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STORY OF FRANZ
PETER SCHUBERT
LONG tiuie ago there lived lu VI-.
J. tnu a schoolmaster named BchU
bert who wa very poor and hl
J large family of children, la the Winter
i of 1797 anuther kid who wae named
Franz Peter, waa born to th. school
nuttr and bis wife.
Franz started to go to school when,
ho was about year old and begaa
study musia a couple of years later, His
tcat:hsr discovered that Frana already
knew quite a bit about music, although
be had had no teacher.
-Vh-n the buy wa Questioned he said
that a playmate of hU who vu an
Mr.rrriti,-A in a Diana factory naq a
lowed hint to go into the factory one
time. The little boy had found the
room where the piano were and had
IU-kel out exercises on the keys,
After thia Ue had visited the factory
at every possible chance and had
taught himself many thing In music.
After Franz had studied singing fer a
little while hi teacher told Mr, tc1iu
bert that he thought Franz knew almost
as much about music as he. Mr. 8ohu
bert waa very anxious for his son ta
sins in the choir In the Emperer'a
church. It was a great honor to be a
member of this choir. Each one had to
pass a difficult examination in music
and then go to a special school where
singing and music were taught.
Franz studied very hard and at II
years he passed the examination. When
the other boys first saw him they made
fun of his poor clothes, but whan he
started to sine everyone listened In
wonderment at the beautiful voice.
One day his master found some music
that Franz had composed. When he
aw it he decided that the boy should
have every advantage, and the best
teacher in harmony that it waa pos
sible to get. His teacher found Fran
a good pupil, but could not teach him
much that he did uot already know,
Franz stayed In the choir Until ha
I J K A I
1 i A
v LI w - t
JAPANESE FAIRY STORY
ALONG time ago there lived in
Japan a childless old couple who
were very lonesome. So they bought a
dog and petted him just as much as
they would have petted a child.
They named him Shiro. When they
had good things to eat they always fed
him first and they made him a bed as
sort as their own. Now he was very
grateful to these people for their kind
ness and in return he would go with
the old man to bis work; at wood
chopping in the daytime and at night
would guard the house.
Next to these two good old people
there ive4 ft very disagreeable old
eouple who hated the dog and kicked
him r threw Ptones at him whenever
be went near them.
One day Hhinj barked so hard that
the good 0(4 nian went to see what was
the matter. When the dog saw his
master he ran and, pulling his coat,
dragged the man lip to a larga tree
where there was a great he)a dug,
Bhlro began to bark loud and ta dig
deep, so the old man decided to see
what was the matter.
Ha got a hoe and when tte had. dug
down a little with it he found ft PPld
piece. He was greatly astonished aa9
kept on digging. 6oon he oama to ft
large pile of money. Then he caHed hjs
wife and they managed to carry the
gold intq the house,
i 1 w n 1 1
Maudie and Her Chickens
TOYfcAMD HAPPENING.
N Ox ONE in all this great round
world. .
I'm sure has ever beard
A big or little dolly speak
A naughty, angry word.
And never has a dolly put
- Its nose so out of Joint
3y being cross, its nose was bent.
Quite crooked pear the point.
Of course, a dolly never says,
"If I can't have roy way.
Then I won't like you any more.
And I don't wish to play!"
If dollies did or said such things;
Were bad, instead of nice,
Kind mammas wouldn't buy a one,
No, not at any price.
But dollies they are always good;
They never pout and cry;
And everybody loves them so.
And now I've told you why.
B. B. GRIMES.
I strolled through toyland late pne
They npw had enough tq keep then I Xla thra j mw a funny sight;
e rest of their Uvea, and to everypne t gpidier brave and very bold.
With faee tnat was so Piera uu
any
the
thev told of the cleverness of Bhtre.
Not long after this the next-doo
neighbor asked to borrow the dog, and
though his master knew haw the mm
hated the animal, ha was too polite ta
refuse the request.- So the neighbor
took Shiro home.
When he reached home he, &n4
wife took a hoe and went to a tree in
the garden which was like the one in
the good man' garden. He pressed the
dog's nose down Into the earth and the
dog commenced to dig. The man was
HiiirhtRd and. Dulling; the dog away,
uold.
He left his base and marched away,
And as he went I heard him say;
"I'm off to war, ta war I go;
In battles I will fight the foe."
His sweetheart was a doll forlorn,
Who wished she never had been
born, ,
And cried! "I will most lOHely be.
Please, please, come back and
stay with me!"
