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When London Bridge
Fell Down
A
LONG time ago England was ruled
by a young boy called Ethelred,
"the Unready."
The Danes came to conquer England
and had no trouble in taking London,
for, of course, the King was not ready
to defend it. Ethelred, who knew he
.was no match for them, was in de
spair and called for the help of all
good warriors..
Across the sea Norway was ruled by
young Olaf, "the Brave." who was al
ways ready. He had won a great vic
tory over, a fleet of the Danes when
he was only 13 years old.
When he heard Of Ethelred's trouble
he quickly got ready and steered his
ships over the seaand up the river to
London.
Just below the city Ethelred. who
did not know Olaf, met the strangers
and asked their business. Olaf made
himself known and offered to aid the
English. Ethelred gladly accepted the
offer and told Olaf that help was
greatly needed at Just that very mo
ment, as the Danes had taken London
and built a fort of stones and earth
and placed a large army at the fort
to protect It.
Olaf asked why Ethelred had not
tried to take the -fort, but Ethelred
said it was impossible to get near
enough, as the Danes had put soldiers
all along the bridge and these sol
diers threw down stones, spears and
arrows on all who ventured near.
Then Olaf asked him why he did
not pull down the bridge, and Ethelred
looked at him in amazement and asked
bow It was possible to do such a thing.
"I will show you," said Olaf, "if you
bring your ships by mine."
So Ethelred did so and ordered his
men to obey Olaf.
Olaf commanded the men to make
1 large platforms and to tear down any
thing, even houses, if they needed the
wood for the platforms. These plat
forms were put over the ships like
roofs and were held up by pillars. Un
der them the men were protected from
the stones and missiles of the enemy.
When all the ships were ready Olaf
commanded them to- move close to
London bridge. As soon as the Danes
saw the boats they commenced to
throw -t them and damaged some of
the ships so that they had to return.
But Olaf took the remaining boats and
went straight ahead.
When he was close to the bridge he
ordered stout cables passed around the
piles. These cables were passed twice
around the piles (which were made of
wood) and the ends were fastened to
the ships, which turned and pulled
downstream. They pulled harder and
harder, and the cables stretched tight
er and tighter. The Danes threw down
stones and all kinds o. things at the
ships, but still the men worked.
The piles commenced to loosen and
the bridge to sway. Suddenly the piles
gave way and the bridge fell with a
loud splash Into the river. Some of the
men on It escaped, but many were
drowned.
Then Olaf and all the soldiers, both
English and Norwegian, sprang ashore
and tool, the fort and drove the Danes
from the city.
So Ethelred won London back, for
which he always gave thanks to Olaf
the Brave.
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SONGSTERS OF THE SWAMP.
Did you think 'tvas a bird rvho sang so sweet.
In Spring at the edge of the bog?
Look close beneath the reeds and moss,
You'll find 'trvas just a frog.
ROSE POTTER.
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MRSEAWAbKER-. EORTO-lNTlCSilT
A True Story.)
URING the Revolutionary War
there lived on a farm near Phila
delphia a family named Randolph. The
father and two sons were soldiers in
the American Army and the mother
and little daughter, Anne, who was It
years old, took care of the farm.
Anne had a pet cow which her father
had given her when, it was a little
calf. She had raised it carefully and
it was so fond of her that it would
follow her all around the field.
When the English army was in Phil
adelphia some of the soldiers came to
the ' Randolph farm ami took Anne's
pet away. The little girl begged and
cried, but the soldiers only laughed at
her and rode away.
Poor Anne didn't know what to do at
first, but she finally thought of a
scheme. She went to the stable and
saddled her pony and then started off
to see Lord Cornwallis, the English
General commanding the British army.
When she got to the place where ha
was the sentry asked her what she
wanted. She told him she wished to
see the General and Insisted so strongly
that the soldier allowed her to pass,
thinking that she had important news
to tell.
Cornwallis and some friends were at
dinner when she rushed into the room.
He asked her who she was and what
she wanted.
She told him that she was Anne Ran
dolph and that his soldiers had stolen
her pet cow that she had raised. She
told him it was not right for them to
take what didn't belong to them and
that she wouldn't' steal anything of
theirs.
The General promised her that she
would have her cow back again. And
as she thanked him be took oft a pair
of silver knee- buckles and gave them
to her as a remembrance of him. He
told her to let him know if his men
bothered her pet again.
The next morning she found her cow
safe in the stable.
The buckles are kept to this day by
one of her grandchildren and are
proudly shown when the story of
Anne's pluck is told.
