! CHILDREN'S COLUMN, j
Tli Owl mid the Katydid,
etlll im the night, and tho wood were
ntlll
Ring heigh! alng ho! mjr honay!
When the Owl and the Katydid chatted
awny
In a fashion qnatnt and fnnnyt
Hlng heigh! ting bo! my hoaeyl
Said the Owl, "I called on the Moon this
eve,"
filDg heigh! ling ho! my honey!
Bat a voice trom below chirped, Katy, did,
too;
Now that was xwdlngly fitnnyi
Hlng heigh! ilng bo! my honoy!
"I sung to the Moon," aald tho Owl, In glooj
Hlng hoot! alng hoot! my honey!
But the other laid, "Katy did, Katy did,
too,"
Ping hnlk-h! King ho; sing Katy dldl
Hlng heigh! alng ho! my hunuy!
Then all again In tho woods wnt Mill,
Hlng heigh! alng ho! my hony!
And the Moon peopml ovxr the eastern hill.
Now Isn't my story funny?
Hlug heigh! alng bo! my honeyl
Trapped by ft la Hate,
A writer in Cassell's Little Folk
tells an interesting story of a runaway
ipnopotnmns. Id the days when Mr,
A. 1. Bartlettwas king o( the London
eoo the hippopotamus onco managed
to break out o( its bouse. It employed
its freedom very properly to make a
call npon Mr. Bnrtlott. Tbe latter,
however, was not qnite pleased to see
his hnge charge out of bounds, and
sent for one of the elephant keep
ers to preach pence and swept
reasonableness to the creature. To
this man the "hippo" had ' uan ex
treme dislike, and when he shotted to
it it turned round nnd chased him.
Away Hew the keeper at the top of his
speed townrd the "hippo's" don, the
big beast in hot pursuit. The keeper
darted through the gnta and up the
fairs to the pint form over the "hip
po's" tank. Here he was safe. Mean
while Mr. Bartlett, who had been fol
lowing the runaways, had aeenrely
fastened the gate, and the "hippo"
was, of course, again doomed to lan
guish in prison.
Kir Day In Vnr-Away China.
There is one time of the year when
every boy would not object to becom-
' ing a subject of the Chinese emperor
for just oue day. This time is the
.ninth day of the ninth month, accord
ing to the Chinese calendur. On this
day a kite-flying festival is bold. Then
every Chinamau who has any regard
for his spiritual and physical welfare
nd can afford a kite and thore mo
few, indeed, who cannot nfford such
an inexpensive trille goos to a hill
nnd flies bis kite the whole day long.
This enstom prevnils, more generally,
of course, in the rural districts, fur
were tbe inhabitants of a groat city
like Canton or Tekin each to send np
a kite the strings would become en
tangled nnd the very heavens wonld
be darkened with such a collection of
paper and string as nover was seen,
i The custom was originated by a man
Vho had a strangely roalistio dream,
in which it was revealed to him that
some calamity wonld befall his house
on a certain day. Wishing to avoid
this unknown but Inevitable disaster,
lie took his family to a neighboring
hill top and amused the children by
flying a kite. When he returned home
that night he found that his honse had
literally fallen to the ground, thns
killing all the dogs and pigs that had
teen left at home to keep honse. That
et tbe fashion and since then when
ever the anniversary of that day eomes
ronud other families, remembering the
providential escape of their country
men, fly tbeir kites from the hills in
the belief that as the paper toys asoeud
they will carry off the evil spirits that
might otherwise demolish tbeir own
houses and bury them in the ruins
should they stay at home.
gmd af the Crams and ftnowilrnn.
A very long time ago snowdrops and
roonses grew only in one beautiful
arden, aud all the croense and all
be snowdrops in all the world are
Dinner from those first anoeHtora.
i In tbe earliest days, instead of
Vlroopiug their heads, the snowdrops
Wew straight np. Indued, they were
pert little flowers, and excessively
J proud of tbe delicate green markings
r 4h.t ra MAVAi tliAll V lllnnaas
Crocuses, too, in those days were
not as now. They were smaller aud
pure white, without a touch of color.
Even the little stamens and pirtila
were all white.
One morning, in the wonderful gar
den, where would be many, many
flowers later iu the year, orocuses aud
snowdrops were blooming together.
"You poor things!" said a t ill little
snowdrop, swaying back and forth on
her slender stem above the croouBea,
'How cold you lookl It is yon ahonld
be named for the snow iuatead of I.
