THE OREOON SUNDAY JOURNALS PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINO, SEPTE
How Little ArcKie GiWk After
V McD QUG ALL'S GOOD;
STORIES FOR- CHILDREN
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W onrrful Exrrirrce of Boy WTio
Was'MaoY eo Soa.ll Tkat He Could
Study tKe Hatits of Tiniest . Insects
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Hearing ? tKc.rPttieY Song; Lcairne J
Howi to : Save , tke ;! Cotton Crop
2 . .TM TTORIattsl bad Nob te hoar
' Um Pixt slag th rooks.'
' I A i Old Tdlckaoa. the oebbier.
--"; a h etowly topped away at
- V 't Archt Oft.' ahoo, 1 rnw
? body who board I"0- iter
-"-WAr" - - Tt f r -rr
, im'tirt ts a ptater akd Arabia,
J' "Who ever east Whew does she
, She's a beautiful thmg. tu aaJt
. - . anul thai X SHOW h SB he.
.' said th oobbtor. "I dat waat to esa
r hear her '
, y . S -Wfl " I aa bop t won't Wlyt
--I Were any uuui
; tail .bsstfcaiV assarted the boy -My
... a mm the res as truth In them"
-Ooesk OM MM QUflUaa, retorted
, s 'tii cobbler. "She can toll bat hap
pened la bw after b heard th Mag-
lag , ;
Archto wonf nom aeioaa the "Ot"
fleld that belonged hm father, and
la the growing toknsaa eaught hlamelf
listening with ft h""I rt J?
too sounds f la Has wood that tsor
d.red toe nla and thinking that pat
ter tba volcaa a toe early mom lh
aratchf ul foxes, already out In sear
2 a eupper. might be th fateful Plato a
unlucky song, bath raaohho with
out aaartnc aaytfato. uaiaatUJar.Wh.a
ba QuMtlond hi father. Mr. Qlboa aaid,
-with ft, heartjr task ; .
-OK averxbody roun nar ballavas la
tlk Pine. Thar amy that whoever hear
Sta vole la granted th Very lent wlah
ba mad, ae matter II tt waa wtohed a
month aafor. Of course, ail the atorle
tU of wlah atad 1ft ancer or 1ft an
unlucky moment; after which all aorta
of evil, bafeil th wtaber or th on
asalnat whom, tb anvry wlah wa mad,
tot th Ptxt aoema to b vry tmpar
tiL But. of oouraa, aeaafU people
don't beiuv In U tbU nnftawa!"-7
Old Mo Jackaon,wbe had ono bean
a lv. nrmly declared that thar waa
muoh truth In all af th Plalewrtea.
whloh left Arable very much
aiMMd, for many of th thins fe knew
had baas learned from old Mo, U
waa hoy wh dalf4 to learn.
All day ions b waa aaklns qasriaas
at vwybodyi querlea aatheae:
-Why doea a ban caehle wbaa ah lay
an sr "Why does ft dos turn 'reand
aevoral ttmat bafor he Ilea downT
"What milai a boy spit wbanevar h
looka down from ft blah aleor "How
doea a Uttl baby know how t laus ar
aryr "Why do varybodr put tola
fincer an th palat whoa th atsn Talat
howa aa plain aa dhyr' and ft aUUloa ar
no mora of th aame kind.
Of omiT a boy who aaw awe daaa
Uoa aomewhat f aalaaM at
time to srwn-upe, wha aever oaa an
swer half of them, aad, iaetead of oam
foaams their tsnoraaoe, aay; -Oh, run
alone now and don't bother aa. Caht
rou aaa I'm thlaklna-r Many and many
a Mm did Arch so away wtth tram
Mtns Up aad taar-badlmmed eyoa wbea
aa roushly rebuffed, but even than h
on aaklns auastlona.
. One raaeon for hm raaard tar no
' Uy in the lovely aad aanaoUns faet that
tba eld colored maa always had aa aa
' a war nady for1 aay .uery. if. lor la-
tanoa. Arcln aakd:
v "mom, do yau know what awkas tba
ajMon sat Diane aad Mssr vmt alsM.