The soldier sadly shook his head,
And very tenderly "he said;
I have to do my duty, dear,
Vieia don't f.r me have
fear,"
And then clown, who happened
near,
Pegan to dance and act quite
aueei'.
And then be most politely ald;
"Vour soidier boy i niade of
leaJ.
And if he t.appenf to get shot,
I, dc n't thln' it will hurt a lot.
He'll jump right up apd flt,-ht again.
They are so brave, these soldier
men !"
, WILLIAM A,
... . .,. tii, who he besran to dig. To his disgust ne .., h h1 heanVniade t money
uncles and ftunts and first cous.ns. """ " " . , V 1 . r,"Zl could And nothing but black mud, and went to ! - :erTain case when he received fro,
.l' brief nause after this ransom. I am often beautiful and some-
wa,I6. Tb.o his voice lost much uMU ..pinion. Then the tiny voice p.pea -
dems, and have been frequently cap-
"Welir
"Was that Qodr
A Puilo or Two
aweet tone and he could pot reach the tip again, but very softly
iiic-h notes. After this he taught In hia "Mamma!"
father's school, but did Put Uka the
work at all. As soon as schpol was
ver. Instead of going with hia friends
In their pastimes, he hurried, to the
atudy of his music.
i .,t kiu hAut nfrm,iKit itnfl written
In early life was a mas. in K, This was WKCWAJ.lt.Afc rVMLE.
lirst played in a large church, whera Tha foJlowlpg mechanical terms also
among those presept was bin old desiguat parts ot the human body and
teacher. The old man was greatly soma article of it apparel;
pleased at this work of Ms bright pu- j. part of an ftrch. 9. A kind ot
piL Joint. I. A eap over the end of pipe.
The busiest year of Frans' whole lire 4. certain fittings ai ne enq w pi
counsellor on the opposite side a has
tily scribbled note, which read:
"Garrow, submit; that tough old
lade will never prove a tender made."
tured by savages.
LETTER PUZZLE.
By adding the same letter In each asked the neighbor
case, change: '
1. Latest into smallest.
2. An automobile into a trouble.
3. A weight into a sound.
4. A brother or sister, of same age,
Into a string.
of course was very wis-i. . . t th od m
He took the hoe and began 10
Shiro. He hit the , dog hard that the 0.
poor animal was killed man wjn blew the aghe, M pVer th8 gar-
buried him and wtlf'l .ea nd ,nt0 everybody's eyes. TbU
Shlro s master u - - - thftt tha
ask?1 orVlVZl S3S? People took the bad man and put him
with the dog and was calmly iniormeu pr.aou -"'""" A ,,
ghbor that the 4oiw.- ---- -- - - had tl)(J ain and lrl.no.
lor me suims v - . January 1, jnoa Lincoln s
January in Hitory
January 1,1801 Union of Great Brit-
by the nei
and gave as
a reason
that the dog was a nuisance. " 7 ,ll , thom. Hon proctamat.o...
. . 1 11.. eolr Ax rrnHHflLls LI1B,L Iiau uoo -
The master leu very oaui, t. ... to the end
r-, Musical
CovpJE
nv SiSter -1 rVCAl- Shtj3&4 -frit vThoTf
Hb4nd-on In Mtfr
To converse into to defraud.
Anger into a garland.
hand;
My second Is not auite so soon;
Iy thir4 will make up for an evil dee4
done;
When fate, my fourth, good, 'tis a
boon.
My fifth's an Invention, without which,
this screed
J'm sure yeu'd be unable to read,
A Few Matters of Law and
Laughter.
r.tLTos bony? Hrwa, informed On these they lived happily to
7. . - w i a j n tha tree. So or meir long v.
5 Absence of food !ntO abundance "J" The tree.
of food. UB. " .k. n-rried it
home. From the wood of It he started
. at.r.t a tub In which he could
. ... ,ob. ,.k to offer to the dog's spirit.
, M , .Thi was what the Japanese did when . CCOKDING to legal records, a de-
My first you delight to feel on VtnefaL Vied.). AZ P an attorney Wh8e
Ha and his wile etaneu iv - - ciient was cauea upon 10 njr
cake and put in a handful of flour. a fof g, borrowed soup tureen said to
their surprise it grew more and more beeB r)iturnei in a damaged con-
vntll the flour more than filled the tub, dulon wftg briefed under three heads,
The dellebted old couple made marfy as (olll,Wg;
pakes and put the nicest ones away as ..There Bre three points of defence:
an offering. The others they ate and p,rfti wa contend the tureen was brok-
found them the finest cakes they had whejj we Teeelvej U; second, that It
ever tasted, was In perfect condition when we re-
Viben the neighbor learned of thia turned lt- and that we never had
' ' .T7- if.
emancipa-
of Port
January i. 1906 Surrender
Arthur.