It really makes me shiver to look at
you, you are so white! Now I, you
nau, unvv uvuuuiui u'oau vuiuruiueiy
on my frook, greeu us the grass and
I trees will be by aud by. Every one
who sees me cries, 'Oh, spring ia
) codling! Here is a snowdrop!' But
, jfoa I don't wouder they hardly look
I t you."
T'm B111.A wA all li.va rfl'Oan lltlnn.ii
growing np around us," ventured one
newly opened crocus, bolder than the
rest. -
"Booh I Those are only leavos.
Every one has leaves," said slow
drop, tossing her head,
i "Grass blades are leaves, too,"
mnr inured the crocuaea. Yet they
could not forget the words of the
now drop, aud tbey became very sor
rowful, for they wanted every one to
love them. And next morning, when
the angel of tbe flowers came, there
was a froeen tear iu each little pale
cup. It was very cold that morning,
but tut crocuses did not mind the
"Why do yon weep, childrenf"
asked the flower angnl.
'Because snowdrop has been telling
ns we don't belong to spring, but are
only a bit of winter t lint's left over,
and people will be glad when we are
one."
'Snowdrop is very vain of ber green
markings," said the nngol, "But be
patient children, and we shall see."
It was still dark, for it was very
early. Just a faint glow showed in
the east, where the morning star
shone brightly, and below the star, as
if swung from It like a pale, golden
censer, hung the slender crescent of
the old moon. High np Arctnrus
flashed, and northward, clear among
tbe lessor constellations, gleaned the
dipper; while, still further north, fol
lowing the "pointers," the eye came
to the great white star that never sets.
Tbe angel Hew straight east until
she fonnd tho sun, whose messenger
she was, and told her etorv.
"Ureat king," she ended. "They
are very sad the poor, white cro
ruses. I wonld some new gift might
be granted to cheer Ibom."
"And because they are and," naked
the king, "do they droop and fade,
refusing to live the life I have or
dained?" "They lift their heads qnite brave
ly," snid the angnl, "and await your
coming. Only the frozen tear lies at
the heart of each."
"It is well" said the king. "do
southward now, for tbe peach trees
bloom and the magnolia begins to bud.
They need your care."
The angel bowod nnd went.
Then sunrise came to the great gar
den. In the onst the sky grew brighter.
Now it was soft rose, blending to gold
towp.'d the horizon. In the midst of
the rose glow still hung the moon and
planet, tinged with faintest golden
greon. Southward violet clonda were
turning gold and saffron at their
edges.
As the color grew in the sky, what
was happening to the sad little cro-
enses? They were enrely growing
taller and moro exquisite iu shape.
and was it a rejection from the white
clouds that tinted some of them? But
it stayed when the clouds burst into
flame.
Then the snnhenms came, and, as
they touched each cup-shaped flower,
they dropped jewols of gold within.
Evou those that had staved white re
ceived the jowels, nnd those that had
caught the tinge of violet deepened,
while one whole family, where the sun
beams came lust mid stayed the long
est, turned to gold all over.
What a show they made, the gold
and the violet, nnd the white streaked
with violet, and the pure white, with
gold at the heart of them. Aud how
ther shouted and sang!
"The Bttnbenms, the sunbeams are
painting us! Oh, fehull we be always
thus?"
"Yea," whiaperod the sunbeams,
"it is because you were humble aud
obedient.
When the pert snowdrop heard
that she hung he1' head, ashamed to
look the great sun father in the fa-e.
An 1,' as she gazed at the glowing
crocuses, she grew very meek nnd
said, "I was wrong; and, oh! you are
more beautiful than I can ever hope
to be."
"Nay, not so," cried the generous
crocuses, "Never before were you
half so lovely as now, with your sweet,
bended head."
And the little sunbeams caressed
the snowdrop gently, bidding her be
of good oheer, for the kind sun father
loved to forgive his children. But
snowdrop never raised her pretty
head. All the other snowdrops hung
their heads, too; for bad they not ap
plauded their Bister?
And, by and by, as the years went
on, people grew to love the snowdrops
for their meek and lowly spirit, as
mnoh as tbe crocuses for their gay
colors; and always the two flower
tribes dwell olose together, in most
perfect harmony. Christian Register.
Had Pappsr and kluiwrd.
"Down in my section of the United
States there is mnch to interest an ob
serving man," said Alfred J. Smith of
Nogales, Ariz., "but there are two
things which you don't have here
which play an important part in the
every-day life of a portion of the in
habitants, and for the sake of a brief
description I will desiguate them as
buzzards and tnmales.