and then amaUer aaainT th old maa
would promptly s lata aa, alaaaraa
applanation Ilk thla:
, 1 eartaialy doaa know, -ahlla Kf dat
old moon waa leaT alone aba'a fit o bls
' dam ane'd buat and leea naehuUy apeckla
dat aky wlf moon apllntar, but aho
ain't 'lowed tar do Itl Wbea ah Ha
- . airijr in a moath aad basin tar eat
up aU the Iktla aaara da ain't sat aa
fadra and ao mammla. aha ieaa Unk:
1la Ume I swln ter slttem ail!' - But
af yoa dona look kaerfully at dat Ma
- moon you'll auraly aaa a big hoi, and
dat'a what don aav dam little ataim,
V Wha aba'a' a aOtia-- aa'
roua' dat aae'a a-amssla' la de middle,
ah buata laoaa rlsbt la dat ar weak
spot and all dam etnra fall out and
aeootln' eroaa a aky like J una buss, D
oi moon, ah bla sit pretty atok far a
" while, andurla da time dat hoi am a
awndln', aa loa all her plumpnea. neat
But ah don't lara aothms. Neat moath
aoa'a at 4 asia ana aa nam ring aa
panar - v
-What bmemi of aU th hatms
; atara, Dael MmcT aaka Arohw,
-Day Jeas aatehalry rail rtsht span
In tar de aaa, and dea day turns tatar
V atar-flahea," raptlaa th old man, - .
-What nan are tar-aaoeer deaaud
th boy. '
"Da whole bottom af aa aaa mm deao
X rated vll omr aaa arts Unci Mo.
"Jeaa Ilka yoa' at'l eabpat la da paa
, r lort Moat beautiful eisnt. aat tar
- 'Vat who eaa aa itT aaarlaa Archie.
It's dark dows there."
''; . D mrmaida; day oaa aaa M, an da
" ' SaermeOj tool"
"Did you aver, aaa a marmald?
"Well, I moat certainly don ae ea
; anct, but I dona loa my apeca rlbt
f. 'boat dat time, as X ain't 'lowln' to dp
''- oatv pou 'boat how dat mermaid looked,
, at ehUe! Ma pop he tall m dat waa a
maaaiae, but I reekaa tt waa a aurs
fi.nvM mermaid, tt don eln oaa o
.. dam aonsa Ilka aat PUle aonr
l-lm-hm-
- 'T"s BASKaV S WSD1
:, ' IW a small jumpl
, II fgerrtand wbei
i for pec pi to
BASKaV WTCDSN-ThlS ptad W
jumping sff sutlea m
whr th tram stop
get something to
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aat, A' railway restaurant 1 wo ar
r - ranged that each on take a plat, knife
' . and fork end help blawslf to th var
' touo dishess Thl 1 a good arrang
c -' ment for th hurried traveler, bat sf
V course reduots th Upa or the sar
V. vants. - ;
I i- In thOj matter of? tip there hi another
alaes of restaurant to be found to ovary
i . larger city and ar spsemlly aumeraue
' ' la Stockholm. It hi a clever patented
awvtc. snd a aorpria to moat peopl
to find H her and aot la America, the
. t country whloh la. par oseelranec, arao-
ttoaL Jor hnrt, It M oalled lh Auto
matic. Th guests serve thaaaeatvoa. bat
-;' , pay for each article aa thoy S through
--. tho meaL -'.'
Brery thing la kept behind glees aaara,
aarspt th bread, the so-called bard-tack,
. and th drink which ar carved frem
. fountains aomewhat reeembilng a oda
, fountain. The aervloe Is oa th "nlekl
. gs-tbe-e'ef prlaetpto The standard prim
i. it im ar naariv three cents. Thla
wUt nrocur arsnU sandwteh, h amain
glass of mils, coffee, tea. beer, win or
porter, each, of oouraa, with ft eaperato
lot. Por tl or ea obtain eggs and
bread, varleu sold meats, deaaerte, ate,
por M ar warm dishes ar arvd
- ihraugh ft sllda- . - ''
Thee Asteanailr are thoroughly 9
ora and kept scmpuleualy a lean. On
has a charming little garden attached.
T fitting up la usually in the So-called
Art Nouvoaa1 stylo, It la, of aouraa.
Whra -a maimteer lnqsb4 Arohla.
- Hat am a ash dat alts up In da
waper aad cuddlea bar baby nab rtsht up
ta ner tut yer mammy auaaaa you.
realiad th aid man. v "Ala't nana roua
here na m', but day was plenty bafa
dar wahr?'
So It would so on. an eodlea chain
of auaattoaiBS and . ajw warms, until
im old Maa began to ftlr. but Arab!
laatad untU the end. I have kaowa
ether little boya with th aame deal re to
I ear a. but aever aa who was a Ural aaa
and unaatlanao. Tat tt was tnua
that h baeam the -moat learned lad In
all tba eeuaty. and even th school
teacher aften oallad aa A re hi to UU
tba other children Mm facta la aatu
ml alatory thai he waa quit will in to
admit thai ba knew simoat ao thins
aaouL
All th plants and btrda and 0ba
were ao famUlar to Arch I that they
oalled htm the "Llttl Natural lt," and
thw was long befor It waa uatomry
ta teaoh auch things In school. Let but
a bird call and ha eould UU you what
Mt was, pad h kaw tb vote of the
animals aa wlL - Whan a atraas nan
waa causae, or aa anknowa bird. It waa
brought to aim to decide Its speolea and
glv It nam, and many an old hunter
was sompelled to admit that th boy
waa- better versed la th myetarioa of
the woods and Aelda lhaa ha And la
many other ways he was ejulta Ilk a
real aolaatlst..