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"Fruits of Kindness
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Mary had a little lamb.
Who wouldn't go to school ;
He often kept poor Mary home.
Which was against the rule.
DELICATE WINGS.
A butterfly is one of the most beauti.
ful things in nature. It loves tbe sun
shine and enjoys it all day long as it
flies from flower to flower with its
lovely wings waving in the air. When
it rests it folds its wings over its back.
Many people think it fun to catch a
butterfly and hold it prisoner for a few
minutes. They think that they have
not harmed it because they soon re
lease it. But the butterfly suffers
greatly even in this way.
On the top of each wing there are
rows and rows of little feathers, about
two million on each wing. When the
Mary Etta's Brother EI1U
ART ETTA was a little" , girl 6
years old, and the only plaything
she had was a doll with one eye gone
and a faded pink dress as its whole
wardrobe.
Rosa (that was the name of he doll)
could not have been loved any better
by Mary Etta if she had been a beau
tiful French doll, and she was tended
with as much care as though she had
been a live baby.
Mary Etta's mother was a widow and
very poor; she earned enough to keep
herself- and Mary Etta from starving,
and pay for one little room in the'
top of a poor tenement-house by wash
ing and ironing.
One day in the Winter, Mary Etta's
mother was coming home from work
when the rain was freezing as fast as
it fell and her feet slipped and down
she went in the middle of a crossing,
and a driver could not stop his horses
and the wagon went over her leg.
They took Mary Etta's mother to
the hospital and late in the evening
some one found out that the poor wo
man had a little girl t home who was
probably crying for her mother.
One of the doctors went for Mary
Etta and found her crying in tbe cor
ner of a cold room.
. Of course the mother was not able -to
leave the hospital for a long time and
the room rent came due and Mary
Etta, who was . staying nights with
one of the neighbors, heard -the land
lord ask if there was any furniture
that could be sold for the rent.
"Where will we live when mother
comes home if you take the furniture?"
asked Mary Etta with wide open eyes.
"I guess you will have to sell that
butterfly is held in the hand these deli
cate feathers are bruised and rubbed doll; she ought to bring a good price
off and do not grow again. This af- as a relic," answered the haiH-hearted
fects the butterfly tbe same as pulling' man. ,
our hair out by its roots hurts us. Mary Etta did not tell her mother
The next time you see a butterfly that the furniture had been sold, and
remember this, and don't try to catch none of the neighbors had the heart
him. to tell the poor woman she was with-
THE MUD PIE BAKER
out a home, and, being poor and
ignorant, the pain had kept her from
thinking of anythig else.
One morning a few days 'before her
mother was to be sent borne, Mary
Etta, with her beloved Rosa clasped in
her arms, walked down the street to
the pawnbroker's shop.
There were tears in her eyes and ber
lips quivered as she stood on tiptoe to
place Rosa on the counter.
The pawnbroker was busy with a
young man wearing a diamond ring
of huge size, and he was holding in
his band a diamond scarfpin which tbe
pawnbroker was telling him was a
big bargain at the price he was offering
it for.
Mary Etta had pulled Rosa from the
counter for one last kiss, and It was
the kiss that made the young man look
down at the little girl beside him.
"What you doing in here, little oner
he asked. "Going to pawn that doll?"
"Yes, sir," sobbed Mary Etta. "I got
to have some money. Mother is com
ing home today."
The young man handed the pin back
to the pawnbroker, and sat Mary Etta
on the counter.
"How much do you want for the doll,
little one?" he asked.
"I want to buy a stove, and a table,
and a bed and a chair. I can sit on
the floor, but mother can't, 'cause she
is sick," Mary Etta replied.
"Her mother is in the hospital," ex
plained tbe pawnbroker, "and they
sold her out for the rent. We don't
take dolls here, sis," be said to Mary
Etta,
This was too much for Mary Etta to
bear, and she began to sob and hug
Rosa close to her heaving breast.
"Now, look what you've done," said
the young man to the pawnbroker, in
an angry tone.
"Don't you cry, little one," he said
to Mary Etta, taking ber in his arms.
"I'll buy your doll
SOME FACTS ABOUT CATS.
It is thought that the first cats lived
in Egypt. There. 2000 years ago, they
were household pets and were wor
shiped as superior beings. The Egyp
tians would not allow any one to harm
them, and If, even by accident, any
person killed a cat . he was put - to
death.
Once Cambyses. a Persian King, was
of Egypt there is a cats' hospital,
where sick cats are treated and where
any stray cats are fed.
