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' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNALi POHTLAT JOTDAY I.TQRNNG. OCTGZZH : f J?C5. 1 v- i v . v k. . . .- i - zSiilkg Madge s. Enratli ITTLS MADGE was In . t k - sulks. Nothing could make her emll -.- even t h teenslest- weenalest B 1 1 i. A great big frown wrin kled her preUy,""brow, , -and bar red -Hps were, so pouted , that nurse .'said ."she really mut " Sut on her bonnet and ike a' ride on them." ": Mads.- had surely rot , out of the wrong- side of her bed. Everything v seemed horrid. Her hath her oretty new gingham was too-old; an ua-lv old thing: her oat- : meal was scorched and she wouldn't eat her- bee f teak and toast; oven-Knasnns, . her dearest doll daughter, was not halt so pretty .to-day as Busy Brown's Ara rolnta. ' . " . , The last woe was the dripping rain that beat against the nursery windows and made great pools on the porch roof, keeping Madge from going to the Zoo. Never rolnd. little girlie, m&lhea-had aid. "It's too bad you are. disappointed. -but we will go to-morrow, so cheer up." eod not do. bo her she wss slttlng tn Somehow that was jusi wnai mmt : ber chair as nnhsppy snd sulky a (-year-old girlie as is imaginable. .. . - j "Madge, will you play nous with met" asked Billy.-" Til let row b th mother." - "No. I won't," replied Madge. ' Away They Flew WH then,-wlU you play ; Old Mal4 or 8 nap or ParcheslT" No anbwer from Madge. . " , " "j "Madgl," coaxed Billy, "won't you pless swing or play school or do some thing with mT I've nothing to do." - -. - "Do let m be. Billy btrong. 1 won't play nothing with you; so therl" - "Madge's a crosspatch,. Madgs's crosspatchl" . "Crosspatch, croaa patch, draw tb latch," shouted Billy, aa he ran off at nurse's call.' and was soon happy with bis paints In the next room. ' All morning Madge sat on that chair, kicking ber heela and sulking. Nurse, from time to time, sought to brighten ber up; Unci Bob cam in and tickled 6am Each Way. ":. ' ' Here are seven words that - spell juat tba asms backward as forward. Caa yea 1 guaas therof L. A ByrULO word mes lying father. I Aa Eklme boat, - r Tba tint woman Is take ths blasts. . . ,' tA rtrl's aama. . . ,. , Evas. v . , '"" "' r . Aa Interject km. ' iy II light twe-wbeeled ewrriage. ' A IWamond to Cut. -.'' In Rome. e - To play a part. -. e e a a a Aa action. what bnaga Halloweee . e a a a - A famoua rlvar of Italy. A contradictloB of bver. ,; . e ; la Borne. ' : tC . TNUy-TlM adly-drth, lyf wars meoh, Hyl aucbe ai so rtf, yth drahltne lal aego. ' Via tba noe htta eall drenu a nutes; It beta niaoh. dyla-lbrd, re tl t ones. Aa eaay pi la which little people may gad ' a weu-lutewa auraary rByma. . Wutg to Pick. . lambert and Mara Nrack ware a-ated tinder a beach tree, marklns rata of butter . for Btarket. wbaa their mother told them they were gnins en a trip to the Barbaioa. and from there would visit In rilfTorent eeuntrlea of the levant, take In Conatantl liople vartaua Frenrh cltlea and a tipanleh' Jesuit BMnaatery Mars 'a basal ayes, wbera Answers to Last " Pro-fTesiT "Enljjmas, , " t. A drowned child waa eaen la th Red gea by aa aetern draaoman. "Drag, o, near ta mother eriad, "and sav my sun's body." X Which was paid ths tan or. ten or ae tata dollar a snngt a. What-dUt-tee ia llus Data 4a to ba guilty ol suck a vuear namef , V A "Postman's Letter Bag. . L Hem, baron. A Don. dona. t. Hall, sal low. 4. Poll, polled, a. Rabbi, rabbit. . Uiacr) Moat. Moato. 1. Prlaca. Prutcatoo. Id oaogTram. - aWalaoetlal. - , Illustrated Bebna. . Worth Carellaa (Mot.-h'sar. a Use, A), Beads and Taile. , hat t. Can'-ant, asst L " w... BBta-BS, lart. ars satanit sbeaA w. uw s. old. aid. 'AniteratlonsT PV Slmee'a etnrW scales V rl.J wirlied Willi. am U'alea " i"'arovai -on, i)a. wsraiy scraavluag svuadeth mtr if Sin, Oa-,, , m i ' A Match Trick. " . , , ' v, . A Bimleu Wheel. t.