THE WANINQ MOON.
O, silver sickle of the waning moon,
, Bending; above the wintry desert's woo
How mUthty la the hurveBt-liome of
dreams,
Wavlnn in silence fnr you here hoW-w!
The Muttering breath of sudden leaves, of
llowers,
Of forest streams, wafts softly out to
Ms weepiW nnd no laughter breaks the
silence
The vastly silence of thlno emplry.
Oppressed with passion and oppressed
with pleasure,
The throbbing world sleeps, tossing to
nnd fro;
O, sickle, what a harvest-home of visions
Lies dreaming, waiting for you hero
below!
D'AnnunzIo In Trans-atlantlc Tales.
Truth jrfThings. ;
i By Zelia Margaret Walters. J
Bobby traveled t'owly across the
lawn lugging a protesting bunny by
Its ears. Bobby's will and muscle pre
vailed, and the bunny was dragged In
to the playhouse. From thence short
ly arose the sounds of a struggle. Bob
by's voice came In wrathful com
mands, the bunny objected by scratch
ing furiously on the lloor, and at times
wee Margie added to the confusion by
a hysteric shriek. One louder than
the rest brought mother Hying to the
playhouse. The bunny bolted when
ehe opened the door, and Bobby
etamped his foot in rage.
"Well, Bobby, what's the matter?"
"I was trying to hitch the old thing
to my wagon, and he wouldn't."
"But you can't hitch bunnies to wa
gons. Don't you know, they Just
Jump along. They won't do at all
to drag wagons."
"Why, yes, mother, did you forget?
There's a picture In "my book where
four bunnio3 are hitched to a little
coach, and they're taking another bun
ny for a drive. And It Bays so In the
Btory, too."
"Yes, I remember that. But the
etory and picture are Just for fun. Bun
nies don't really do that."
"Isn't It true?" he demanded In aw
ful tones.
"No."
The answer plainly shook his little
world. He struggled for readjust
ment. "Isn't Beauty and the Boast true?"
"I'm afraid not quite," said mother,
distressed but conscientious.
"And wasn't he a prince turned Into
a beast?"
"No-o." At least not the kind of
beast you see In the picture."
"And Isn't Jack-'n'-t he-beanstalk
true, nor Hop-o'-my-thumb, nor -nor
anything?"
"The Btorles In the fairy book nil
mean something true," she consoled
him.
"I'll bet there ain't anything true,"
he stormed. "I s'pose it's Just a mnke
b'lleve story about the angel dear that
keeps watch beside me while I sleep."
"Oh, no, Indeed!' cried mother In
shocked tones. 'That Is true. You must
believe about the angels."
He kicked at the wagon In gloomy
silence. The reality of the angels
seemed to afford him little comfort
In the general wreck of things.
"Guess I'll go see Aunt Jean,' he
said at length. He was wondering If
all the jolly stories she had told him
were dust and ashes, too.
The Interview with Aunt Jean must
have been unsatisfactory, for present
ly he wandered away with the lag
ging fooasteps that betoken a heavy
heart. He could not go back to the
playhouse yet. Margie and the puppy
were too mirthful for his present
mood. The small grove that the sub
urbanites proudly called Highland park
seemed quite deserted, and thither he
turned bis steps. But another dis
quieted soul was pacing slowly down
the walk.
"Oh! Mr. Ellison," he cried, running
forward with delight.
"Why, It's Bob, isn't It! How are
you, old man?"
"Very well," said Bobby. Then he
stopped and shook his head dismally.
"Say, did you know Beauty and . the
Beast ain't true?"
.."Why, no, I hadn't heard. When did
It happen?"
"Mother told me Just now. Jack-'n'-the
beanstalk ain't Isn't true, neith
er. And nothing isn't except the an
gels, and they don't amount to much
for stories."
"It's too bad, old man, but it's got
to come."
"What has?" said Bobby, looking
about.
"The day of finding out how many
nice things aren't true."
"Oh! Say, she said he didn't turn
Into the kind of beast hi the picture,
Now If be turned into any at all, why
couldn't they have made a picture like
It What do they want to try to fool a
fellow for?"
"It would be hard to make a picture
of the kind of beast some fellows be
come." V-
There was a pause as the two walked
on down th path side by side. Each
seemed to be busy with his own
thoughts, and apparently - these
thoughts must have been about as dis
mal in one case as in the other.