"The Mexicans are inordinately
fond of red peppers, They grow to
enormous size compared to those you
soe here, and iu the honses and to the
eaves of the porches of every Mexican
habitation, be it ever so humble, in
Mexico, Arizona aud California, one
will observe strings of this brilliant
rod condiment hanging with the ends
of the stalk twisted into braids.
"The Mexican mixes tbe red pep
pers with his food with a lavishness
indicating his extreme fondness for
its hot, burniug flavor, aud in a man
ner that is unacceptable to the Amer
ican palate. It outers into the eom
position of all his dishes,
"Now for the buzzards. These
justly named scavengers of the air are
very numerous iu the sectiou I have
named. Tbe association between
Mexicans aud buzzards lies in this:
Tbe former's flesh is so saturated with
red peppers that when he is ovei taken
by death on the plains or desert buz
zards will not eat the bod At least,
this is the common understanding in
the section I hail from." Washington
Star.
Marry and Papar Currency,
Counterfeiting was once punishable
by death in England, a fact which lad
a judge, iu passing sentence on a man
convicted of the crime, to say: "I can
hold out to you no hope of mercy here,
and I must urge you to make prepara
tion for another world, where I hope
you may obtain the mercy which a
due regard for the credit of our paper
ourrenoy forbids you to hope (or now. '
ABOUT SENATOR VEST
LAST OP A FAMOUS OBOUP OF
8TATESMEN.
They Were tin me O. tllalne, Hosroe
Conkllng, Iald DatU, IHin Vonrliwa,
Ilannlhal Hamlin, Justin S. Morrill,
Allan O. Thnrman and a Tow Others.
There Is considerable national Inter
est In the announcement maue recently
by Senator George Graham Vest that
he will retire from public life at th
end of his present senatorial term. The
senator Is almost the last of the fa
mous group that was for years the
chief part of American official life.
They were Conkling, Blalns, Bayard,
Thurman. Voorhees, Beck, Cockrell,
Vance, Hnmlln, Morrill, Ingalls and
David Davis all glnnts representing a
variety of Ideas, many sections, and
millions of people. Sennto Vest hns
long been rated as one of the famous
senatorial debaters of all American
history. His sharp and ready tongue,
brilliant In repartee, terrible in Invec
tive, and classic In certain phases of
Its humor, has been a delight to his
friends and a plague to his enemies.
A Btory told about 8enator Vest and
a hoy Is somewhat Illustrative of the
senator's methods In getting close to
the people. Tho time was not more
than ten years ago, when his senato
rial sent was not In dnnger. The boy
was an 18-year-old reporter on the
Kansas City Times. The youngster
had neither vote nor Influence. One
nj-LrLTLrL-u-Lru-Lru-LrLrLrif-rtjijif-.-if-ii-..--.-i-'
8ENAT0R
day when Senator Vest was in the or
flee somebody Introduced the two. The
youngster, unusued to greatness, was
so much awed by Mr. Vest that he
could not find words. The senator
took the young man by the arm.
"Come," he said, starting for the ele
vator, "are you going outT"
The young man was not, so far as
he knew, but the senator's persuasion
and gentleness changed bis mind. "Let
me see," the big, little man went on,
"don't I know your father? I think
I met him last year when I was mak
ing a speech up the country."
As the elevator went down the
youth regained some of his composure.
He managed to answer the sen
ator's question. At the bottom the
two stopped. There the senator, tilt
ing his hat over his eyes and putting
his hands In his pockets, leaned his
roly-poly form against the wall, and
began to ask questions:
"Have you been In this town long?
Do you like the newspaper business?
Where did you go to school? Do you
know about your country's' history? Do
you expect to become a great man?"
In the course of ten minutes the young
man felt that he amounted to some
thing. Senator Vest has never been closely
allied to a church, writes a Washing
ton correspondent. In Missouri the
senator's great following has not re
garded him in a religious relation; yet,
with all his apparent Indifference, the
senator has long been a student of the
Bible and a most tolerant observer of
religious faith and form In others. Two
years ago, Col. John Carroll, solicitor
tor the Burlington railroad system,
while in Washington on business.eall
ed on the senator at his home. Mr.
Vest sent word to have Col. Carroll
come up to his room. When the caller
entered he found the senator lying In
an easy chair with a Bible on bis
knees. He had been reading tbe
Twenty-third Psalm.
"That's a beautiful thing, John," he
said; "and let me tell you that's a
mighty flue book."
"I'd like to get a picture of you Just
now," said Col. Carroll, "to show to
the folks in Missouri."