January 3, 1911 Postal savings banks
opened.
MAUDIE RJSCKFT 88, although but 12
years old, had made up her mind
that she waa going to college when she
was grown up and study medicine. If
she had to earn the money to pay for
her tuition.
There was a good college for women
only a few mile away from the town
where she lived, and her father told
ber If she eould manage to earn and
save enough to pay for her books and
carfare be thought he mlKht be able
to do the rekt. but he smiled while he
talked to his little daughter, she spemrd
to young to be talking of collego work.
One tieturday afternoon Mr. Keck
fuss brought a carpenter home with
him. and together they built a sood.
strong chicken-house and the next Sat
urday they fenced off a larue part of
tha very large garden at the back ot
the house. ,
Then ha began bringing chickens
homo for number of evenings until
there was uulle a flock. One morning
be said: "Now, Msudle. you have 'a
starter for your college money'
Maudie waa astounded. rhe had
never guessed that all those chickens
were for her, but such was the caio.
Her father gave her ft book entitled
"How to Care for Chickens." Maudie
thanked him, but somehow or other,
although she 4ldn't ear so, she didn't
feel one particle pleased, It seemed such
an undertanking.
She hoped to earn money In some
way or other; she didn't know in just
what way, but chiukeue noisy, cluck
ing, crowing chickens!
However, she read her poultry book
carefully and fed her feathered flock
and gave them nice, elean water in
their pan twice every day.
After a few weeks the hens began
to lay and as Mr, Heckfuss had bought
very fine hens, the eggs were beauties.
'Twas Springtime and the eggs ac
cumulated very fast. One day her
"Maudie, are you trying
to sell the eggs? I see there are sev
eral dozen. They will aoon bo getting
stale."
"Oh. father." cried Maudie. "you cer
tainly don't expect me to go around
from door to door peddling eggs! I
thought you would buy them from me."
"No, my dear, I'm not going to buy
the eggs from you." end her father,
"and I do not expect you to find cus
tomers, and I will be very much disap
pointed lu you If you're not going to
start right now and learn how to be ft
business woman."
Maudie pouted, then she was forced
in a
rem tha father said
DOG DREAMS
The dog curls up behind the stove.
And soon goes fast asleep.
Yet (n hia dreams he seems to rove
Through Iiel4 an4 upland steap.
He gives a little muffled bark.
That sounds so far away,
I'm sure he's off on some great lark.
Just a he goes by day.
H dreams he's near the 'pOBSum'a
hole. . ,
Then wakes with a yelp and sneeze,
And when he sees his emptied bow)
' He starts to hunt for fleas.
' R. P,
was In 115. In this time he wrote s. A circular holo In flat bar. . Pro- THB pLEASAMT HA1X,
nearf.v a hundred tender songs, besides Jesting strip on ft board. T. Cogs of The pieasant rajn ft way has found
comipsing a number of operas, eyru- wheels, I. A cylinder slipped over two To fR , gently on the ground
I 7a;: ' vd -ji
Solution to apple vvzzle.
T
I
' 'There's too much noise In this court
room," announced an irate magistrate
one morning whep a heavy doeket had
crowded the hall of justice, "The court
has already committed four prisoners
Without hearing ft word of the testi
mony." f
"You are to be executed for your
crime," said the Irish Judge to the
prisoner at the bar; "I Vst It will be
a warning to you."
"What's tha charge?" asked the Mag
istrate. "Ha stole my Pig. Tour Honor," said
the plaintiff.
"Have you any witnesses?" asked the
Magistrate.
Th nlaintiff produced three men.
Whn Vo o'Co a Gv.de'l3rriV
5ac4 . fern . " t AlWW
la. tone n cxtVa pai- e 'Gli
,S&t PaoI- ' 3&v- Pcirnrrivu-.hN
I fake. .-t(tm ov -Trie
oves
January 7. 1715 Death of Fenelon. to admit to herself that ber father
January 8, moBattle of New Or- was right. The next day was Satur-
lean. day, so after she and their man-of-all-
January 8, 1904 General Gordon died, work had tidied up the chicken yard
January 10, 1840 English penny post, she took ft basket well filled with the
January 12, 1519 Maximilian L oiea. eggs anq aiariea out.
