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,. 1 " m-AJ1"'1 ' J. t .. 'I .. , , , . v ; ; , ' ' 'CopjrTlgiit;ll0.' by The worth Xmirlcia .Company.);, i '', i,' fny. V,?1'. -.Y " J ,' ' ;,,' I ,,; f vyV..... V-V' -i . ''', v I I ' ' l I jl ' "AFTER TliEM CAMB TO :' I " ..." . , "7 , ill . 4 from Charles Klngaiey-s "Water ' 1" k JtI iriftJPM . 711 - y fryOU bad been a very much over- r yrJK. TNI iVlh II rACK and Jill went up the hill On a bright spring morning; Bat they feed no pan to All. I muat give you warning. Where Pets Are Made ;Vr: mil SEEMS strange. about I "hoapltal for animals." doesn't It f f Vet the London lioapust on ureet London. U devoted to thla very purpone. , And one oX Ua beat Jeaturea is that poor people need pay nothing tor treatment given their peta. Almost every conceivable kind of ani mal la to be found here, but horea, donkeye, doga, cata. rabblta and birds ere most nutueroue among the pauenta. Uual!y, they grow well rapidly, tor tna best known of London'a veterinary eur geona tha canine apeclallst to the king araong them) volunteer their aerylcee to Mr. J. Hartshorn, by whom the boepltal U managed." - ' ;' - . One cannot but admlra : the patient way In which the horsea and donkeys bear their suffering. Of the donkeys, nearly all belong to London hucksters. Jt ts ouite touching to observe the ani mals' gratitude for the cars given them. The dogs, too, are among the best be haved. A handsome brown retriever lay his head on Mr. Hartshorn's shoulder, and permitted an ugly cut to be sewed together, without uttering a sound. .One little terrier, who was lit was quits In consolable until his master brought to the hospital a tortoise, the great chum of the dog. The terrier pranced all around his friend, while the - tortoise howd all possible signs of joy at their meeting. - But not always Is there such friend 1 .V "AN OLD GRAT OLLT" ship between animals. A monkey has been trying In vain to win the regard of a rabbit with a broken leg in splints. As a matter of fact. Jocko Is not very popular with any of the animals, for he Insists upon cracking nutshells between his teeth at hours of the sight when all nicely behaved animals (and people) should be nestled snugly In bed. Cats do aot seem to appreciate what Is done for them. They take sulkily the medicine prepared for them; or wear splints and bandages with an exceed ingly Hi grace. Their one desire appears to be to return home aa speedily as pos sible. . - The bird section of the hospital Is In m separate establishment. In the pi lull you will see an old gray Polly who has plucked out all Ms leathern. Many canaries have cajtes nearby. These lit tle birds frequently become ill because they ate fed on fat. One, however, is suffering from heart failure, caused by the eating Of cayenne pepper. - Sometimes artiaclal limbs are ordered for animals Very recently, a cow was provided with a. woo den leg, which, al though rather inconvenient on swampy giound, relieved her ot the bother of jfT THE DONKEY IS MOST PATIENt itel.lng away flies from one ee- fS lave occasionally been littcd with falae , ji.etft or even glass ejes. ' AliOKutber, tue Aaiuai Hospital Is a -nl mux-ess. luce its founding In .!.,-1 nearly 10,0(W patients heva s fu rar-(1 for from luaida and white . 1 1 t, ?-rate hofsos, Never does the :.:.-' n or mjureo . animate enu. o" 'taken to rerlore them to health, intiy of the patients are sorry to tif such pioajunt refuge when a a is fKH''y been effected. . -'. 'W.S4 Tek 4, t J , J Jnit on reason they should roam I worked chimneysweep, but aa IF S I g I And there ia no other I la water-baby he wii very hap- . II UU I I II I Dont you eee they-re bringing homo . py . He did not remember hav- jU X U aMm5L 1 I if ll I Legend of the Envious Fisherman NO NEED was there for Job's dis contentment As a fisherman ha was always lucky In his catches; he owned a pretty little home; his wlf was devoted to him. and his three lit tle daughters loved him dearly: be had even laid by a goodly sum of money for a "nest egg." , But whenever the young lord would JOB RECEIVES THE BAG ' ' ' . ' v . rids by on a magnificent stallion, or the wealthy usurer would go by on the other slds of the street, or there would pass any' one perhaps of mors fortunate station or circumstances than he. Job would be smitten with envy. -, One day as be sat fishing from a great ' rock, a sudden tug came on bis line. : Job pulled vigorously. The next in stant, to his astonishment, he Jerked from the water a comical little alt The dwarf, without a moment's hesi " tation, drew