. Tbe senator smiled. "It might sur
prise 'em," he said; "bur. I have never
eared to talk much shout my religious
Ideas."
Mr. Vest was educated at Center
College, Danville, Ky., an Institution
that has graduated forty-four college
professors, twenty-six congressmen,
four United States senntors, seven gov
ernors, two vice-presidents of the Unit
ed States, one Justice of the Supreme
court, forty-nine editors and thirty-
nine circuit Judges.
In the early fifties Mr. Vest married
Miss Sallle 8need of Kentucky. The
two set out for California, with never
a thought of becoming residents of the
Mississippi Valley. Tbe lumbering ve
hicle was not In good trim. A break
down occurred at a small village one
of the quaint, ugly, Irregular ante
bellum settlements of tbe new south
west. The place was Georgetown, and
there It was that young Mr. and Mrs.
Vest found themselves at the mercy of
a broken wheol.
While the stage passengers were
thus awkwardly waiting, an old negro
approached the young lawyer and BBk
ed his assistance. The black man ex
plained that he had a son who was
nccuscd of murder. Feeling against
the boy was very strong and the fath
er pleaded with the traveling attorney
to stop and lend his assistance. Mr.
Vest concluded to allow the stage to
proceed while he undertook the task
of helping the negro and his boy.
When the trial was over the boy was
acquitted. A mob was speedily formed)
the young man was taken from the!
Jail, and In a little while he was dead.
Because of his connection with this
case Vest was not particularly popu
lar; and for this reason, as much as
for any other, he concluded to become
'-
VEST.
a MIssourlan and stand his ground. He
at once began to secure a following,
and In a remarkable short time he was
rated as one of the Important lawyers
of the section In which he lived. In
sunshine and storm his sense of humor
has always been one of his excelling
qualities. As a candidate before the
people his speeches brimmed with
quaint story and allusion. In Wayne
county, Missouri, In the early seven
ties, when Vest was a candidate In op
position to a wealthy citizen, he sum
med up his claims In a few words In
one of his brilliant speeches. "The
gentleman who opposes me," be said,
"is a man of wealth and position. I
am only a poor, ragged, ex-Confederato
soldier. I ask for your support"
"One afternoon, driving along a
Washington street, he compared his
state of health to that of a certain an
cient negro.
"See here, Sam," asked the negro's
friend, "what's the matter with you?"
"Don't know, boss," said the old
darky, "but I think dat I am a-suffer-In'
wlf anno domino,"
lllut to fruit Men.
"I got a letter from a friend to
day," said an American who was born
In England, but wbo has beeen In this
country a good many years. "She
spent several weeks over here, and
when she was ready to sail for ber
borne In England again I saw ber off.
On my way to the pier I bought a big
banket of fruit, such as you can got
on any of the good class street fruit
stands. There were some apples, some
pears and a few things like that. That
was about three weeks ago. Well, In
her letter to-day sho tells me she took
most of the basket to ber home In
London and the family bad a great
treat. Tbe fruit was all sound and
splendid. Then she laments and she
says that ber family and frtends who
enjoyed the basket all lament their
inability to get such fruit in tbe Lon
don market Now, that Is Inexcusable,
you know. Where the fruit can be had
in such quantities here and so cheaply,
there Is no reason on earth why the
same thing can't be had In tbe Eng
lish market Undoubtedly there is de
mand there for It, and it seems to me
that some of our fruit merchants In
the fruit exporting business would de
well to look more sharply after tbe
business."
THH ElSITd,
New York City (SpeclnD.-Tbe dls-
plnyof dainty, expensive things for the
neck Is so Irresistible this season thnt
they seem to bo a positive necessity
TStt trmtoB ron the neck.
ns an accessory of every well regu
Intod outfit. Added to nil tho smaller
fancies In ncekwenr nro tho fichus
berthas of expensive luce, the llltlo
pelerines with long ends nnd the most
charming slk scarfs with applique luce
MODELS OP WASH TAILOR Q0WK3 SELECTED FUOM A RECENT IMrORTATldtt
on tho ends. Tho pretty fichu, shown
iu tho Illustration, which U repro
duced . from tbe Now York Run, Is
made of cream mousscllne do solo,
trimmed with black Chantllly luce nl
tjjrnntcd with groups of tucks. An
otllcf'flchuC very stylish, Is made of
chiffon In gathered frills separated by
jwvs of bct-liisertljii, run wltjj. bebe
rlTibbu. "This Is" uinde'ouTf shaped
foundation of the chiffon fitting tho
shoulders carefully. There are capo
collars of Venetian ntd Iteimlssnnce
lace; all sorts of Jabots, uiodi of luce
and chiffon; dututy collnrs of lawn,
trimmed with lnce; pretty, Inexpen
sive stocks of duck with narrow white
lawn tics; tics of wnsli net Mulshed
with Inoc-edgod ruffles, nnd little turn
down collnrs of India muslin, finished
with a narrow Insertion.