-..C: gPr&w-jf- . 1 Air ? viK - .',.. eawasaawas. ' al ' anjetronda ber to make ber laugh, but though she gave giggle or two, the ugly frown t time right back; father tried to com her from her "grouchy corner," as ha called It, but It was useless. Madg kept, on sajdsg to beraelf: "It's too mean, it's too mean; no other little gIM has such a horrid time. 1 just hate every one. J wish I were some on else's . Finally,' mother said: '"Nurse and llly and Uncle Bob and father, go away and leave Madge alone; she evidently does not love her family, but wants to be some One else's child." ' Madge waa not sorry to be alone. She was so cross that every on somehow tnade her feel croeser. Is a few minutes the door opened and , with a traveling bag in on nana ana a , cane in th other, entered. ' . "Utile, girl,"., she said. In a queer, squeaky -voice. "I sm ths good fslry ChanJaronda. Whenever a child la un- . happy In ber own horae I take her to : live ih a new family. I see you no longer Ilk being Madge Strong, so I hava ntma (or von. Here. UUt your clothes In my bag; w must be oft toe- r-tor any one knows w are going. BODE AWAY IS THDABtallSS ' Much frightened, Msdge, who really ' - did not want to be any on else's child, watched the fairy pack her, bag. : "Quick, now, little girl. Jump on this cane. We have a long trip ahead of us." With a last sad look at ber home and tier lately scorned Rosanna. Madg jumped on the stick behind th Fairy Cbanjaronda. and away they went Into the air;. - 7, ' When they had gone ajfn dlstane' it kn aettln- darker aiSS darker and bitter, bitter cold. Madge, ll gingham, shivered and shook. "You are to be a child of th fro sen , North." squeaked the fairy, "where th sun shines but a part of th year. Not ' only wlU you not see th sun to-mor-row, but for months of to-morrows. Look, down there la your home and your new mother." . , . . . ' In the darkness Madg . cmild. barely see what appeared to be a great mound ' of snow. Out from It stepped a woman all muffled In furs, from which bung icicles. - ' ' , -8o this-1 my new-dsughter. How cold she looks. We must wrsp her up. Get Into this dress and come right in to , kadi's In her fur suit felt Ilk th, k-- eiih nf the Zoo. and' the din- ier made her feel mire Ilk It than ever. os i-i-i a sis. iwkr imi mi rj umv n vis -v-o. t -S..MU.1I board table were raw -seal flesh and half -raw bear meat, cakes ot . J .ara, and on a birthday, too T ' bitter Iceland moss, huge hunks ot blub- v inis. wui never do," cried aunty,, rush ber. and the reindeer milk. . ; ninto U"roonj, eHopIng Uffy into - Msdge. wno couiu an wnu'n "---a"- , sadly of her despised breaktsst. After dinner. Fairy Chanjaronda said: , "Well. Uttl girl. I must go. 1 hop you will be mora contented In your new . ''"Take m 'along, tak' tn along.".;; shrieked Madge. "1 want my own roth- ,r i can t atay nere: a can " - But Fairy Cbanjaronda -would not" hear. She mounted her suck ana waa t off though- Madge annexed touuer suu I.lu M h,, fur "Why. I'.ttht daughter. . what In th world I tb matter? There, there, don t cry, you have been aaleep and hav had a bad dream." " Madge ""as so thankful she wss hef own mother's little girl that she forgot , her aulks and smiled broadly. Billy and she had a merry afternoon in the old attic, and the next dsy the sun anon brightly for their trip to. tb Zoo. no mote lurked, danced with Joy. begin clearing my cheat at once. Til rs si- . the trip did not fulfil Bert's fond hopes. The boat waa a Pei twt ehelli bark . ao m eaworthy aa to keep Mara In bed day ana mrht. Bhe could take nothing but cocoa. Bert said: . "la not this weather dismal, a bar to all pleaaureT With the ahlpa tossing hara-kiri is excusable for drinkers taking to drlnkl" Find the Bret part of twenty-three eoa ' cealed nuts. The word nut Is not used. . ' "A