from his jerkin a sack. He deposited this at the feet of the fish erman, saying, as he did so; "Job, every time you reach Into this bag you wlU find a gold coin. Gather together all the coins you desire until sundown. After that time Z warn yon not to touch the sack." Without more ado the elf vanished. Coin after coin Job took from the bag. Working with feverish excitement, gold en mounds lay all around him when he began to notice that the sun was about to set. i "I suppose I'd better stop now," said he to himself. But Just therii he happened to observe the great towers of the neighboring cas tle; and the ambition . came to him to . be ever so much wealthier than this lord. So he proceeded to bring forth more coins. All at once the sun, which had been fast sinking, disappeared and with it vanished bag, gold and all! " 'Twaa the elf's warning!" moaned Job. Then he awoke, for, you see, It was only a dream. But it was a dream that eet Job to thinking about avariclouaness and envy. And as he trudged home, al though he was without a single flsh to " Bhow for the afternoon. It was In a per fectly contented frame of mind. Never afterward was Job discontented with his lot Wonderful Intelligence i np ALKING about the intelligence I of dogs, I really do believe that A I've the most Intelligent dog in the world. I found him by the road side, you know, shot In the leg and pretty nearly dead. I nursed him back to health and he's been with roe ever sltfce. The other day as I was taking, him out for a walk, a rough fellow Jumped from behind a clump of bushes, and, pointing a revolver at my head, de manded money." "Ah!" interrupted the listener, "then I snppose your grateful dog leaped at the mans throat and pinned him to the . ground. .4 ?hn,y' continued the -and aU " Watch' money theBhearer.at m "le Ae do7" IerBlsted ' .'0h-5l.ra2i hom' e fflst as his legs couid carry him. That shews his won- ' derf ul intelligence. You see, he had been shot once before, and knowing a ra ' volver by sight and what a dangeroua ,l uo umue naste to get Pitiful Accident BiUle I say, whatever became of that . greyhound your folks used to own? Willie-Killed himself. Tried to catch ; a fly on the small of his back and made ' , a miscalculation. Bit himself right in " tWOi, . ' t " All Settled. ' - it 1, ': Boy (rushing in) Did you advertise lor ": an office boy, mister? ,v Merchant Yes. - Boy Well. I'm him. What do I do -first! , i t . . THE OREGON ' SUNDAY , OM had been a very much over worked chimney-sweep, but as water-baby he was very hap py. tie did not remember hav ing been dirty, nor did he rememtftr be ing tired, or hungry, or beaten, or sent up dark chimneys. He had forgotten all about bis Ufa as a chimney-sweep. At times he went slong the smooth gravel waterways looking at the crick ets which ran In and out among the stones, ss rabbits do on land; or he would climb over the ledges of rocks and look at the sandpipers; or he Would watch the little caddises eating dead sticks and building their houses. Me saw one begin with pebbles and then stick on pieces of green wood, then shells and pink stones, until It was patched all over like an Irishman's coat. Then she found a long straw, five times as long a Herself, and said: "Hurrah, my sister has a tall and I'll , have one tool" and sbe stuck It on her back and marched about quite proudly. There waa one strange little fellow, - too, who peeped out of the top of a house built of round bricks. He had two big wheels snd one little one, alt over teeth, spinning round and round like the wheels of a threshing machine,, and Tom stood and stared at him. What do you think he was doing? He waa brick-making. With his two big wheels he swept together all the mud which floated in the water; all that was nice In the mud ha put Into his stomach: all the rest went Into the lit tle wheel on his breast, which made of It neat, hard, round bricks. These he took and atuck on the top of his house wall and then set to work to make f other Tom thought him very clever and tried to talk to him, but the brick maker waa much too busy to take any notice of him. - . . All things In the water talk, and Tom soon knew what they said. One day he came to a pool full of little ' trout and he began to tease them and : to catch them, but . they slipped through his lingers an J Jumped clear out of the water in their fright But - Tom still chased .them, and he came Kins to s. great dark 'hole under a root of a big tree, when out came a huge, old brown trout, ten times as big as he waa, and ran right against Tom. It knocked him out of Jureath, and he was so frightened that he ran under a bank to hide. There he saw . a very ugly, dirty creature sitting, about half as big aa himself. It had six legs, a big stomach and its head, face and two great eyea were Just like a donkey. ' " . Oh!" said Tom, "you are ugly!" and he began to make faces at lilm. He hallooed at him like a very rude boy, when, presto, the donkey'a face fell off -and out popped a long arm with a pair of pincers at the end of it, and it caught Tom by the nose. . . "Oh! ohl let me go 1" cried Tom. 