When ' Syria and Palestine were
taken by the Romans in many houses
were found a "kato" or "kitt." We
get the words "cat" and "kitten" from
these words. The Romans carried
"kitts" to Italy, aid from there to
other parts of Europe. The Roman
goddess of liberty Is shown with a
cat lying at her feet.
In Spain grain is stored in attics and
there cats are well treated. In each
attic small ' doors for their use are
placud. They are given plenty of food
and milk and they ar allowed to roam
not employ any but the most satisfac
tory workmen.
LEGEND OP THE COWSLIP.
A long time ago the cowslip had no mained to be done.
CE there lived a very poor widow
ho had seven children. These
children ate so much that their mother
had to work hard an day and in the
Summertime late in the evening so
that they would have enough food.
In the Winter evenings she would
spin and weave shirts for her little
ones. Each one had only one shirt
and when he had outgrown this it
went to the next smaller child. By the
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est child it was worn very thin.
The baby of this family was a good
little fellow four years old. He was
fond of flowers and animals. He was
never cruel to animals, but always
treated them kindly and protected them
Now, In the early Summer the shirt
ne naa was so badly worn that it feu
to pieces and he had to go around
wnnout one.
One day in the woods he met a lamb
who asked him why he had no shirt
on. The little boy answered that his
uiutner tuuia not maae any Bmrt until
.next Winter, and then his oldest sister
would have the new shirt and he
would have to be satisfied with, his
brother's old one.
Then the lamb remembered how kind
the child had always been to him and
he said: "I will give you some wool
to use for a new shirt." So he gave
the boy some wool off of his back.
As the boy passed by a bush, the
bush asked what the wool was for.
When it heard that the child was going
to have it to make a new shirt, it took
the wool and passed its thorny
branches to and fro and carded the
wool nicely.
Next the boy met a spider who sat
in the middle of a pretty web. The
spider took the carded wool and spun
a beautiful piece of cloth, which the
child took and carried carefully.
As he passed by a creek a crab took
the cloth from him and with his great
shears cut out a shirt to fit the little
boy. Then the sewing was all that re-
blossoms. She wanted to have them
but she didn't know how to bloom, so
she had to be satisfied with her dark
leaves.
After the Summer she fell asleep and
was tucked in close and warm by her
mother. She slept quietly for some
time but one night woke up and com
plained of not being warm enough.
Then her mother put over her a gay
blanket of leaves and the child slept
BIRD Of PEACE
I N-.Japan the. heron' Is th inesseni
Ber )f 'peace.. On' its .'wing, the
. twilight ptnes. -.; The heron bears
, the- -lileepy" time -from out the' Sand-man-land
Dear Jizo" whispers - iti
-the heron' ear, .hie messages 0r lit
tl fopw, who -play -within the. gardens'
of. the. land of -rice' and tea The little
Indiana- who Jived long 'ago' W.Tlorida'
call it the sunshine 'bird, and bird cC
Joy, bftcaHsjs-hetf athe;mrd-'is. happy
it performs A naming dancer
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The little boy did not know how he
would set the shirt made before Win
ter, as his mother was too busy to
make it before then. But he heard &
little bird singing up in a tree and the
bird flew down and took the shirt.
Then he got a thread and, taking it in
INVENTED IN PAST 85 YEARS.
I Pianolas.
3 Harvester.
3 Areoplanea.
4 Motorcycles.
0 Cash registers.
6 Pneumatic tires.
7 Pneumatic tubes.
8 Adding machines.
0 Gas engines.
10 Klnema color.
II Maxim silencer.
33 Safety matches.
33 Moving pictures.
14 Automatic typewriters.
15 Color photography.
.16 Electric cooking utensils.
IT Pneumatic mailing tubes.
IS Gas mantels.
39 Automobiles.
20 Carpet sweepers.
21 Photo-engraving.
23 Smokeless powder.
23 Asphalt paving.
24 Electric lighting.
25 Wireless telegraphy.
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his beak, soon bad the shirt neatly
sewed.
The little boy was very happy then
and he put his shirt on quickly and
ran home to show his brothers and
sisters, who admired it very much.
I'm a jolly baker!
Come around and buy.
Buns or bread or cake or
Oingersnaps or pie!
I sell you twenty
Cookies for a pin,
Or an awful plenty
Puddings in a tin!
I will sell you muffins
Made of mud-cake dough!
Full of rocky stuffin's
But of course you know.
I am only cheating!