Thar never waa a new lad pfintad
ta tba Weekly Clarfoa that ha didnt
try. ir It happened to read that Pro
fessor Blapenichooper of Berlla, for to
atanoe, had diaoovered that w ar all
sleep mg la th .wrong way, and by
plaalns h pillow-under our feet we
would be doing th right thing, Archie
would try It at enos, and was very apt
to think mat ba waa alaeplns much bat
tea although I will admit that he aoaM
aleap la any position. ,
tin father waa a praal ftottoa pUnttr.
whoaa field atretebed far on all aide
of th big old mansion that wa built
long bafor the war, and la th old
sla vary days, wbea a thousand atwroea
picked the oottoa and sang in the flelda
ail day long; for Mr. Olbba waa S. hind
master. Now the many Tieiaa werearay
with th dead and ahrlvalad plants, for a
small but tireless Insect had killed tbe
yaar'e growth, Thla insect was the cot
ton waa vll, most destructive creature
that rulna th half-ripened oottoa bail
aa ffotlvly as a fir would do It. h ta
ins la tha aaowr otton. aaaa Duriao.
and satins, aatlag oonatantly.
Mr. Olbba had trwd every known as-'
vie ta kill the waavlla. but aothlng
imed to reach team, and h aw ruin
atari ns aim ta th face, as be had bar-
rawed much money ea th prospect of a
good aottaa arop.
"It am a moat eonou Tmngr s-
elalaKd ITncla Meaa, dat when de price
a cotton am hlsb. daa dam der weevlla
ooms rlong an' chaw tt aU up ao' wa
can't siakano money! Daa wbaa they
Isn't hash, and oottoa aa plenty, d
pries am too law far a maa tar maka
Tb otd adored aaaa. only pat th emrt
aafor th bora, for h didn't reflect
that at waa th scarcity of cotton,
oaaaad by these -wssvUa. that smda th
price so high.
Now, of ail th kuaot world, ta which
Archie waa much Interested, the
waavlla attracted him the moat; becauee
In atudylng their habits there would Ta
some direct benefit to hi fathsr's crop
ef eotton. Me wondered If there were
not omethfng upon which they could be
fed that would kill them, huh they
would read am methlae; but oottoa, aa
itter what ba - tempted them with.
And they were ao securely blddea In
th white fluffy ball that an almost
had t destroy th oottoa. to gat at
them. r r ,
'OraaaouaP -ha- swslalmsd - on -dap aa
h waa acrutlnlalng one of th wevtla
ohawlag away for dead life la a bolL
do wlah I war small enough to creep ba
thar and Just watch hka all the tlms,
a thai I could learn hid, habits!"
Tbe ana was setting vat- th dark
ptfle woods, going dowa Into a bed of
bluish clouds tike a red -hot ball. Th
oottoa flelda looked dead and gloomy.
all Migktad ay th Uttl pasts. Hera
and thar. la ramot aoraera and mar
tba faaeea, war ta b eaaa plant that
th weevil bad acgleetad; foe they were
thriving haartlry. He went aad
mined them, only to find a few aata
busily bustling around th root as if
preparing for bed-Ume. Ha knew all
about ants- b tboasht and dls
aniseed them from his mind, althousb he
did not crush them beneath his feat a
the darkle always ' did. aad also bla
father, for they imagined that tfaea
little Insects war hurtful to tb crop.
He stopped to lletea to th harsh oall
of a bitters which auddealy darted up
from the swamp that skirted tb woods,
and with- alow-flapping wlnse soared
away Into th scrub oaks; and' than, as
h reached the edge of tb salt eroek
that flowed around tbe marsh, he ssaln
halted to watch th mullet as they rip
pled th atlU oawr, harrying la ahoala
along Ms surface as if pursued, as prob
ably they really were, by mm unseen
monster of the deep down In th dark
h ;
quit proper to hav th latest fad in
deratln la those ultra atodera rostau
faata, v
They ar wU patronised and or sot
slew in advarttetng th abssnoe of tip
money. T bey certainly offer the hurried
traveler and ruahlng business man a
quick awthod of getting a raesl, Mo
waiting here -for poky servants when
th trata leave la 10 minutes. , r
Of oouraa, there w a ca abler, for aa
yet they hav not Introduced the auto
matic snoaey chsnger. Perhaps they
fear spurious eslna. but that la quit a
euperfluoea fear. . So far I have aot
recotvsg a stngl piece of bad money.