By and by Bobby said:
"Mr. Ellison, where are you going?"
"Oh, nowhere .in particular," an
swered the man.
"Are you Just walking?"
. "Why don't you come to see us any
more?"
Mr. Ellison seemed to be Suddenly
recalled to his duty, for he increased
his pace. But Bobby clang to his hand
and trotted at his side.
"I've been very busy lately, Bob."
"You used to come every day, and
now you've stayed away a month, I
guess. I'm lonesome without you."
"Well, Bob, it's nice of you to miss
me."
Mr. Ellison had no comment to
make, but Bobby thought of a new
grievance.
"And the ones Aunt Jean told me
wasn't true, either. There was one, a
Jolly poetry story about Lochlnvar,
how be put the lady on a horse, and
they run away, with nil the relations
and the false craven bridegroom after.
But no one could catch them."
"Yes, 1'vo heard about that."
"And it was Just about common
people, no fairies nor anything. And
I thought It was surely true. And
when I asked her, she said, 'No,
young Lochlnvar Isn't true. He didn't
take the poor lady away. He left her
to the false craven bridegroom, and
her heart broke, and I thiuk she
died.' And then she put her head
down, and wouldn't talk any more,
and I came over here."
Mr. Ellison had stopped in the path,
and was holding Bobby's band very
tight.
"See here, Robert," he said in a
voice which sounded big and serious,
"are you making this up?"
"Why, no; that's Just what she
said," returned Bobby stoutly, per
haps a little hurt. "Just what she
did, too." Then he paused and added,
"Honest, cross my heart."
'But I thought she wanted the
other bridegroom."
"Why, everybody knows she didn't.
I guess you've forgot about It."
"I'm afraid I have. Say, Bob, I
want to see Aunt Jean, and I want her
to come over here. I must ask her
nbout something I forgot. Do you
think you can bring her?"
"Sure, I can."
"But, old man, you mustn't tell her
I'm here. It's a surprise you see. Do
you think you could get her to take
a walk without telling her I'm here?"
"Yes," said Bobby. "I found a bird's
est In those bushes yesterday and she
promised to como and see it. It will
be Just as easy as anything. 'Sides,
Aunt Jean always does what I want
her to."
"Lucky boy!" commented the oth
er with a depth of feeling which was
missed by Bobby.
Jean came In rather a listless mood.
When some one stepped out from be
hind the big oak she held her head
up proudly, and would have gone on.
But a low-spoken word made her
wait. Then they stood like two chil
dren tha.. did not know how to begin
getting acquainted. Bobby stared
frankly.
"Bob," said Mr. Ellison, "I forgot
to bring the box of candy for you and
Margie. Would you go tip to the cor
ner store nnd get some. Yes, spend
It all."
Bobby was off In a flash. When he
came back Mr. Ellison had been told
the thing he had forgotten. And Aunt
Jean bad learned something.
"Bobbert," she said, prisoning him
in ber arms for a minute, "I was mis
taken about Lochlnvar. It's true,
every bit of It."
"And she did go on the horse, and
her heart didn't break?" questioned
Bobby, wiggling out of her embrace.
"She went on the horse, and her
heart danced for Joy."
"And the poor craven bridegroom
wasn't even In the running," added
Mr. Ellson. Woman's Home Companion.
DEMAND FOR BA8KET WILLOWS.
Profitable Industry for Farmers to
Supply the Home Market.
Ninety-nine percent of the best grade
basket willow used in this country la
imported from Europe, according to a
Massachusetts manufacturer of high
grade furniture and basket ware, who
has Just submitted a statement to the
Forest Service. This firm uses the
best stock only, and is supplied entire
ly from France.
The fact is emphasized that the de
mand for high grade willow rods la
constantly Increasing and the supply
is falling short. European manufac
turers compete keenly for the best pro
ducts in their countries, and until re
cently only the inferior rods were
shipped to America, where they -have
been bought at three times the prices
quoted for Blmllar stock a few years
ago.
Uncle Sam is encouraging the grow
ing of high grade basket willow rods
in this country and has successfully
experimented with holts near Wash
ington. Select cuttings have been dis
tributed among farmers, with direc
tions for planting and preparing for
market. Particular attention is given
to selecting the varieties and strains
best suited to the soil where the plant
ings will be made.
At the present state of Increase in
the consumption of basket willows an
over-production under normal develop
ments is hardly possible during the
period of a man's life, or at any rate,
not during the life of a well regulated
willow holt, which may be from 20
to 30 years.