Charade. " -; ' Oft hare scholars my first become . In soaderins if Hamlet the same .wss; - -V.Tille s third of my second . - Would make ene my flrat, ' l at least It would make one's head buss. My whole waa beloved of the Troubadours In the daya of romance and fahl . A poem It ta yet a glee Ilka wlee; To gueas It I wonder whose able. Changed Vowel. . L The farmer put a af hark tn a and fsaiened It with stripe f . ' X You srs aa atubbnrs ss d ss blind ss not te so for the two - to nlcht. It Is but two away, and you will sea Standlas and several other ther. 1 " , what think ye It- be ta up the ditch T 4. on your hat hnd ge te the store for s of butler snd s - of lam. Jim la In such a he would aot help ms out if 1 wars fallen la a d p . waya oeea win to m " ' AH Week's Problems, Richly rang round "re. re. re." Billy btUnsly bawled "Bayl" Hally, acorntng, slichta eome see Mouthed melodiously "me, ma." rnely. fully fall "fa, fa" Roualncly returned "Rah. Rahr Kally alill una aoftlv. "Hoi Billy ballowad "Bring. Bring bowl! Idy lightly lilted 'Ha." TraalnK torment trilled "Ta, taf" Sully skilfully sang, al" -BHIy bawllna "BUHInr bet I" Duly don dramatle ""do," . ! Fierce fat fell for frlaky foa. ' Hflly slapped aramp acornlng scales, W.ld war wicked William a walls. 7The Bert Eeagoos.- Howard, aald hia father; '"you have been te school and studied all about th ; earth and th gun. Caa yon tell me why ' tb days get constantly shorter, for bow on to tbs end of th yesrr " , 'X IzSSLT IMt e hsitatlon, liow-r - a rd replied .Why Of COUi "t, v oring.v.nristma gift sooner. aJ.-77 Mnnhcmtn TMmr flinch TKSwthrtnn jjuj myuuuy ivuu jujuj uiiwuut ; . ... .... . ' , : : U, MY!" sighed Ted. "Oh." my I. Oh, me!" - sighed Dor rte, whose admira tion and Imitation of ber twin's every word and deed had earned her t b n I e k n a m of . "Kchoj" , v. . "Homea ' without ' mothers are . Just horrid, aren't they. Dorrtet ' I wish . Grandmother hadn't gone and got litk this month, doa't-you' 'Course I do. Mother wouldn't never have forgot- : ten what, to-day was.; replied Doris, - with (tears In her eyes. Don't -'you - remember. Teddle, our party last year, and what a . be-yootlful time we badf" "Boohoo! I want my mudgt, right . - away now!" roared littl Jack, throw- ' Ing himself on his sister. - There wss gloom in ths Mayberry nuraery. Mother and father had been,. . called away a week ago by th serious t Illness of Grandmother Newton, leaving . the children In charge .of Aunt JBllsa- - beth. Aunty waa young and Jolly, the4 chll- ,' dren loved ber dearly, and she usually kept them cheerful, even with mother away. But to-day the twins were 10 fears old, and, though it Was long after - - breakfast, no one. seemed. to remember -' It waa any different from every other day. No wonder Ted and Dorrl felt ; ana. Jsck's loud cries brourht Aunt abeth flying upstairs. Just as she reach- -ed the nursery Dorrl said: . AUNTIE InDE "THEJiI HAPPT ' "Hush, Jack! Don't cry.- W want mother worse than you. for It I ouri birthday. Oh. Teddle, don't yon think any on will remember It all day?" and poor Dorrle's vole choked. - "Their birthday t Th poor lambs! How dreadful of" tn to. forget It." thought Aunt Kllsabeth. "I suppos ' uvu uiuiiivr waa too worried to remind me. Well, they must never know, and i ll make It th happiest birthday f their lives, wny. itiddlewlda. - whafg-all- - . - . w-m - aiuum to biou nis veils, and Z&3F$J$:; at once. I'll hava in v. rrr!? . about. Indies first. Ted. What's thst I ' see, smiles T - That's right. Run awav. " waaa ur laces, ix you want to see what's up In my room." Jn ten. mlnutea -the prciani iwins Knocked at Aunty's door. - " wa were two pacitagea. Dorrl found in her a dainty allk , The First Auto Ride , . work bag, cdmpletcly fitted out, and con J talnlng a doily to work In outline atltcb. ' A Quite at the bottom