Quito a ooatrast With Italy, where It
was a dally' occurrence. Beside the
eaehler there m also a pickup, who gath
ers tb dishes and keep the tables clean.
They claim the Automatics are a pay
tag Investment, a they dceerve to be. 1
Then there Is quite another variety
of eating house known a "hashallea
kolan," r household school, also a prao
tleal, sensible and economical lastttu
Un. Thee ar usually in th second
or third story and exceedingly well oca
dactod cocking school for girls snd din
ing room for th public. ' I took some
pains to taveetigate she, ' The matron
receive a limited number ef well bred
girl, whom she teaches the floe snd
ordinary points sf th culinary art. Tb
course t four and ft half months snd
tha charge II ,Kn, or about No
students are received during the summer
months. TCraryhody Is supposed to take
It easy then. They try to make up for
tt during th long Win tan In return
the student received dinner, at . tho
t Y.i .- VJa. .k ' wr aaA4-rJ'di iTCV iTtX iXt I .,i(-A ,
cTpress-staiaad stream. Ha wishoa that
ha had a net. for h loved mullet, whloh
are certainly very toothsome flab.
Suddenly thera was a loud rustling
among th bushes, and a ke looked to
aea some stranso animal emers. out
sprang his rabbit-dog Sandy, wha bad
been seeking his master for aa hour.
Sandy seemed to b anaiouo and dis
turbed about something, running up and
down, sniffing eagerly at th ground
and then In th air, but Archt didn't
bother about his little dog e actions, as
he still pondered over the matter of th
oottoa weevlla. ; ,
It was growing dark aa he took the
path through the dense pine woods, for
that waa much shorter than he high
way, but daftness didn't matter to
Archie, for ha knew the woods a well
as he knew bis owe bedroom.
Sandy, with th hair oa hi back bris
tling Ilk s tooth brush, watched every
slump of bushes, ran around every rock
and Into every cranny, and finally even
mad his master aomewhat nervous, for
b really seemed to dresd oomlng upon
some fearful thing In the dark woods.
Archie besan to watch more carefully
the gloom ahead, for ho -sow remem
be red that he had beard tales of bears
oomlng dowa tn autumn ane carrying
away negro babies to store way u some
cave-den against a shortage, of food tn
th winter, although a had paid ao at
tention to auch stories whsa h had
beard them. ,;-
Parbaps tt really was a bear feeding
among th berry bushes In there, for
they never do carry away bablea of any
color, but )ust ss ha reaches tn farther
edgtr of the den woods bd beard,
faintly at first aad tbea clear aad dis
tinct, th vole of somebody singing
auch song aa ho bad avar bsapt be
fore. - .... -, - ( '
H did sot hear' th word; they
seamed to melt Into the evening air Ilk
mist, but tb vows was ao unearthly
sweet and clear, aa aad and yet ao
soothing, that he stood la awed wonder
listening until tt ceased. Sandy was
trembling and looking up at him wtth
beseeching eyes.
Suddenly be remembered what h had
heard about th Pixie's song and the bad
luck that earn to those who heard it.
Por a acond hi heart stopped beating,
hut than he reflected that hia father
had laughed at the atory of th Pui.
and he thought that fa also might laugh.
So he started for horns as fast be aa
ha could go, and wbaa b waa out of
the wood h fsit better, for. after all.
nothing had happened at all.
Sweden
choc, takh part hi the preparing of an Quite proper f a girl of Quality to go Ing according to the roputttloa
th meal snd attend lectures oa the through uoh a training. la fact, aome mlatra of the plae. Knowing this. K
value ef foodstuffs, and th car of th think It accessary that she does a and. Is ao matUr of surpria that cooking
health. They work frem I 10 a. m. to of esurss, ths men prefer to hav their ts en such a high plan throughout, ths
I p. am. During their own dinner they wive trained before marrmg. I know country. . , i
take turns aa hostess and arc thus tn- of one hepUsg chap, lately married, who Having ones i got dtarted on tho aub-
ltlsted lat the el v lit to of life. saya bis wirs la to at tend ono next win- Ject of chop house. X might- aa wU
. Xn Stockholm there aro at toast two ter. And ah goes, for such Is th way peak of ft tour th variety whh lprac-
such institutions snd the ono I aaw was they have -of doing things. llcally unknown With us. It happened in
well patronised, although th men had to Xt Is not necessary to go to a house- a llttl city of VaSMroa, As I-was
climb to th third story. X understand hold school. Many lerg prtvst aouso- drifting along tho streets I ran M"
that the school b full, ae tt hi ooonldared hold also receive puptls for pay, vary- very attractive new building- It looked
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Charles Watsoa Meads ta th Bookman,
"imagine a man each day surveying a
circle whose circumference fc drawn
with a radius miles long from thai
New York ait hall as a ntr. knowing
that th life and activity within that
circle are changefat aad ephemeral, that
each succeeding son will bring a new
story aad that ho I responsible for
th telling of that story to s grant com
pany of readers. Imagine all this snd
you have a good mental picture of th
city editor of a metropolitan daHy. .
