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I A Pajjj?, of Drawings and Compositions Selected From Ly Boyfl ' and Girls in Several Schools That Constitutes an Interesting Study of jVbat Tkey Are CapaMe of Doin j
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Sellas Slippers
By John Burton, railing, Ninth A.
There one lived a maiden near
brook. She liked to wander along the
tank of this brook, and ah would ofton
a-o quite fur from her home. . .
Eh often wlahe'd that ah was like
her brother, so she could follow thl
ltie stream- to Us end. :
Soils lived with' her mother, father,
and her two brothers. '
One day when sh was walking- along
the bank of the brook she found a nice
pair of slippers. She took these to her
mother and told her that these slippers
had her name carved ia them. . Her
mother told hei not to wear them, be
cause she could not see her name, but
ootild only see character. She told
Sella that somebody had left them
there, but not for her; so Salla took
the sllpperj and hung them In her
bower.
One day Sella ws missing. They
called for her? but no answer was made,
That night 'she was also missing, but
' the next day sh came home and told
her mother what had happened. She
said that she put the slippers on, and
the first thing she knew she was at the
bottom of the brook and went to the
ocean. Sh saw manx. fish and such
water beings, but when sh thought of
her hom and of her mother she. cam
bom.
When sh got hom she found her
mother at her side. She asked ner
mother to forgive -her, and aha prom
ised her mother never to put the slip
pers on aa long as she lived.
A few months later her slater was
married. Before this In the fall her
niomer mea. .
When she came home from her Jour
ney to the ocean she' hid her slippers
on the edge of a cliff. Her rjrotnere.
seeing her coming from there, went and
got the slippers and dropped them in
the brook.
Sella got tired of the wedding, so she
thought as her mother had died she
could put the slippers on and go down
the stream as she had before When
she saw that the slippers were gone
she cams home in deeD sorrow. She
looked at her brothers and she knew
very soon that they were guilty.
That night she could not sleep, so
she prayed that something would hap
pen to take away her sorrows. As long
as Sella had these sllrpers she led a
very selfish life.
The next day after she had prayed
for something to relieve her of her Bor
row she showed the men how to tame
the stream, so It was of some use.
Sella died at the age of 100, and there
was a monument erected at her grave
where many wild flowers grew.
Molino Del Ray
By Eugene Bassett, Sixth B. '
It was at noon op the 13th of Sep-1
tember, 1S46. when Captain Scott oik
covered the Mexicans. On the day of
September 18, th American cannon
opened fire. When the troops advanced
they found the Mexicans In position
to defend their city. The fighting was
desperate In tho garden and orchards.
Inch by inch the Mexicans were driven
back.
The Americans placed their ladders
against the we Ms of the city. Lieu
tenant Seldoh was the first to mount
to the top of the wall. Soon he was
brought down with a bullet In his side.
Lieutenant Rogers and Lieutenant
Smith- fell dead with may of the men.
General Howard was the first to reach
the top of the wall unhurt. After him
swarmed the soldiers, pouring leaden
rain upon the astonished Mexicans,
leaping down, charging bayonets, gain
ing the castle and sending up such a
"hurrah" that the people or Mexico
knew that the Americans had taken
possession of Molino Del Rey and also
the castle of Chapuite.
On the morning of September 14,
1846, the Americans marched Into the
city and took possession of the capital
and the public square. The war ended
with a treaty of peace with the Amerl
can commissioners at Guadaloupe
Hidalgo, Mexico, surrendering Califor
nia and New Mexico to the United
States, receiving in return $15,000,000
and the United States agreeing to pay
13,600,900 to the citizens who had
claims against Mexico. On July 4,
1848 President Polk proclaimed peace
between the two countries. Thus it
came about that the vast region from
the Rio Grande river to the Pacific
northwest was added to the United
States.
A Morning Plunge
By Fred HummeL Falling. Ninth B.
It was the custom of my older brother
to take a oold early morning .bath. . Al
though my mother told him to stop tt
or he would catch Ms death of cold, he
only replied that It did him good, and It
did, so still h kept It up.
-I thought-that I would hav to - try
a few baths. , what mad m think
thla was that he was but three years
my senior, and Just look at us, h Is
ss husky as a giant and I am aa -puny
as a woman. .