'Then let me alone," said the creature, "I want to be quiet J want to spilt" Tom said he would let him alone and the pincers let Tom go. . - s XL ; dear!" piped little Dick Kingfisher, "X Just know I'll never be able to dive like TKe Little Fuhshers' vy'A p'K&fA iViffl ml'Um hh i that." " - Dick is the little downy ball In the middle of five baby kingfishers you see perched on the limb. He aud his broth ers were looking down from the branch, r wbich overhung the water, and watch ing Father Kingfisher dart below the" surface oz tne stream irom time to lime, on each occasion reappearing with a silver minnow. I . "Yes, you will.' was Tom Kingfisher's scornful reply to his brother; "and so -will we all, , only we'll have to grow a little first No aristocratic kingfisher would say such a thlng!" "And, you know WIS ARB very aristo cratic, chimed; In Harry Kltfgflsher. "J heard father say the other day that JOURNAL. PORTLAND SUNDAY KORNWG. APRIL 5, 1903 TOM'S ADVENTURES "Why do you want to split?" asked Tom. "Because my brothers and sisters have all split and turned into beautiful files with wing, and I want to spilt too. Do not speak to me, I am aure I shall split 1 wiu sput" ; Tom stood sun and watched him, and he swelled up and puffed and stretched himself out at 3, ana, crack, puff, bang! his back split up and out came a most lovely, slender Jiy, but very frail and weak, like a little child who had been ill a long time. It moved Its legs very feebly and began to walk up a grass stem to the top of the water. Tom could not speak tor wonder. The fly grew strong, and the most lovely colors, blue, yellow and black spots, came all over it and its wings were like brown gauze. . "Oh, you beautiful thing!" said Tom, ... and he put out his hand to catch it But the thing flew up In the air. "No," It said, "you cannot catch me, I am a dragon-fly now, the king of all files, and I wl! dance in the sunshine When Rising is Difficult EK a person to lean back tn a chair and fold bis arms. Place your forefinger upon his foreheadV Even though you exert very little pressure, he will find the greatest difficulty' In rising. LITTLE PRESSURE IS REQUIRED one of our cousins, the Halcyon, was much respected by the ancient Greeks. They believed the Halcyon built a float ing nest upon the eea, where the eggs were - hatched. - and that during the ; hatching period no storm would disturb the sea. And people used to think that our feathers scared away witches." - Here Paul Kingfisher Interrupted with the remark: "There's another treason .' why we're so aristocratic. Our plumage Is so handsome. Just think of the beau tiful green, spotted with light blue, that 1 covers the upper part of our head and, wings, and runs In a pretty little stripe around the neck. Then, how prettily our throats are colored, with yellowiah - white and pale chestnut." ... "Tut! tut!" exclaimed little William Kingfisher. "I dare say it's all right to . be croud - because von're aristocratic " but I'm sure Mother Kingfisher would and catch gnats, and with this he flew. away into the air. C" , ' "Oh. eome back! come back!" cried Tom. "2 have no one to play with. If you . will come back I will not try to catch you." "I do not care whether you do or not' said the dragon-fly, "for you cannot" And away it flew. "I will come back and talk to you some day," It called back. One day Tom was sitting on a water lily leaf with his friend the dragon fly, who had come back for a talk with him, when suddenly Tom heard the strangest noise up the stream, like grunting and whining. , He looked up and saw a great round thing, all soft brown fur, rolling over and over down the stream. Tom asked the dragon-fly what it was, lut he did not know. It turned out to be a beautiful animal four or five times as big aa Tom and it was swimming about and rolling ' and diving. There were a lot of these ani mals, all playing together. . When the . biggeat of them saw Tom she darted out and cried; "Quick, children! here Is something to eat!" and came right at