I' : CHILDREN'S COLUMN. |! The Squirrel's Arithmetic. High on the branoh of a walnut tree A bright-eyed squirrel sat. 'What was ho thinking so earnestly? And what was he looking at? The forest was green around him, The sky all over his head: Tho nest was in a hollow limb, And his children snug in bed. He was doing a problem o'er and o'er, Busily thinking was he How many nuts for his winter's store Could he bide in tho hollow tree? He sat so still in the swaying bough You might have thought bim asleep. Oh, no; ho was trying to reokon now Tho nuts the babies could out. Then suddenly bo frisked about, And down tho tree ho ran. "The best way to do, without a doubt, Is to guthor all I can." —Normal Instructor. The llutteffly. There is something really pathetic in the way a mother butterfly builds u nest for lier children. In the first place the little home where the eggs are deposited represents a great deal of sacrifice, for it is lined with several layers of down plucked from the mother's own soft body. The eggs, having been laid carefully upon this luxurious, pretty couch, are protected by an equally pretty coverlet made of the same material. These butterfly bedclothes are often arranged with an intricacy that is quite curious and per plexing. Sometimes a bed is made so that each separate delicate hair stands upright, thus, giving the entire nest the appearance of a little brush of downy fur. Then again the eggs are laid spirally round a tiny branch, and as the covering follows their course the effect resembles the bushy tail of a fox, only llie nest is more beautiful than tho "brush" of the finest fox that ever roamed over country. The building of this downy nest is the last earthly labor of the mother butterfly, for by the time it is completed her own delicate body is denuded of its natural covering, and there is nothing left for her to do but die—a sacrifice which she promptly and heroically makes in the interest of the coming butterfly generation. A Trick for TTallowe'en Follies. A game that is not entirely new and yet especially appropriate for Hal lowe'en is known as "clairvoyance." It is especially enjoyable for an even ing of mystery, because it always proves mystifying to the uninitiated. Take some particular person who understands the game to play tho role of medium, and send her from the room, an empty chair being reserved for her noxt to the person who is in collusion with her. When she leaves the room some word is determined upon by the rest of the party, for in stance "horse," and when the medium returns her task is to tell what the word is without any questions. She i-i summoned, sits down next to her friend,and while all present are seated ia n circle, with joined hands, the one who was in the room,and hence knows the word, spells it to the medium by tapping with a finger upon the palm of her hand, the number of taps being equal to the number of tho letter in the alphabet. For instance, eight taps for H, then quite a pause; fifteen taps for O, etc When the medium an nounces the word successfully, those not knowing the secret cannot under stand it at all, audit is even more myst fying when it is explained that it is based upon some peculiar mental action. —Woman's Home Companion. Start-and-Stop. Did you ever hear of any little boy named Start-and-Stop? I think he must have been first cousin to that little boy who always said, "In a min ute." This boy would start well enough when culled or told to do a thing, but he was sure to stop again until some one would say, "Hurry up!" Then he would goon until —he stopped,aud must be started afresh. So every body has got to calling him "Start and-Stop." Of course he doesn't like it at all. Ho would much rather bo called his own name, which is a very pretty one, but I'd rather not tell it to you until he gets over this bad habit, and he will cure it, I know, if ho once realizes what a disagreeable habit it is. The other day his mamma went to visit hi-i school, and almost the first words his teacher said to her were: "Can you tell me how to make your little boy hurry up? He is a very good, liice-manuered little boy, and he learns easily and does his work very nicely, only he doesn't goon with it. He stops every little while, aud if I dou't speak to him he won't get done in time. -I thought perhaps you have found some way to deal with "this fault of his. It is really the only one I find in him." "I know," sighed his mamma, "and I hoped you might find a cure for it. We have tried everything we can think of at home, to no purpose." The other morning his uncle saw him sitting over his clothes all in a huddle, dreaming of something, in stead <>f putting them on. fcl'll give you a dime," he said, "if are dressed in fifteen minutes." ■?he time was just up when he pres jßed himself, not only all dressed, hfitwasliel, combed, and teeth aud hoes brushed. "Now that shows," his uncle said, ihe handed him the money, "that >u can do things in the proper length 112 time. Don't you think you ought odo it every time, to please your good, kind papa and mamma?" Start-and-Stop said he knew he should, and he would try, and Ido hope he will succeed, and will never give any occasion to be called by that name Again. Bnt if any of oar readeri know a cure for this bad fault, I hop« they will send it to be published foi the benefit of all the Start-and-Stop* in the country.—Youth's Companion Onr Admiral'* Career. Tndor Jenks tells in the St. Nicho las the story of Admiral Dewey's bril liant career. Congress introdaoed the rank of admiral in 1861 for David Glasgow Farragut, whose father was a Span iard. David Dixon Porter was thi second, George Dewey is our third admiral. George Dewey was born ir Montpelier, Vermont, the day aftei Christmas in 1837, the year Ericsson, of "Monitor" fame, first applied the screw-propellors to steamships; and yet the great improvement came sc slowly into use that the first vessel or which Dewey, at the age of twenty five, served as a lieutenant was a side wheeler. The Deweya are of English descent, aud George's father was a country doctor, who, in 1825, married Marj Perrin. There were four children— three boys, George being the third, and a daughter, the youngest. The stories told of George's boyhood shofl him to have been a plucky and manlj little youngster, whom his father called his "little hero." He was wiry, ac tive, fond of "Robinson Crusoe," and never afraid of a fight for good cause. He weut barefoot, gave theatrical shows in the barn, and was altogetliei tho sort of boy that boys like —such a nice little chap as may be found in nearly every schoolhoiise in the land. At fifteen he went to the Norwich Military academy, aud while there de cided to enter Annapolis, winning hie father's consent with difficulty. En tering the Naval academy at seven teen, Dewey graduated in 1858, stan ding fifth in a class of fourteen. He was popular, and au especially good swimmer aud athlete. For two years he cruised as a midshipman in the Mediterranean, and upou his returc passed his examination with credit, and was commissioned lieutenant. When tho civil war began, Dewey was appointed first lieutenant on th« United States steamer Mississippi, o side-wheeler—oue of the oldest vos sels in the navy—commanded by Cap tain Melancthon Sm th. This vessel was part of Farragut's Gulf squadron, and was hotly eugaged in opening thf Mississippi river and taking New Or leans in 18G2. 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