jaaa a tiny box' holding a bright gold dollar. , ' - Ted's package disclosed a bulldog scarfpln and an Illustrated copy of Tom Brown at Rugby, besides a gold dollar. ' ! . "Oh! ohl Thank you ever so much, ' . Aunty, for such lovely presents," cried ,. both delighted children at nce. ! "Twlnnles." said Aunt Elisabeth, after a time, "suppos you go down on th LOOK t thu) queer. animal. Da you reo ' Ofrnize itf It is, you . Bee, made up of parts of many . a nimalg with - which you girla and boya are familiar. Can you ' name e a o h part I It would be a good thing to paint ach part of this quee r 7 crea ture in. the ' olora that belong to the animal it represent. A Vew Member of the Staff. ITTI.E Jack's, father Il .77'v?,vr. "',,n- and Jack was ii.a -Ic,U.y fo,n1 ot visillng him at -ths office. On day he went Inti th whsr th files were kept, newe'v"'" h d"who weshes the my son-wbat do you meaar' . f. eXh''uwh0 the papVs washwom a . r - flussuon.' uasUorL , . -7 - ""v; 1-T i . aB5''t) 'J' Animal - a m . earn Ml sw - - - , . . m a aa sTka'aVaw. " WiV. .A td I 1 mm aa aw -a eaaa ai w sar ' V m: mm. The -Table Was Beautiful; WW porch while I do aome telephoning. Ted d ; U. . .au ma xom crown ajoua to you, iw rle. as you work on vour doll v. First. though, give these peppermints to Jack vr no win inina ne is negteciea. - i n rest or tn morning was so nappy ia was SO banny that the twtna wer much surprised when luncheon waa announced. Right after -lunch Aunty said: "Mr. Thompson is taking ma out In - his motor-car this afternoon. Is there any on, here who would like to go ak,ngT ' "I weaild, I would," cried the twins. , "Me, loo," said little Jack. . " "'Well, run' along and get ready. Tell Sarah to tie your' hats on tight and put on warm coats." "Mv. isn't it folfv." said Ted. "to go for our flrat automobile ride on our : blrthdsy." . . .luiiy II waa. air. inompwB umiarej a birthday ride must be extra fast and extra far, so away they whlssed past th woods and fields, bright with th gay reds and yellows, of October. Th keen air made the children want to shout snd Jump for. joy: however, the: had much excitement In holding on tight, so aa not to bounce out. Indeed. Aunty had to tak little Jack on her lap or he never could hav atayed In. When they came out On the beach where the twlna had gone In bathing last summer not a soul was to be seen on the sand; the breakers dsshed high wun a loua roar, on tne roc a a wnere nurse always sat; and tb sea looked cold and stormy. LIGHTS yst THE DRAWING ROOM Ugh." shuddered Doris. "I wouldn't ' like to be in there now, would you, Tedr - - . , On th 'way horn Mr; Thompson - treated them to an Ice-cream soda In a drug -store In Greenwich, though Aunty said "for ber part she thought hot milk and blankets would be more appropriate such a cold day "Aunty, look, took, there are bright lights In ths drawing room," called Ted as they turned Into the drive at home. -"So ther are-"-replied Aunty. "What can It be? We ll let you out at tb slda door. Scamper up th back stairs, dreas quickly for dinner, and we'll Invest!- ' gat those tights. Don't be tempted to peep In without me, though, or you - , might share the fat of all those curious Mrs. Bluebeards." . Th twins wer rather Impatient that '. ' burse mad them put on . their beat . clothea. r . ."It's wtupld," smld Dorrl, ,to dress ' "Well, then, father. If hrou- hare no .washwoman, who hsngs but aU thos " papers on the-clothcttlneT"- . True Generosity.' - Llttl Jack asked , hia mother tor 1 - tent. . - v "Why; "Sack, whst did" you do with ' those I gave you yesterday!" asksd hie mother. - . ... - "i gsv them 1 I gsv them to aa old woman," ".T" -y. . "That 1 a nice, gsnsroua bey I , Ber " I . X"t'l . 4.. - . -v t ' ' ' z .;.,,,. . ..,.J sts-sstaj sjg. w00mm0t0mMmmimm'm inrrrl m Ta'ilti I'll (tin n.iuT-nj Lr utrw-i ji'. n.i 1jTj-LTLTLru W ,TiTi-njjTjxrVXfiririrLi i-Tu. i fr"i ir i i i i" -,---.