- Whea the city editor opens his desk
In the morning he attacks th mall first
thing. Very often It te a fearful and
wonderful 'Collection of complaint,
grievances, suggest Ions, demand a plead
ings, dlsoorcrtea, literary efforts, ques
tion of every description. , It Is a sin
gular thing that tba title' "city editor"
is better known to the reading pablto
THS SAND CRABS WBRB
When he reached bom Uncle MosO
was cleaning halve at the back door,
and h stopped to tell th old maa what
fa had beard ta th pin woods.
.Ma goodneee, obilel - You'ee oar
talnly don heard dat Ptaier cried Uncle
Moao. "X reckon I's gutter find some
charm ter speak agin her or also you'es
surely gwino ter have bad luckl" '
"I don't think anything will happen to
mar said Archie, and want lata th
ftp! ICQ 1 -
But, Beat day whan ft went out aa
he bad planned, to the meadows to hunt
for mud-hens birds that frequent th
swamp ' and was wallowing through a
dltoh, he suddenly thought of the Plate
sgaln and wondered whether bar .song
could d harm. Ha oouldn't se why it
should bring 111 luck to th hear any
more than a birds song should. He
climbed out on th reedy bank of the
ditch and aat down on a thick carpet af
dried oar-grass that aevereg tba damp
mrth"'' ' ;. -,v -
Bandy,' blackened from ara -to tali
with grimy mud, aat down beatde him
and hung a red tongue, panting for freeb
water,- for- tha autumn sun--was hot.
Suddenly Arohla happened to think af
th wlah he had mad whll looking
at th cotton weevil, a wlah that he
ooald be small enough to try In a
boll. Ha laughed as ba recalled H. and
said: ;, .
"deal What If It should com true!"
; Without any sensation of c ha age and
without gradually lessening, he sudden
ly ah rank into a mere mite. Saady elt
Ung thera loomed hp lib ft mountain
of dog at a dletancs.
Archt was perched oa th dsa of a
cliff of ell grass, of which every blade
waa aa wide as his body, aad ths dis
tance from th top to th mud below
was enough to maka blm diaty, al1
though avea then in his perplexity he
knew that tt really was but a few inches
at moat; but he ah rank back from tba
edge tn -affright. Sandy suddenly real
ised that hi master had vanished.
H stared about him, then began to
rua excitedly up and dowa the ahore
of th creek a few yards away, after
which b mad a . bee Jin for horn
with terrlflo paco. Hla action war a
queer and ao alarming that Mose eon
cTuded something had befallen th boy,
and want off to seek him, followed by
th dog. who led him straight to Black
creek, bat failed to show him anything
but ths print ot Arable' rubber hoots
tilths mud. . '
Then Mds ' 'hurried home and a
than at moat any other csop "editor.'
So th city editor get mere than hta
share of mad. ' V
Winter H. Vanderbrtt's famous dic
tum. 'Tito pub) la be damned," would
never have become familiar quotation
hut for th trained news sens of a
acrtam city editor oat in Chicago., He
had sani young; reporter to ask Mr.
VandrrblH about a railroad matter
Which waa then being dlseuased.' The
novlcs cams back and reported that Mr.
Vaaderbilt would not aay a word. Th
city editor, suspect lag that hi agent
had not gob about the Interview in a
way to accomplish the desired result,
began to "pump" htm oa his manner
of approaching th railway king. "Welt,"
answered ths youth, "1 told him the pub
lic wantM to know about the matter."
"Wouldn't he talk bask tkn.t" askae
Cho city editor. v . .
MONSTaTNS TO HIM. i
search began thai called out aU the
men m ths lghbohood, but they did
not Snd What they expected to And,
which waa th boy's body, for they oa
cluded that ho had bssa drowned In th
shallow creek, j- , -r-..-;-. J"1""
Pays passed and Archie's mother wore
dep mourning for a bay who waa not
dead but turned into a lad smaller than
any fairy ever bornt He waa making
hla why home, bat what a Journey!