Tom, showing a set of sharp teeth in a grinning mouth. Tom slipped Into the roots of ' the water-illy as quick as he could. . "Come out" said the otter, for that la what it waa But Tom looked out and shook ,hls ' head. "Come, children," said the otter In dis gust "It is not worth eating after all; ft is only a nasty eft" "I am not an eft" said Tom; "efts "Tou are an eft," said the otter; "I know you are; you may stay there until the salmon eat you up." "What are salmon?'' jaid Tom. "Kish, you eft, fish!" "Where do they come from?" asked Tom. "Out of the sea, eft the great wide sea," the otter said, and then turned away and sailed down the stream. But Tom could not help thinking about the sea, and as he thought he longed to go and see the salmon and the great sea. . Toward evening it grew suddenly dark. The thunder roared and JTora looked up and saw the lightning. He could hardly stand against the stream, which ran swiftly. The otter came past him with all her family, and when she saw Tom she catted out "Come down to the sea with usl" "Oh, stay! wait for me!" Tom called. "Everything Is going to the see," he thought "I will go too." "Good-bye, trout!" he called, as be r went away to the wide sea. . Strangely Affected. Learned Youth Physicians say that coia wemner tuned tne nerves. The Affected One Yes, when It's be low sero X do feel awful timid and nervous about gettin' out of bed in the morning. say all such talk was only vanity I" Tiny, Dick Kingfisher, who bad no in tention of being left out of the conversa tion, now twittered impatiently! "Here comes Father. He'll teir ua how aristo-" cratic we are, if we ask him. But what I want to know 'SPECIALLY is how he-n manages to cleave right through the air . like an arrow." "Yes, birdies, ril tell you all about the Kingfisher Family and their relations," said Father Kingfisher, .aa he settled upon - the bough,- "but first you must come to our nest horns In the hollow of the mud bank." So the five little kingfishers timidly hopped from their perch and crept Into " the hole -in the bank by - the stream, ; . where formerly some wee animal had burrowed. But as we can't possibly follow them, I supposs we'll - have to miss the tale. Too bad. Isn't it? - . rHILE it la true that Jerry Cole man lost his boastfulness after tba other "Bloody Robbers" played the "April Fool" trick upon him, and became a fairly decent sort of chap in the opinion of his comrades, there still lurked In hi. a desire for revenge. Although at heart he was thankful for thotlesson, he could not help resent, the method in which It had been given, 80 he made up his mind to "get'even." And he did, after ma&y weeks of patient waiting. awh mi w&vbiiiwib in1 auiuk iwjjvn Jerry beckoned to Billy Mum ford, aa the latter was about to enter the school !? . , 1 1. . C"J h- fi'JhV Jo,ned hlm tb curb fil-'p.ir tt.iwv i 'Saw Farmer Halleck l'n ten min utes ago." whispered Jerry 1 ''and he told me to tell vou and the other '-Hers that if we'd tackle his orchard after school we could carry away all the fruit we wanted." ', Jerry spoke with apparent Innocence and truthfulness. There was absolutely no reason for Billy to doubt his word. As a matter pf fart, the tale seemed very plausible to the doughty captain of the "Bloody Robbers." Since Farm era Jones and Brown had become friends with the "Robbers," all raids had been confined to the orchard of Farmer Hal leck. Billy thought it more than like ly that the farmer wished to bribe them In order to put himself on friendly terms with the "gang.' Therefore, aa soon aa Billy saw that every "Robber" was present in school, be gave the "meeting" signal a care less scratching of the .eft ear with a slate pencil, and a alight shuttling of the feet. AH rightful members observed and understood. After school every "Bloody Robber" stealthily -made his way to the secret den, In a rock chamber near the cave's exit. "Farmer Kalleck says we can go help ourselves to Ms fruit so I s'pose we'd ' better begin the helpln' soon as possi r N Islington, England, there Is station ed a regiment which actually has been rendered invincible by the charms of its soldiers, as well as by its efficiency. For it Is a regiment of girls! Lasaies from the gyranastlo. classes of various high schools have been recruit ed by Mr. Baker, the instructor. In their natty uniforms with sailor blouso of scarlet; short skirt ot blue, - edged with white and a Jaunty little v police cap, placed coquettishly on the side of the head they "assemble" upon signal from a girl bugler, i Perhaps it is for a drill on