- ---f ;'. wa vu 'ii- n it th 1111 r a .f w- - a Birthday CakeatEvh End. , up as if they were going to a party, just , ? Ays'V - ;. Both slid down the banisters.- At th foot Waa a wondarful aiirnrlua. In the surpr n- boy ntte di drawing room were tenboys and girls; one for aih v... iimH. A-Ai.-aM " "A partyl A rartyl" whoooed Ted. "Oil hnar lnv.1,1 A partyl".. echoed Then th twins remembered their man- ' ners and spoke to each of their young guests In turn.i What fun they had! V ' .f 'A XJCTTXXt FROM JCAXA V.l - Mr. Thompson started them In a game he used to play aa a boy "Bingo." Soon all were singing lustily. There was a farmer had a dor. . uingo was nia name, air,", and circling, grand chaining and rush-' : Ing Tor partners id great style. " , After that they played "Our Minister's Cat'' to cool oft until supper was an- Such a supper a cook and Peter the butler had been ' taken Into the secret, and they had sr . ranaed everything while the twin were motoring. The tablea were beautiful with pink chrysanthemums, while at each end waa . a big birthday cake, on Iced with ' Theodore. In pink letters for Ted and the other with Doris. From each cake twelve pink candles shed a soft light. At every child's plate wer two pink : heart Joined together with ah arrow and filled with candy.- The Ires war served In gay-colored automobiles. After aupper there were mors games - and dancing until t o'clock. "Oh, Auntie, we've had Juat th lov lst birthday." cried , the twin when ' th last guest pad gons. "If only moth er and father were" - "Please. Miss, a box has Just came' for Msater Ted and Miss Dorrle. What shall I be doing with It?" asked Peter. "Bring It In, and we'll unpack It la here," anawered Aunty. The box, which ahould have arrived that morning, was full ot lovely pres ents for ths twins.- Best of all. Mother had written them each a tender birth day letter. f . - "Dorrle, said Ted, when they had - gone upstairs, "thr has been a bang- up birthday, after all; and w thought U was going to ue nornn. Vaa ' IMMMil Dnerla Yes." answered Dorrle. "If Mother hsd only been here, I would think It just the beautlfulest birthday we ever had."-. ,. . - , A Composite 1 , to 10 cent. But, how did you happen to give your money to the old woman V 4 "Cause sha.wda selling popcorn," van "Cauas ..aha. waa eelling- pppcom, "- awered Jackr a he walked awattbrp his rtwrd for generosity. - Very Considerate. Why. 8usett., - bald - her another, surely ' you have not eaten all that aweet chocolate yourself, without saving an v fnr brother Albert?" - "Tmi aeee. mama.- I saved th wrana per for him. he la ao toad ot reading.' . -r, -7 5r - l Hi 1 . tt' . I J fir n hittlnv f h. Mkhi l-i tire of hitting the grabbag for I' . oddities, Polly Evans has mad SDecial arransement with Jack Horner to shar with you th pluma of his pi. ;,.,. ,.: , , . ... IRIM and boys, do you : 'think you could live In a houae like thlsT . Yet such but of sticks thatched with , lgraaa Ja ail th homa I hundreds of Ksmr children of South Africa vr know. .. The' hole In the aid serves for door, win dow and chimney all -In one. and often it is so small even th - children h a v to creep Inside. In these huts, which ar be-. Iween t a and - thirty feet tn diame ter, . a big Are la built on th earth floor, and sometimes ' dearly forty people sleep around It. Th only advantage of such a home-is that : It can be built in a day. No on need bother with architects or tear builders' . trikea. . ,-v. .'..'.-'-. .-: As you can Imagine, th children ot' sucn homes suffer many hardships; but. sine they know nothing better, they ari A 'favorite aniusemenOa bufidsm bUtS. luat aa In A trier! ra arlel. k... rfnll bouses and boys tents.