Wbea Sandy departed and th man re
turned te seek htm, he aaw their forma
loom ilk hug storm clouds against
the sky and heard their voices thander
above blm, and at times be even had
to Jump pretty lively to cscapa being
trodden, under their boots; but when he
yelled to them hla tiny vole made no
impression upoa thorn. .
He dodged from stem to stem of the
grass, that rose like pin trees about
hlan: ha even allmbad ao hlrh ua en a tall
grass shaft that M mads him fearful"
of being scraped off by soma passing
treaeer lg of a searching negro, but
no en aaw the salt of a boy below.
Suddenly ba asm upon hla gun tying
m tbe mud where tt -had fallen and M
was aa small aa be,
The mad waa to him no longer soft
snd slimy but earth in bills and val
leys, great eravicas and smooth plains,
and all about him wesa living creatures
(a plenty. ' ,
Dowa thar among th grass stems,
as In soma glgsntto tropic forest, was
Ufa la profusion but such at range
forma of llf! Snails ' ss large aa
horaes, with long, shining horns, moved
along Ilk hug vans, their glittering
sheila coiled above them painted ra all
ootora; files of golden brans and trana
paruat wing loltrad ta th shade af the
grass aa if leath to fly Into tb hot
sir above: big, fat worms showed their
round heada sut of holes that led to
unknown depths Into th black soil, and
serase looking beetle burr lad through
the forest, snapping' Immepae , nlppr
that resembled tc tongs.
But after ths men bad gives up th
aea rob, out of great round holes emerged
ether and more terrifying monsters,
wtth a rattl and a -clatter of ahelh
Bounding Ilk tlnrbal, creatures of bulk
far greater than th snails, and with
eye that were held aloft on long stoma
Ilk poles, that moved this way and
that, aad armed with tremendous elawa
that war brand I ah ed In th sir like
battl aseat They ruahed up and down
as If soaking to learn what damage the
men had don to their many.holea In
"No, he just ahooa his head and aaid
Tb pa bile bo damned,' " responded tb
ynth with csttdliks and bland inao
esnce. Tha autocrat of tho city department
lay back aad gasped. Wtth a war sf
hM hand he dismissed tb dull reporter
and ha- himself wrnts up tho Incident
which has been' made an Important addi
tion to th popular Bsrtlett.
It waa an Insignificant "financial
card' which first directed, the attention
of th nwepnpr to tb 1 70 per cent
fraud for which William TP. Miller and
Colonel "Bob" Aram on ar now serving
term In Sing Sing. Th earliest mul
torinas of street railway strikse in Chl
mgo snd Cleveland and other western
Ml hav been in dlmlnutlv 'ads"
wlllns for mea to be motonnea and
conductors,. , .
th sand: and. Indeed, grleveus had been
the disaster to tbelr tunnels. The men'
boot had oruahed ta th work of many
days, and It would all have to b aeo
It was aeraral ml nates before tb boy.
Touching In torrar behind a thick grass
atom, realised what thee monstara
were. Then he laughed, far many a
time bad they scuttled away and hid be
hind a grass hummock or lump of mud
to eeeape hla own eye. They wer oaly
"addler eraba." millions sf which lived
la th soggy mud 6ank of th reek,
and thousands of which ho had. la hia
short lifetime, already used as bait to
catch Maokash beald the crumbling eld
docks aleng the river. But he realised
that ha had never actually studied the
form and appears no of fiddler eraba
before, nor appreciated what wonderful
things they were, -
Now, aa ho watched them, all hta fear
gone, and aaw tbera at work repairing""
th damage to their many underground
tunnels, be appreciated wbat they were
and th werk . they did. HO saw that
they assisted the water In crumbling
away th bank, for Into each tunnel the
tida. flowed except when It waa leg, at
which time they ami around and fasv
slped at then doors,
He pondered on thla marvel; her the
river had for-ages piled up all thai mod,
formlagtsolld land for arses a ta grow,
for great crop of aalt hag. piled It up
four feet above tide level; th bird had
seated la It for years, mea had placed
tt on th maps, .bought and sold M. and
now her waa the water tearing H an
away In grand chunks snd ths addtor
crab aerpln wtth might and main to
lighten tb water's task, although ovary
Ume the aadermlned bank feU. dawn
went all their carefully dug tunsals.
Archie wondered why thla waa so;
Why everything waa constantly being
built up and tora down by nature, for
everywhere he saw th same .thing.