You are far too wise
To believe in eating
Hot mud pies!
right now and get the place ready for
mother. I guess I won't wear the
sparkler." he said, pointing to the
scarfpin the pawnbroker held in his
hand.
The young man carried Mary Etta in
his arms all the way to the house
where she had lived before the land
lord had sold the furniture, and learned
the whole story 'from the woman with
whom Mary Etta stayed nights.
Did Mary Etta lose her doll? Not a
bit of it. The young man had a home
and needed a housekeeper, so Mary
Etta's mother was brought to his
house from the hospital In an automo
bile and a fairy could not have made
Mary Etta happier than she was when
she proudly showed her mother her new
home.
Mary Etta was taken to a store be
fore she went for her mother and fitted
out with new- clothes, more than she
had ever owned in all her life put to
gether, and when the young man
wanted to buy her a new doll she told
him she'd rather have a new dress and
a hat for Rosa than a new doll.
"That is the kind of a girl I like." ?
said the young man. "Stick to Rosa,
even if she Is old and battered. Be
sides that, you would never have
known brother Bill if it hadn't been
for Rosa.
"Who is her asked Mary Etta.
"I am brother Bill, little one," re
plied the young man. "We are brother
and sister from this time on, and we
are going to bring mother home."
(Copyright, 1914, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate, New York City.)
fighting against the Egyptians and, undisturbed over the roofs of the city,
knowing his enemies' feelings toward Here In America the United States
cats, he had each of his soldiers carry Government keeps several hundred
a cat instead of a shield. As the Estvd- cats to a-uard the mail baers from the
and we'll start flans wouldn't harm cats his army was ravages of rats and mice and so pre-
safe.
The Egyptians no longer regard the
cat as sacred, but cats there are pro
tected and well cared for. In one part
vent valuable mail from being de
stroyed. 'The cats are well fed and
they work industriously or they would
not be kept, for the postal service will
FOR A BALL OP CORD.
A little brass holder for a ball of
cord costs $1. and at one side of
the holder is a small pair of scissors
securely fastened. This would be a
great convenience on the desk or on
the kitchen shelf.
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Merrily we roll along.
My big round hoop and me;
Up and down the sunny streets.
We frolic gay and free.
again. But soon she woke once more
and shivered again.
Then her mother covered her with a
white blanket and she slept soundly
for many weeks.
One morning In May she heard all her jnventor.
companions underground rustling and 1
whispering as they woke up. Soon she . . .
heard a bird sing and to hear him bet
ter she lifted her head above the
ground and there a yellow sunbeam
caught sight of her.
She was so happy to see the robin
and the sunbeam that she laughed low
and sweet and. to her surprise, she
stood in full bloom, having become a
sunny-hearted flower.
She was so modest that she hung her
head and now all cowslips do the same.
But every Spring each of the family
laughs itself into bloom when it hears
the birds sing and sees the bright sun.
1ST MEMORY OF BINYA.V.
Over 200 years after the death of the
author of "Pilgrim's Progress" a me
morial window for him has been placed
' in Westminster Abbey.
It cost somewhere near $6000. and
this amount was subscribed by lovers
of the famous story. The window was
recently handed over to the dean and
chapter of the abbey.
The window is elaborate and shows
scenes from the "Pilgrim's Progress."
The chief pictures being:
"Christian's Meeting With the Evan
gelist." "His Admittance at the Wicket Gate."
"His Deliverance From the Burden of
Sin at the Foot of the Cross."
"Piety, Prudence and Charity Har
nessing Him With Armor."
"Fight With Apollyon."
"Vanity Fair."
"Crossing the River to the Celestial
City."
These center panels are 20 feet high
and six feet wide. Around them are
arranged pictures of less important
events in the story, the first of these
showing Pilgrim's wife and family try
ing to persuade him not to make the
journey.
The window also has a picture of
Bunyan. The inscription at the bot
tom of the window is:
"In memory of John Bunyan, B. 1628.
D. 168S. 'Pilgrim's Progress."'.
TEDDY BEAK IS TWO-FACED.
Oh shame! Oh horrors! Who ever
heard of a Teddy Bear being two
faced? Now let anyone who ever did
arise and be counted. Not an answer
is heard. Here comes a toy that is a
two-faced Teddy Bear, but there is no
reflection intended on the honest open
countenanced Teddy Bears to which we
have been accustomed. The toy is sim
ply made for the amusement of young
sters who may get tired of looking on
the familiar old phiz and long for a
change.
Louis S. Schiffer. of New York, Is the
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