The demand for basket willows is so
great and the production so quick and
easy that hardly any other farm crop
can competo with It. The willow bas
ket Industry is far from having
reached Its highest point of develop
ment and the list of articles which
are now made nnd eventually will be
made out of willow rods Is practically
without limit.
The F.orest Service is prepared to
furnish Information to those who de
sire to plant and will also furnish free
cuttings for experimental planting.
Washington ' correspondence of the
New York Sun.
In the province of Pampanga, Philip
pine Islands, Bishop Oldham (Method
ist) has made a record this summer by
dedicating eight mission chapels with
in six days.
Charity's Way
By Vance Thompson.
OWER than all else Is London's charity casual ward; there Is one
LI only three streets away;
I "casual" Is stripped nnd
I . , ,1 rrM i
slice of bread; no drink not even water Is given him, a queer,
cruel privation. His bed is of planks In a stone cell. They
wniin him pnrlv. cIvb him cruel and bread again, and set him to
work. If he comes oftener than once In a month, he must "stay in" four daysj
In any case he must do a day's work by way of payment. He breaks stone
or picks oakum. The stones are worth less when broken than before. Oakum
In these days of Iron Bhips is of no use or value. The work is heart breaking,
because it Is empty and useless. In fact, the caBunl ward has been designed
for the purpose of keeping casuals away. In all London (as you know) only
11,000 are desperate enough to accept this hospitality; there are thrice as
many who prefer to walk the Btreets. They sleep under the arches, by the
riverside, against a dark wall
And in all the world there are no human nnlmals lower in degree. I know
Naples and the Genovan waterside and the Blums of Marseilles and many an
old-world town, but nowhere have I seen humanity rotted Into such ignominy.
There are things one can't say, and I saw thera. Only the worst are left in
this East End. Thousands upon thousands have been crowded out by the im
mense alien throngs of Israel. A dlluvlan Immigration. In addition scores of
he old human rookeries have been torn down, and the slum-dwellers have
fled, making new slums on the marshes of Walthamstow, In watery Canning
Town, ut Plalstow, Stratford, Leyton, Edmonton, nlways East. And they who
cannot get away are the weakest and worst. Unable to compete with the
sober and thrifty Jews, unable to fend for themselves in work of crime, they
have got to the bottom of life so low that official charity cannot reach them
humanity In its last stage, fit only to throw to the lampreys and the eels.
From "The Pent and Huddled East," in The Outing Magazine.
Europe Likely
Limit Emigration
Senator DllUnKliam, of Vermont,
13 constant and Iongcontlnued drain upon the rural population
from which class the great majority of emigrants come, and the
general prosperity which now prevails have produced a scarcity
of farm labor, and, It Is claimed, the agricultural industry is suf
fering In consequence. Because of this scarcity of labor tha
condition of those remaining at home has, to a degree, been im
'in
HEM
proved, but the general condition is causing mucn alarm among
land-ownors, and a strong sentiment against emigration has developed. A very
large proportion of male emigrants leave their native countries at a time when
they are liable to military service, and this constitutes a strong objection to
such emigrants. On the contrary, it is true that, in some parts of Europe
at least, emigration 1b not without its attending benefit, and this is recognized
and considered. For example, there is a decided tendency on the part of
aliens of certain nationalities to send back to their native countries a large
part of their earnings in the United States. The total amount of money thus
transferred each year Is enormous, and the greater part of it goes to countries
where It Is much needed, and therefore highly appreciated. Added to this Is a
desire on the part of nearly all the seaboard countries of Europe to build up
a merchant marine, and as the carrying of emigrants is in many cases essen
tial to the success of such enterprises the attitude of such governments to
ward emigration Is affected accordingly. These are the real forces that con
trol the situation In Europe today, and the trend of affairs indicates that more
attention and greater supervision of emigration on the part of the countries
most concerned will result.
f s$ &
The Craze for Pearl Hunting
By T. P. Oiddlnga.