Tgven th great ail la, be now reflected,
were being torn away, and the earth
carried daws by th rivers to form
Uae very mud banks wherein ths fid
dler eraba dug day and night. Where
were th mountaina to eorae from when
these wer all worn awayf Where wa
th river going to carry all this mud
snd form new Islands? What la the
oseaf it alft , . ; '.
One big fiddler with an tvory-tlnted
claw asm snd looked at him with great
curiosity, and then slowly reached the
claw toward him to feel tf he were
something to oat. Archie raised bla gun,
and trad. The hot rattled asainsi is
Br OLOF Z.
ilk a croc bstween a country ins aad
a restaaraat and distantly related to o
saloon. It waa a low two-gtory corner
building with ft small yard. r
- In the first, which waa nearly all In
one room, sat ft fw moo at table eating
and drinking. X wh told that tho res
taurant waa la the aeeond aiery, whlan
had a separata sntranoe. On thla floor
wars two large rooms with open timber
work in th coiling, altogether neatly
and artistically arranged. Th inner
room ws tb dining room, the other a
safe. The place was conducted on the
Qothtnbuag system.
No spirit wer sold except with food,
and even then only limited aatoaaL
None1 hr sold after I o'clock P. av or
beror t o'clock a. nv, and ta the aaorn
mg after a holiday still later. The
attendant la salaried. A corporation con
duct the affair and owns other plaeos
lac It. No profit above I per seat la
distributed. Th aurplus. If sny, go
to tb city. It m to be sot load that
beer, porter and al aro not included in
the spirt ta There na limit to the sal
of these. ' It is principally asalnat tha
abuae of whiskey that th temperano
movement ( directed.
For th Ootlienburg system Is aa oot
oma of thw aaovementt About to year
ago drinking In Sweden wss so oommoa
that It Verily threatened- tb eatsten
of tbe an Hon, Herculean effort have
been mad, and tb moot eueceseful one
Is claimed ta have been th on origin
ated In Gothenburg, where th via wa
at M worst. The results have, without
s doubt, been vary good, aad drinking
4 has abated. . .
X r - :t 'I l 1 1 . I '.Is
hard shall and did ao barm, but the
solas frightened th crab. He turned
and Asd, aad Archie followed hta as
ample, only ha ran th other way. -Pay
after day ha traveled, until at
last hta father fences loomed up like
tail -Hraee before -him. -and - they he -;
learned about th oottoa wvll foaal
la on deserted Held where be peaeed
huge ant-hllla ho discovered thera, Thera
wer no other ant-hills on his father's
land, for they had ail been destroyed,
out nere among inara ne found ootton
plant thriving and lata th ant-hills
he saw anta carrying squirming weevils.
By care rut wateh' g h learned thai .
these anta prey upoa the ostton past. t r
and, following them, aa aaw hew they i M
climbed up tba plant Into the snowy
oottoa and seised th deatruotlv insect, ?
and be realised that bla father had bees J
ea term In ting his bast friends, 1
I- "Now I wish that x was a Ma boy
again, go I oould hastes horn and. tell , $
lather f h eaelalmed, and then ho
ducaad hla head and ran. for a Ma toad ' ft
waa in th act af shooting out bio sticky
tongue at him. Had that toagn touched
him h never would have known what '4
bad happened ta Areola Olbba. -
. A little farther sa a rteo-blrd aame 1 '5
sailing along over bla head, and be
knew how ths quail fee la when th &
hawk soar above, for tn bird bright J
eye waa fixed on him as h ran, but . ,
aotn stonee piled up In a hasp gov th
boy an opening lata which h dlvad. f
Th bird seared sway, but Archie was
scarcely ta this refugs whas ha ahot "
out again, for within a few Inches h , 3
saw the -head f ft grant copperhead
ask, hi black aya ahlning Uk it in
the gloom. , ,. -i
When h wag la th open air ao saW i
aa immense spider web stretching hugs ;V
ropes across th spae between the rocks
aad th tall grass, and oust la th oea
tor hung a great, hairy spider, who, aa
ho moved along, gather ad up hi legs to VA
leap dowa upon blm;. but ha : never
leaped, for, aa ho mov. the grass . .,
parted and an aaormoua aaad-waap L
darted upoa him, seised him aad stabbed l,
him wtth a sword loaded with paralya-
Ing vanom I Archie saw the aplder s toga
quiver and then hang down wort aa ths '
wasp Aaw swiftly away with him.
