Green am
gittin® mighty tony in his invitations
dese days.” ;
‘Bill Blackberry—*“How’s dat?”
Sam Sunflower— “Why, Pete killed
dat old rooster he had foh last five
yeahs en den invited de parson to a
‘chanticleer dinner’ on Sunday.”’—
Chicago News,
Bankers and financiers............0v0... 13°
AWYRIS Ll pe Re oe 155
Brewers, distillers and wine merchants.. 13
Builders, architects and surveyors....... 8
Civil and mining engineers....... doesrraidh
‘Coal mine owners and dealers........ arid
Diplomatists and Government officials.. 8
tary and government officials, doc~
be compared with
A literary editor knows that the
Typewriters tell no tales, but an
the birds can hardly see the sky for
world is a toy ‘pistol report compared |
Beauty may be only skin deep, but
A pair of corsets, made of tin’
into shape and covered with cloth by
ok