WENTY years ago a pearl
T
dug clams. Mills stopped and the water was drawn from the mill
ponds that the people might get the mussels more easily. Pre
vious to 1895, according to the government report $300,000 worth
of pearls were found in Wisconsin Sugar River alone yielding
$10,000 before becoming exhausted. At that time river pearls
were not valued as hluhly as "Orientals." but now they are eager.
ly bought by Jewelers. Several years ago button factories were established at
various points on the Mississippi River. Men collected clams and sold the
shells to these factories to ba made into pearl buttons. Some pearls were found
and another craze soon started. Men flocked to the river from all walks of life
White men, red men, black men, brown men and women, all came, though after
a month of sun, wind and river-water coffee, racial characteristics were not con
spicuous. In the summer of 1902 It was said that 20,000 men were clamming on the
Mississippi and its tributaries. In the spring of the next year the rush was even
greater, but this did not last long. Owing to the overfishing of the previous
season the market was already overstocked and the price of shells had drop
per so low that by July comparatively few boats were at work. Many enormous
beds that were thought inexhaustible had given out, the shell buyers rejected so
many shells (only about a quarter of those caught were salable even at the low
prices then prevailing) that In the latter part of the season tho river was almost
deserted. From "Clamming, Along the Mississippi," in The Outing Magazine
No More Franchise Grafting
By Governor Hughes, of New York
HE State is the fountain of
& I pany in the State which is chartered by the State but whose
I I right to conduct its business comes from the State. Franchises
are granieu ior iae Deneni ui iu umzeuB ui ius otaie m umw
that they may have a fair, adequate, and reasonable service with
proper charges, and it is the business of the State government
to see that those who get tnese privileges exercise tnem acqora
lng to the intent of the law for the benefit of the people. The game of getting
something from the government to which a person Is not entitled, or a class
of people are not entitled, is a game that many men play. It Is a game that
has been played by too many. One of our great difficulties is that we have had
too many privileges granted carelessly by the government, too many men who
are anxious to get some privilege from the government without making due
return to the people. If there is anything that a man who depends for his
dally bread upon his dally work, who is saving little by little out of his earn
ings to build up a competency, if there is anything that that man should In
sist upon it is that we dal with every question with inexorable fairness, in
sisting upon deliberation, Insisting patiently upon the ascertainment of the
truth, so that no mistake shall be made and that everybody shall get that to
which he is entitled, and that no one shall profit from the government.
m 0 &
Let the Man Who
Does Wrong Suffer
By Lieutenant-Governor Chanler,
of New York.
HERE can be financial riots
I Let us have due process of law interpreted by Judges without
I I fear or favor, and executed in accordance with constitutional
ulciuuua. uci luv uui litu .unci as dccuii auu ua jjniauunujr
for their wrongdoings as the guilty poor, and the law will be bet
ter respected. Do not make the Innocent poor suffer for the
rich wrongdoer. The innocent holders of presumably honest se
curities should not be made to suffer a general and undeserved penalty because
of individual wrong that can be individually punished. Is it not possible to
punish directly the officer of the corporation who breaks the law instead of the
innocent public who have Invested their savings in the stock of the corpora
tion? If a bank cashier absconds with the depositors' money be is punished
when caught. Tbo depositors are not fined for his wrongdoing. Let the man
who does the wrong suffer the penalty without regard to his social, political,
or financial position, and laws will be respected and confidence restored.
Excusable. -
"I suppose," remarked the coy
widow, "that you are not an advocaU
of early marriages?"
"Oh, yes, I am," replied the scanty
haired bachelor.
"Then," continued the c. w., "why
Is it you are still a bachelor?"
"That's quite another matter," an
in London,
In coming into a stone-flagged room the
put Into a bath, while his clothes are
nnntn,.o.l "air II I ir" Ptlrl
to
craze started In Wisconsin. K .ry one
privilege. There is not a railroad com-
that end In lynching the wrong man.
swered the bachelor. "The only mar
riages I believe in are early ones,
because there is some excuse for
youthful follies." Chicago News.
. New York City is receiving a dally
average of 740 Italian immigrants, in
cluding those from Italy, Sicily and
Sardinia.
TEA.
Its Introduction Into England and Am
erica and the First Teapots.
.Inst wlin It In who Introduced tea
Into America is not recorded. Nor
can we name the yenr when tho first
Importation arrived. . On two points
only can wo be absolutely certain
that no teanot and not a single chest,
no, not even an ounce of tea came
over In the Mayflower when she sailed
tor these unknown shores.
Tea was Introduced from China In
to Japan as early as the ninth cen
tury, and the East India Company
first brought it to England, but In
such small quantities than an ounce
was considered a suitable gift for
rovaltv. Thfl first merchant who had
It on sale in England was named Oar-
way. He bad a Bhop in Exchange ai
lev where vou could buy tobacco,
snuff and tea made up into small
packages to be used for medical pur
poses or for gifts.