Dhontes and sacred pieces. pieces to pom u - " Jt doesn't nun me smauesi nower, - . ,h. tllh tn m.ka Tne piaintm primuiw
Mu of th" muio he wrote was for flat parallel Piece, holding something , mH B,ad ther9.s Deen a ,hqwer, he wanted to borrow t" whQ gwor tnat thejr ,aw the defendant
between them. II. A Hat ring r.
roundlna- something, 11. A. V-shaped
bpening. 13, A kind of roof.
It seems to fall so straight and true,
A if it ha some work to do.
NVUBRIOAL JBMMJMA, As If each raindrop knows Just where
To one-half of tnoon. add two-flfthi of It ought to go to do its share.
earth.
To this result add one-fourth of dove.
Then oast tn ono-flfth'pf mirth.
And tha whole ia ft mo w U love.
aiupui,
I gm black, white, red. brown r ye-
Chorus LadyHonest to goodness,
Rosemary, I'm, afraid Cupid will have
poems that particularly pleased him.
Sum f the best Oefmaa writers,
among these Goelhe, were the authors
of some) of these poems.
The Cfarmans knew very little about
Schubert until an admirer of his. who
waa a public singer, began to sing
Schubert's songs. He zang thera at al
most every concert, an4 before long thl
people, began to appreciate them.
Schubert never made many friends
ana waa always very poor. He never
waa Invited to rlay before royalty, lie ,ow j ara iQng or short; thlcltqihljnjM
never reovived beaulilul presents aut4
he aaklaui pla4 at coucerta UI ... ...... aetin in i i l
did not botlier him and he lived a satis
fled unsetfikh life.
When he dld. a4 the early age of $1.
he was burled lu Vienna, near the rest
ing place i'f Moxart and Beethoven.
-Uhure he rests there is an imposing
tnonuuicat iu hia memory.
Some of his best known works are!
-Too Wanderer s Night Song." "The
Pilgrim. -Prayer Before the Battle,"
: "Ta Wanderer." "Ileag Koses and the
Clumber ou,."' Itidvs these tie wrote
o.Ver.nBB w stel the pig
kind people mougm "But I have 14 witnesses who didn't
"wV;; thy we'ntU get th. tub back the pig.'! announced the
th. man informed them he had chopped e!?' counted busily.
It up an4 was now oum.ng ,t ..-w... .h. ha aid when "he had
a . r I V. m. AA Vl 1 0 h.PAUU WD6B . v " - - -
Jiew Method of Attack.
A .ma out of it.
Bhow Girl Han your feller felt tno uhlrp-a master felt badly at this, but
affects of Cupid'e ehafta yet, QueenieT , ma th aha. This re.
quest was granted and he topic nomo v. o .
a basketful of them.
When he got home he went (nto the
srarden and scattered eom Of them
around. No sooner had ho 4on. this PPOBpeots In a pending ease.
than two 0o witnereu irCo. a "Xf,t," said his fellow counsel,
he purthe7.o; 7;i.i;r. 01 n victona.
"In this country the majority rules,"
ha announced. "The prisoner 1b dis-
January IS. 1825 Slavery abolished In
Mexico.
January 17, 1706 Benjamin Franklin
born.
January 19, 1807 Robert E. Lee born.
January 20, 17S3 England acknowl
edges United States.
January il. 1791 .Louis XVI. beheaded.
January 22, 1901 Death of Queen
January 26. 1788 First settlement In
Australia.
Oh, how she blushed and hesitated
at the first house where she rang the
bell! A very cross old man cam. to
the door.
Maudt. felt dreadfully discouraged,
and she walked past a number of
bouses, not daring to ring the bells,
until she reached a lovely green lane.
Here ehe sat down under a tree.
There she sobbed as if her heart would
break. Presently she heard footitepa
and an odd, cracked voice saying: "You
poor, dear child! You nave all tne
worm I - -men jaauaie
much that wee never puoiianvu.
Wv;Uo wruiug the musiu (or oga
he CMtupoae4 some of the finvst instru
mental iuuitf we have eves had. One of
these, the Sereuade, is the peer of all
the many ire-adej that have ever
beea w ritten.
The Last rl.
Kansas City titer.
A little gill traveling ia a sleeping
car with hor pareute greatly objected
to being put in an upyc berth, dee
was assured thai vV. mamma and
Ood mould watfh over her. She was
settled In the berth at last and the
passengers were quiet tor the night,
when a small voice piped:
"Mamma!"