foot; may- 1 be a mounted drill. For It may surprise ' you to know that they transform them- , eelven from ' lnfantrv to cavalry with remarkable facility. Hack! Again the bugle sounds. Light ly each trooper vaults Into her . saddle. ' , Booh you find her going through the most intricate evolutions, and managing her mount with perfect ease. Nor are these horse worn-out "plugs, ", mind you. . No, indeed; all are young,, hlgh-eplr-. ilted anirnals. ' But in war there's another mission besides fighting that of mercy. And, under the direction of Miso Townsend, .' of the ambulance corps of St. John, the . girls themselves are formed into am . bulance corps and taught to apply splints v5 and adhesive olastere, and in all ways ; ' to care for the wounded with the skill pf ' trained nurses. , T Picture these gentle maidens dashing v Took No Chances. "Boy,, that looks like a. good hunting dog you have there," observed, the man with the gun. - I'Ua" la I' -4nJttA,9 111. knw ' A..fU. .. ' ' ' , ; i ia,. v....vm ...v w;, :.um UHK Vk 'suspicious look at the sportsman, "But I ain't lendin' him to any one to feo shootln - with Any., more. Last time jttooztir wcjii vub wiiu u miinr lie cams back with so much lead in 'im that dad picked it out and went an' mended our roof with It" . ' I-., fc',T i - ioi ii il Iii.iiiiIIi I I I I Tha Busy Bee. , ' The scholars having been requested by their teacher -to write an original verse " about the bee, Alice submitted the fol lowing: - ( ' w. "How doth the little busy' bee ,l ' '-. V ' Delight to barft. and bite; . , '' He gathers honey all the day, And eats It up at night" . , , ble,".. onoth Billy, shortly. In less than rne minute the cave "Md emptied itself of youthful ; Inhabitants, and every; "Bloody Robber" was sprinting along the dusty road as though his Ufa de pended upon reaching the goal Cer tainly, no one found time to observe that Jerry had fallen to the rear, la preparation to making himself acarce at a second's notice. "Here we are!" yelled Skinny, throw ing himself over the orchard fence. For a moment the others were con sumed with envy to think that Skinny. , by reason of his long, thin legs, had - ere first but the alluring pi pact before them quickly drove alf by reason of his long, thin legs, had ar- ros-un- worthy thoughts from their minds. "We'll stuff ouiselves an' our pockets first" suggested Blllyf "an then we'll go'an' thank Mr. Hal leek." Acting upon this advice, each "Bloody Robber" proceeded with the "stuffing."- But nardly had they resched the trees contslnlng the choicest fruit than upon them llko a flash came the farmer's sav age bulldog. Quick as the ferocious an imal was. most of the joys were able to place themselves in safety among the tree limbs, while the ethers scuttled across ho orchard and, dived over the fence with a ba?e that far eclipsed all previous recotds. Farmer Haliecic made a speedy cap ture of the six lads tread,. He even went so fat aa to all them "young liars' when Billy tried to explain "how It happened." Tea, air, ' he did. and Billy s look of Injured Innocence served but to exasperate hlm the more. What those six "Robbers" received la the way of punishment was a-plenty. Vet that was nothing to what Jerry got when be ventured to put !n an appear ance two days later Indeed, that had better not reeeiva further mention. Even as it was. Jerry deemed small the price paid for his rtvenge. Into battle,' ruthlessly shooting down the enemy, and then taking care l of the self-same wounded unomy! ' 'Most any man would tjp deligbtwd to' be shot tn return for suoli attention, wouldn't bet So efficient has the regiment become that when decorations 'were distributed, several weeks ago, thjre were so man of them giver as to leave absolutely no room for Jeaiousy. No one has wltnnssed the drill of these . warlike misses without being profound ly Impressed. .. .'.:"l .. , THE AMBUIJINCB CORPS A Special Reason. ' . Mary Hello, Harry! . You seem to be in a great hurry. . Harry Yes, I'm going home. Mary Something nice waiting for you there? ; Harry No, a spanking. s Mary But why do you hurry so? Harry If I don't ; st there right away) pop will be in. and he'll do it ,. - 'pi. ". ' ii .i i. m: II" i -II i Tq Would Hav a Bad Kama. ' 1 Julia Have you na:aed the baby yet? Herbert Mother'e going to. name It Francis. Julia But X always thought the fathee ; named the boys. - . Herbert Humph! Xf you heard what father calls it when ho walks around at . night with It. you wouldn't want him to give it any name. , . . :. '. in i J in' . 'i hi mi ihiii i.. A aW ' t