By 1600 tea waB pretty well known
In England among the wealthy and
fashionable. By 1CG4 it was on sale
at the coffee houses. Even in 1864
the cost was excessive, sixty shillings
a pound being the price. While tne
first use of this leaf was as a medi
cine, a German named Olearlus recog
nized its value as a beverage as early
an ir,.'!a. But manv there were who
vllllfled It, calling it "an Impertinent
novelty and the sellers ot it immoral
and mercenary persons."
In Boston tea was on sale by 1690,
and In 1091 there were two tea houses
besides those kept by Daniel Vernon
.ml nenlamin Harris. By 1712 it was
advertised In the Boston News Let
ter, and you could buy It from Zabdiei
nnitnn at his anothecary shop. The
favorite variety was green, but the
advertisement reads "green ana or
Hinara " Rntipn was the favorite, and
by 1725 it could be purchased in
apothecary, tobacco and dry igooas
shops as well as those devoted to
"small wares."
with fhe increased use of tea the
necessity arose for a vessel to pre
nnm it In hence the teapot. This ves
sel Is, I am sure, the invention of a
Wt itern mind. The Chinese usea to
and still prepare their tea in bowls
and drink it without the admixture of
any other material. They had to boil
their water, but this was probably
done in a vessel of copper or bronze,
In the working of which metals they
were abundantly skilled. There are
nnrinnt vessels with snouts made cen
turies ago by these people which are
to be seen In museums in tnis coun
trv nnd Furone. They are far differ
ent, however, from tho small objects
In which wo brew the cup that cneers.
Tt.o flrat tpqnnts made of pottery of
which we have authentic record were
potted by Elers Brothers at Stanora
shlre, England. They are small and
rod riar In Imitation of Japanese
ware. The Elers potted between 1690
and 1710, and while they were strug
gling with their pottery, In Saxony a
man named Bottcher, after arduous
labor succeeded in producing a tea
pot of porcelain In 1708. From this
time on millions have been turned out
In every country where pottery and
porcelain have been made.
The shapes followed the decline in
the price ot tea, and rose from the
small globe shaped, pear shaped, cone
like and oval teapots to the objects
of large size which were often seen a
decade ago forever simmering on the
back of the stove. N. Hudson Moore
In the Circle
Horse Beats B. & O.
The first locomotive on the Balti
more & Ohio had sails attached! So
did the cars. These sails were hoist
ed when the wind was in the right di
rection, so as to help the locomotive.
The rivalry between the railroads
using locomotives and those using
horses was very bitter. In August,
1830, an actual trial of speed was
held between a horse and one of the
pioneer locomotives, which did not
result In favor of the locomotive.
The race was on the B. &.O., the lo
comotive being one built by Peter
Cooper, who also acted as engineer.
The horse, a gallant gray, was in the
habit of pulling a car on a track par
allel to that used by the locomotive.
At first the gray had the better of the
race, but when he was a quarter of a
mile ahead Mr. Cooper succeeded in
getting up enough steam to pass the
horse amid terrific applause.
At that moment a band slipped
from a pulley and "though Mr. Coop
er lacerated his hands trying to re
place It, the engine stopped, the horse
passed it and came in the winner."
Van Norden Magazine.
The Decline of Bank Burglary.
Previous to 189G there was seldom
a year that the losses through bank
burglaries did not amount to $100,000,
and in a number of years the losses
amounted to several times that amount.
The decline o; professional bank burg
lary dates from 1895. In that year
the American Bankers Association
formed a protective comirilUee for the
extermination of bank burglar?, an.-f
a contract was entered Into with one
of the leailir. detective r.geTinla3 In
the country.
In 1895 the banks of the country
lost more than $200,000 through burg
laries. Of the 8,383 members last
year, having an aggregate surplus,
capital and deposits of more than $12,.
500,000,000, only four members suf
fered losses from burglaries, the total
loss' of theso-four members amount
ing to only $4,217. These four burg
laries were committed by yeggmen,
there not being a single professional
bank burglary during the year. The
extermination of these yeggmen is now
the chief work of the protective com
mittee. From the Van Norden Magazine.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Tears are not worth their salt
Many a dark secret never comes to
light.