Utcful Clothing; Por Summer.
Having a friend at court enabled ns
to get u u advance peep at tho very
first Importation of wusli tailor gowns,
Just received by ouo of our most ex
clusive shops, Tho only trouble was
among so many beauties which to
cbooso to show you, says tho l'hlludcl
phlu Kecord. Tho two sketches hero,
however, embody several of tho new
est aud most dcslrublo of tho features
of theso gowus for this Benson. The
llrst Is iiiudo of kbakl, the mnnrtcst
and most exclusive of cottou stuffs for
this summer's tiillor-inades. Tho
rouud, dip frout, Eton jacket, with
very plain sleeve, is the very proper
est spring Jncket model. Tho rovers
are covered with nn applique of heavy
white embroidery, nnd a bund to
match heads tho circular rulllo on tho
skirt These circular rutlles nro still
la mode on tailor gowns of cither wool
or cotton, but only run across the sides
and back, finishing at each side of tbe
bos plait. Then, too, thoy do not flare
nearly bo much as Inst season, being
cut plainer, with a scarcely percepti
ble Hare. Tbe combination of the tan
ulsh yellow of the kbnkl and the heavy
white embroidery Is stylish In tho ex
treme. A white pique, cut with oue of the
new kilted skirts. Is showu In the soc-
Of fashion.
ond sketch, with heavy xvhlto Insertion
trimming the bodice. This Is also
very smart gown, Its trimmed nnd .
fitted bodice making It rather drcsslcl
than tho other one, although their
stylos do not conflict with one another.
ns they are designed for different oc
casions. While the Jncket suit may,
with perfect propriety, bo worn for
nny occasion where n wnsh gown Is
permissible, yet, ns has boon said, the
design of the other makes It mora
dressy nnd gives It rather less of gen
eral utility style thnn the jacket model.
Elesant t'ettlroat.
The womnn who drives need not
give up her petticoats, nnd, let fashion
take whnt whim she will, nothing can
rival tho soft "frou frou" of n sntlti
or silk underskirt, or the delightful
daintiness of while cumhrl and Vn
lenclonncf. When we wear n petti
coat now It Is of the most olnbornto
order, nnd hero brocade Is really
requisite. The most fantastic old
Wuttenu brocades, and oven satin
grounds with Horn I designs outlined
with pr.nno, nro utilized for tho under
skirt, with bright flounces trimmed
with beautiful luce, caught up with
rilibnus or held In place with dainty
headings and goffering.
IlluA Ktminel Itrncelat.
A pretty bracelet Is made of sky
blue, enamel, with hero nnd there a!
touch of gold, sometimes n more Una
of gold npitcnrlng. These are most be
coming to n fair nrm. But there Is lit
tle doubt that n white nrm looks Its!
whitest wlien n blnek velvet band Is)
worn at the wrist. This seems to em
phasize the fuirucss of tho pretty arm
and baud. .
A Pralty llnitlre.
A pretty bodice lo n gown Is mniUj
Eton effect lu black lnce Insertion nnd
ribbon, the jacket stopping nbous
three Inches above tho waist, tho Inser
tion being carried down to tho wnlot
lino like straps over tbe plaited t hlffoa
bodice of white worn uudernentb.
This stylo bodice has boon woru llill
wlutor, and Is very pretty.
The Inrilauensaula Cravat.
A waist without a cravat this sura
ruor is like tho play of "Hamlet" with
Hamlet left out. Ono of tho veiy
latest designs for n summer sill; shirt
waist ami Its cravat Is hero repro
duced. It Is of white foulard, tucked
l t U back nnd frout and slightly Mous
ing In frout over a nnrrow girdle.
Much of the stylo of this waist Is ob
tained from Its exceedingly stylish
double collar finished with rows of
mnchino stitching.
The Indlspeuxublo crnvat Is of white
foulard, with navy bluo polka dots,
aud Is tied In a four-ln-hnud kuot just
NEW sruuEu WAIST.
at the bust. Its very sharply poluted
ends ndd much to Its effect. A good
feature of this attractive waist Is that
its shield aud slock may bu made ad
justable nnd much variety obtained by
having several of different tluts and
denlgus,
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