-Tbey also mould toys out of wood and mud. Both boys and girla Jump rope Incessantly, weav ing th jumping ropes themselves. " . !? yon"P Kafllr la very . fond . of ;"'ng anuff. Even the babies sneese '. their poor Uttl heads nearly oft Lr? O'rl aa well as boys are ter . rlble flghtera, and when they quarrel, -act jnui-h like little wild beasts, though one might think their great love of eu- e-ar wnnM aaAAAn tk.l. . . i , m a Kaffir child can get sugar lT no other way. he will a teal it. In ana thlniT -though, the KafflJ boy sets s?a . . ampl. to Polly filrans' toyVVtT verV -.2. thrifty, and early In llfej Tbeeina ii! TsavZ A. ther, no' Kaffir dim. , saving. - oanaa. a. nor ounea nut wa aim in h jungle till he has enough to buy a cow. ' . , When he buys from six to a dosen cows -he can marry. v : Doubtless many of you hav used th ? ZSJS $2&XS thst thla saying springs from tb gam of golf, whfc In England, - . played It verj icn at a very ancient sport though Americana hava not played It very longT Every golfer knows the misery of getting his bsll In a hole; generally It means h lose th game. It Is from this accident that people hay com to apeak of "getting tn a hole." - YEDDA, AN YEDDA. a big Angora eat, waa a pet In th family of Mr. and Mrs.' M . Yedda'a mother was . brought to thl country from Japan, th land of cherry blossoms and chrysan themums. Think what a long Journey that waa for a cat! The poor thing must -hav been almost frightened out of ber nine Uvea by th time ah reached her destination. When Tedda wag about six month old her mother was stolen,-and no on this playful kitten was old enouah by that time to get along very well without her mother's care, and - ah never seamed to mourn her Sad fat of being left an orphan. , . Tedda waa a great beauty. She wag la three colors, yellow, white and black. f ' and her fur was soft and silky and very, long. Her tall , was broad and grac , ful, and around' hsr neck ah appeared . to hav a ruff. Her-weight when full grown was fourteen pounds. - No wonder she waa vain! Indeed, thai -. beautiful Angora was so Oiled with ran- . V J.' a1 frvj - 1 ' E)UCKING PEGGY A CUT OUT EGOY. is shriek ing because the water is so-' . cold. She thinks . it too . late in the season for bathing, , a nd cannot bring herself to wet , more than her .; feet. ' Suppose you 1 . . suddenly make ' ' her .take her bath ' in spite of her fears." Fold the picture -iW; the lines AA and BB. and you will: see Peggy . in the water, up to ber BuUUlUCIl aUJVAAlgj ,v, evw ... Talleat Trees la the World, r ': DID you ever look up at a big tree -and wonder how It ever grew so high, and how long It took T A tree that reaches higher than a foar . story house w think pretty tall; but do . you know ther .is a tree in this world ... that la higher than ths Washington , Monument f . This tree Is a gum tree, growing near the source of the Yarra rival' In Aus- --trails, 661 feet high, or Juat alx feet ' taller than the Washington Monument. . Tha climate of Oceanloa seems to pro- duce vegetation of tremendoua height, for tboae Islands of the Pacific hav the talleat tree in in worm, in vie toria there are two treee growing aid by ,ia-e, one 471 feet high andth othsi . S2g feetl whll ther exists at th Cap Utway Rang a eucalyptus that raise Us head up Into tbs sky 86 feet. An even more wonacrrui tree is in tn outskirts of Hobart Town, Tasmania. Not onlv. Is It Sixtv-nlns feet higher than this great twenty-storied North American Building, but It has sn open lug In ths trunk so wide thst years ate " ut uovernvr gwvs a Dawiust uwuw ia m. ..' .. .. - IT T-P i ERE3 la an sle , 'uhant kneeling. Well, you ask, , what la odd about that? We hav . often ' aeen ' ele " nhanta kneel In a circus. - Suppos you hav. Dl d you ever notlc anything peculiar In th poaltlon or "know " tb' tht elephant la about th only animal that kneels aa human beings do - thaj la. with tb hind j legs - t , v I I . II mm stretched' out