Some people never foot a bill with
out a kick.
It's a good scheme to let others do
your bragging for you.
In casting slurs bo very careful that
they are not boomerangs.
Every girl needs a small brother to
take the conceit out of her.
The fellow who is pushed for money
Is seldom pushed to the front.
The finger of scorn may be depend
ed upon to come to the point.
Many a woman's Idea of being artis
tic is not to know how to cook.
Tell a man he looks like thirty cents
and be will hate you like Blxty.
When a man talks In bis sleep his
wife generally develops lnsomula.
The man who attends strictly to his
own business Is never overworked.
Many a man can't stand on his dig
nity without putting his foot in it.
Who says a woman can't keep a se
cret? She can certainly keep it going.
He who apes his betters only suc
ceeds in making a monkey of himself. -
Bluebeard's wives were not the only
women who lost their head over a
man.
The successful man nowadays Is the
one who gets somebody else to paddle
his canoe for him;
Some people are like electric buttons.
They'll not accomplish anything un
less thy are pushed.
It is a deplorable fact that one taste
of revenge Is sweeter than a whole
mouthful of forgiveness. From "Mus
ings of a Cynic" in the New York
Times.
BURBANK'S REAL MERITS.
How Readers Have Gained Impres
sions Unfair to Him and His Work.'
In this period of rapidly changing
conceptions and steadily broadening in
terests it is unsafe for a man to pub
lish his personal views concerning such
parts of the new combined science as
lie beyond his own experience. Of
course, he must have some conception
of the results and theoretical ideas In
the different departments, and the bet
ter he develops It the more It will aid
him In his own work. But whenever
publication Is not absolutely necessary
In order to show the concordance ot all
our biological knowledge with some
newly discovered principle, such concp
tlons must be considered as of person
al value only; otherwise their publica
tion may easily lead to a false appre
ciation of a man's real merit.
In some magazine articles and popu
lar books, the authors, heedless ot
these principles, have given rise to
much misunderstanding of the merits
of Burbank by a certain amount of
effusiveness and unconscious exag
gerating. In many of these cases it Is
evident to the scientific readers that
the author was not a scientist himself
and it remains an open question
whether the incorrect and sometimes
absurd statements must be Imputed to
the author of the article or to Bur
bank. The main impression, however,
has not been favorable to Burbank, es
pecially among eastern and European
readers. More than once, In personal
conversation, I noticed a certain doubt
as to the validity of Burbank's scien
tific ideas, nnd even as to his fight of
giving an opinion on scientific discov
eries. It became apparent to me that
much Injury had been done to the
reputation of a man who has contri
buted largely to the wealth of his na-'
tion and other countries, and who has.
In his lifetime, rediscovered and Intro
duced into American horticulture
many of the leading principles of plant
breeding which, though known in Eu
rope, were as yet unsuspected in
America.
In some cases, direct statements
have been made which have lessened
lessened
s merits"
f by the
a sclen- V
eallty it
the appreciation of Burbank's
by scientific readers, precisely
endeavor to give to bis work
tlfic significance, which in reality
has not. It has been contended, for
Instance, that Burbank overthrew thej
Mendellan laws, that he opposes the
theory of mutilation, that he has
proved the inheritance of acquired
characters, and assumes that natural
species originate by means of cross
ing. Everybody knows, however, that
he is not engaged in special scientific
investigations concerning these points,
and it is only natural that the conclu
sion has been drawn that he has no
right to pledge his great name in favor
of the opinions he Is reported to de
fend. Century. :
The Accommodating Spanish Cow.
It was the first cow we had seen In
Spain, and she had every right to be
the haughty creature that she was.
A girl led her about the plaza at
dusk, milking a thimbleful of the rare
beverage at the houses of the cus
tomers, and It 13 hard to say which .
of the three concerned was the most
proud the one who sold, the one who
bought, or the one who gave the milk.
S'no of the bovine race was decorated
with an old chenille-fringed curtain,
and, as though that was not enough
to boast of, pulled along the streets rt
very unruly but bouncing daughter.
The calf was tied to the tail of th
cow by a rope, and had already learn
ed the ineffable Joy ot hanging limy
and being dragged by her fond parent.
Fortunately, the rope was not !-"
long for disciplinary purposes, rn I
when exasperated beyond all poljf,
admonition, the cloven hoof of o
mother set daughter upon her f X
once more. Louise Closser Ha) J
Harper's.