."My goodnoas, WU1 1 evr get hotno
allvr bo ashed hltaself, and with
watehful ay hastened along the open r t
flald, byt aarkneaa asm bofora ha had : 9
sarlvad within sight of homo, although
ho wall know that aa waa but few
yards from It, bacauss ha had passed
th atppmgoOtto la front of tba house, u
He lay dowa la aoaso aoft atoss and
tried to sleep, but a great light aaddenly v
shooa to hla ays. Xt was aoma Um
before bo realised whence it same, but ; '
whea he was oonvinccd that It was tts
light from th parlor lamp ha waa" too
happy to Bleep. Ho decided to keep ott
until he wa aoma, although the -'f
thought of the rats under th ho dia-.
turbed him somswbai. - - -
Suddenly ho heard kinging, bat tt did J
sot oome from the houss, and la ft tow j;
minute b rsoognlssd in Plxlea voloo. $
He became vary angry, wondering what .
bad luck oh meant to bring OB him
neat, and be shook his Uttl flat at tha
invisible singer as ho hurried toward tba v
Ughted windows ( i
Then, hi a twlnklmg. Tea saw tba
bouas, and th next moment realised
k.i h waa. sin a bis boy I Tba
haaga bad been aa sudden at th ttrat.
but far more pleasant. He ran lato th
bousa, bumping against dd Mose aad
frlghtanlag him almost to death, , . -f
But did thoy soilev Wa1 wonderful
story; Not s bit. They thought he wss y.
erasy. and wanted to give him llnaeed U
ou aad pennyroyal toal Old Mammy ?
Chtoa wished to soak hi feet and put a - "t
mustard plaster on bis bead, and hla
father was about to go for th doctor. s
but Archie bagsed blm not to. Mr.
(jlbbs-would not listen to hi story, but
Uncle htoe took It all la with wide
open eyes, end aboek with terror when .
b had finished. - - -
"I 'alar tor t goodnoas dat Plsia : .
oogbtor be Indicted by da graft' yary!" ' '
said he. "Reckon X alat aaf nowhar, j
mysolfl ra glad I'm kinder dsat ao s
I alnt likely to boar her nohow! But I
reokos 1U plug up ma ele ear wlf cot- (r,
ton right omack away as' let her slog
all aho done please!" , ' !. , ,
However, tha Plxls was, aa far ma I .;
am aware, nsvsr again beard ta thai c
neighborhood, and after a tins peopl
rsaily came to believe Archie's wonder-. .
fui tale, because of 1U marvetoua ra;
cult a ,' ij'
Ho gathered great quantities of tnts
and placed them among th ootton X
plants, where they immediately attacked
th weevUs. Before a month had passed, ;
thera wasn't a weevil oa tha whoto plan- '
tatloa, all the planters were ralatng
anta, and everybody waa quite convinced
that Archie had aot only bean a mora
mlt as a result of wishing to be small.
but that h bad given the cotton-grow-'. . .
ing ststee an invaluable remedy for ths y
destructive insects. ,
Th legislature ot each sou there at to .
voted htm a reward of a million dollars, ;
sad whea the state treaaurice pay thla -
money ho will be rich enough to own a .
gaaolln launch and aa automobile, and -:,
beyond the what can a boy wish for. Al
WALT McDOUOALI
N , ?'
CERVIN
There la a aaoullaf srovisloa about tba T-
reguiatlona, and thla Is tba on that op !r
ponents attack stoat bitterly. Wberoas, 7"
a maa oaa bay oaly one drink at each
pUoe, thar Is aothlng ta blade him J
from buying wholesale. And wholes i V
h oaa bay aa Uttl aa one liteg, a little
mora thaa a quarL. Th reeult m, X hava U
heard It olalmod, that every worklngmaa $
buys a liter on Saturday sight and Um -
all sons before Monday morning. It ta
beyond bis powes to ao modrst dnd r
save half for soother Sunday. Perhaps
it would bo stlU wore to stab blm buy
two Utoro. . J
Prom on kind of saving to aaother la
SOmettmes a short stop, and this brings
ono to a curiosity lh banking. The banks a
of Sweden ar vary Important and well "
geanaged and thorefor. as a rule, sound. '
and have tho confidence of tha peopl a
And tkep are vary numerous. la tha '
little city af Kriattansted, with 1C.BO0 "
peovia, tbera ar five banks, moat of -y
them in their own buildings, with hsnd- a
soma quarters. Competition 1 keen snd '
savlnga deposit r paid from H per $
trent to I per cunt per annum. Kven oa v
check accoaata Interest Is paid, 1 know
oao very large firm that pays aa much .v.
ss per cent. It might seam that the .
mer matter of figuring tho Interact on
chock accounts would b a large task, l(V
But they aav ovolved a very atmpl
schema as that a tow minutes rhu(-
ficlent to dotermlao the interest due on
an ordinary account at a moant's no- -, ,
tie, involving merely th preliminary . '
labor of paatlng tb deposits snd checks
la ledger ooiumna '
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