t behind there, so that they actually kneel on their knees T - Moat other animals ' draw . their legs up underneath them. like a hors or cow lying down. , . -. You hav Often " heard of sailor masoot Sometimes It Is a pet cat. or again a dog or goat, or vn a monkey: -but th English submarln boats are said to ' bav the strangest ot all. Each vessel has three whit mio aa part ot ths regular f ore, entered on tb pay roll and drawing rations for their services. . What can mice duties bet With their : StZZZSSS u?hlvZ a J?,. JST "Trma. BqiieSSS, . .., .. HERE ar few boys mnt girls wbo do not love to . chew licorice root or drink 1 lloortc water from bottles In .school, but how many know where it coma from or what It UT It la a plant that botanists call by th bard nam "Glyeyrrhlsa , ? la bra. which grows about our or five feet hla-h. with bluish pea-Ilk flower or ;p!B' Th T0?iVrhcJ, w ch?.w Prd dwO swveral feet and are often more nch thick, lioorle will only rOW i5 VJ A r4oh- ""h ev,n ibm ? root cannot be used for " ..V" hjuvfetnaa'a. nulaa.n'a'aa it often becomea r. . . . . : . . . - the around la stocked with It for ami year a. Th tiniest piece of root left la th ground will grow. " , Though licorice Is raised in Spain. ' Russia, and aom Uttl In California ' and Loulslsqs, much of tt eonVss from .Turkish Arabia. Many thousand Arab . earn a living digging th root. It la then ' . taken to a a receiving station - and. weighed, cured sndV prsaaed by machin ' ery Into hales, to be aent to Europe-, and America. Most bt this llcorlo Is carried on the backs ot -,meg to the ' ahlpptng porta.: .., ....!. ANGORA CAT " Ity that many a time h jumped dp on th dressing table in her miatresa room and viewed her charms In th mirror, evidently with much pleasure end sat isfaction. . . Yedda waa quit aa eplonre, howevert -he disdained such ordinary things si rata and mice, which most cat consider ' av rar ttd-bit. Her taat ran to chick ens, ducks and oystsrs, rich cream and vaaa. mienever ane got an opportunity ah would dip bar pawa In the oraun. nice oysters on in lapis, xdda Jumped up snd took several out with . hsr paw before ah waa discovered. .. .. Another day Mrs. M had prepared two fine roaat ducks for Sunday dinner, ' and set them away on the ahelf to keep . till ah waa ready . to use them. Thla naughty cat evidently amelled the ducks. . and thought doubtless. It waa a vary - aavory odor, for when no on waa near ah stole on of them, and had It nearly 1 eaten when her miatresa discovered the I loss. lv . .. -. Tedda would Jump oa the table and ' steal the meat, too, whenever ah got r an opportunity. On day ah was seen ' greedily eating soma meat: whll to th . hungry dogs around tha table begging tor aom ah would every now. and then throw down a piece of bread with hK paw keeping th beet for herself. . When Mr. M cam horn in th . evening he always put on hia slippers. , - Whll stooping over thus engaged, this waa Tedda a chance to Jump on hie , , back, and then perch on his shoulder, much to her delight. Many an evening whll he read ahe would sit on his shoul der or bis lap. purring and dosing la eat fashion happy and contented. On day poor Yedda's life cam to aa untimely end. Bh was found In th yard " dead from som unknown causa. Mr. and Mrs. M were much grieved - over the oeatn or tneir beautiful pat. - and missed hsr sadly for many a day. f - JE8SUD B. FISHEB. to seventy-eight people. . Bom time Polly Evana will tell you try and how w ar trying to prevent them betnr rut downr wi ui. ma itwa we nave in tnia noun. ' . Xoral Courage.. ' ' : Tommy Paw, you'r always talking about moral courage. . What w moral courage? ' . Mr. Tucker It la th sort of ooursge. my-boy. thst enables a man who has a P"or feed at a swell restaurant to go out aimwi wyyuiaj vtm waiian - -waBwaaaaMaaawaaaavaaaaaaB) , ;id.v- 'eVawrt9i'P4 UV; .1
