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- 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
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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!
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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" .
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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 ,.
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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. ,
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