"Yes, !ear."
"You there?"
"Yes. I'm here. Now go to sleep."
"Papa, you there?"
"Yes. I'm here. Go to sleep like a
good girl."
This continued at Intervals for some
time, until a fellow passenger lost pa
tience and called:
"We're all here! Tour father and
mother and bothers and sisters and
Wa have Justice on our side," said
one Supremo Court practitioner to an-
. 4.,iap 4 Yi jiUpiiKRlAn nf their hnrn.
w ;- nlft.
JUIIUU1 ) " , J u .
but
trouble in the world!" Then
January 26, 1837 Michigan admitted, stopped crying and looked up, ana saw
January 87, 1859 German Emperor the oddest-looking llttl. old woman
oorn. Imaginable. Somehow or other she
January 28, 1909 Cuba Independent, gained Maudie's confidence and she told
January 29, 1843 William McKlnley her all about her wish to go to college.
out sne must earn anu m ..a
and A cherry, burst into th. most beau. what wa Want is the Chief Justice.
tiful blooms. When he saw tnia na
put the rest of the ashes carefully The famous English Counsellor Gar
awajr j-ow was en. day trying to get from an
January 30, 1649 Charles I. beheaded.
January 31, 1798 Vaccination discovered.
There is a town
Of much renown.
And there I love to stray.
Upon a street
So trim and neat.
And spend a happy day.
I've lots and lots
Of building- blocks
Ar.d I'll make my city grow:
I'll make a wall.
With arches tall.
Through which my toys shall go.
W. A. K.
APPLE pi'ZZLIS.
tne axe
Shortly after this a stranger came elderly woman witnessevidenee that a ho.pital orderlies
to th. old man and begged him to bo . r-r -. i .
with him to bl master's house, where
there was ft cherry tree which they had
tried to revive, but had not been able
to do so. ,
The old man went, carefully carry
ing some of the precious ashes. When
h rea?h.e4 the wUhere4 tree he climbe4
up nearly to th top of it and over it
he threw some of the ashes. Tha mo
ment these ashes touched the tree it
began to bloom and tne blossoms were
even prettier than those that had been
on it before.
The owner of the trefl could not do
enough for the old man. He gave him
presents of cloth and jewels and money,
and had a splendid feast in his honor.
When the bad neighbor heard of this
he was so jealous that he hardly knew
what to do. After a little while he de
cided to see what he could do 'with
ashes, so he took X basket of them and
went Into the street, calling: "I am the
famous old man who makes old trees
blossom."
The rich man's servants thought that
he might amuse their master, so they
took him home with them. When the
rich man saw him be said: "This must
be a pupil of the man who cured my
tree." Then the bad neighbor said, "No,
the man you speak of was only one wlto
copied after me."
At this the rich man decided to let
i the bad neighbor entertain him, so they
This little boy is bobbing for an apple. See If you can get it by
putting together the black pieces.
amount or she couldn't go.
The little old woman pondered for
a while; then she said: "Child, did you
ever hear of crazy Maggie, who wae
always following tha rainbow after a
Bor and Girl. In Vienna, Austria, under Iot of gold?" "Xes, yes. answered
ie axe of J, have been ordered to serve as Maudie.
1 am tne one ioiks can vruj
Maggie,' but I have always felt sure
I would find a pot of gold. I haven't
foupd it yet. but I believe I will do so
soon."
Maudie listened and the more ehe
listened the more she saw tho real
value of her chickens, and by th. time
the odd little woman had finished talk
ing she was ready to start out again
to try and sell the eggs.
On looking sround she aaw a large
white house, quite a distance down the
lane. "I will try there," 'she said to
herself.
When she reached the house she saw
a sign, "Children's Hospltsl." Then she
remembered that the building had been
finished, being built at Christmas time.
Hha walked up to a young nurse who
was wheeling a sick child around the
grounds in a rolling chair, and showed
her eggs.
"Why, what beauties!" exclaimed the.
nurse, and she told Maudie to go to a
certain door, ring the bell and ask for
the matron.
Maudie did so and when the matron
saw the eggs she promised to buy two
doxen twice a week If Maudie would
bring them to her, and she then and
there bought all there were In the bas
ket Little by little Maudie's enterprise in
es;gs and chickens grew, and by the
time ehe was old enough to go to col
lege she had earned and saved enough
money to pay 'or her entire education.
For by that time, owing to her In
dustry and determination to succeed,
she and her father together owned a
fine large poultry farm.
MARY C KENDERDINE.