On morning X said I would start
to take morning baths. The next morn
Ing my brother- got up and roused me
out and then We both donned our track
suits and started on a fast dog trot
for the river which wss about a half
a mile away. Aa soon as we arrived
at the river my brother discarded his
track suit and dove Into the water.
I stood on the bank huddled In the
scanty amount of clothes which I had
on. My brother with a merry twinkle
of mischief In his eye espied me. stand
ing on the bank shivering like a leaf.
The next thing I knew I wa pounding
the water like a half drowned puppy
I was very happy -when I arrived at
hom because I could put on a dry
suit The fir was my most Intimate
friend that day and while by It my
resolve was repeated over and over
again, "No more morning baths for me."
A Wonderful Weaver.
By Juanlta William. Shaver, Fourth B.
A wonderful weaver wonts Mgn in
the aky. He makes a mantle for cold
earth to wear. The wind ia bla shuttle
and the cloud Is his loom.
He makes the finest laces for every
bush and tree and makes a whit sheet
for every meadow you see. H makes
a quaint cap for pillar and post, and ne
changes the pump Into a sllont ghost.
Now he grows weary and the shuttle
a Idle that once flew so fast The sun
peeps abroad and said, "I'll unravel It all
Just for fun."
Young Soldiers By Glen Thomas, Ladd, Fifth A.
A List of Interesting Library Books for Young People
Thursday Is the library's birthday,
and Saturday morning at 10:10
o'clock, the "Story of a Book" will be
told. Thl has to do with how a little
boy helped a monk to make a book for
King Louis to give to Lady Anne, who
afterwards became Queen Anne.
Books About Printing, Binding, Etc.
These books are to be found In the
children's department of the public library:
Adams Bookbinding and Extra Illus-
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House by the Sea By Madeline Grady, Irvington, Seventh A.
An Imaginary Trip
By Elvera Anderson, Irvlijgton, Sixth A.
One evening as I lay on my bed I fell
asleep. I thought I was up In the air
and something very queer happened.
looked all around to see If any one
was near. Away ia the corner of the
small airship was a tiny figure, which
proved to be a dwarf. He was busily
writing. I think he saw me but he did
not seem to take any notice of me, for
his eye was on the paper which He held
in his hand. As soon as ne naa nn
lshcd. he tucked it in a tiny hole. All
at once I heard a loud whirring sound.
and the paper was gone.
The dwarf left the ship and I silently
crent to the place he had just left. I
began to examine the hole and I saw
a tiny button which I pressed. A paper
flew into my lianas, i tore it open ana
noticed, at the top, something printed
in tiny letters. I began to read rapidly.
I felt very strange and I seemed to bo
standing In Water that reached to my
knees. A mist covered my eyes and a
bright-light flashed in the sky. I heard
sounds of music, and then all was still.
Something searched my feet. , I Jumjped
and opened my eyes.
Mother was standing over me. 1 was
ill and had a very high fever. The
doctor was there and ho was Just going.
to leave. I told them both my story
and the doctor told me I would be well
In a couple of days.
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Oregon Claimants
By John Salvatorc, Falling Seventh B.
All the land drained by fh Colum
bia river was known as the Oregon
country. It was claimed by England,
Spain. Russia and the United States.
England and the United States
claimed it by the right of discovery
and exploration. Drake, Cook and Van
couver had sailed along the Oregon
coast. The United States based Its
claim chiefly on the discovery of the
Columbia river by Captain Robert Gray.
Both nations had trading posts In this
region. Many settlers soon came to
this region. Lewis and Clark were
sent from St. Louis by President Jef
ferson tt the source of the Missouri,
down the Columbia, and to the Pacific
ocean.
Spain claimed it because her claims
bordered Oregon on the south.
Russia claimed It because her people
traded with the Indians and because
they hunted the fur bearing animals In
this region.
Spain and Russia soon gave up their
claims. England, by treaty, left tho
region' to the United States. Oregon
became a state In 18u9, as the 33rd
state.
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The Proud Marble.
By Delia Delch, Third B.
Once there was a marble. It was a
beautiful marble and it was red and
striped.
One day a little boy put this macble
Into his pocket and went out to play
with the other boys. The little boy was
very proud of his beautiful marble, so
he,egan to think himself ho common
marble. And when the boy put any
other marbles In his pocket the proud
marble bossed them around so that they
all began to cry.
One day when the little boy was play
ing marbles, the proud marble rolled
and rolled until it got all dirty. It said
to itself, "I will roll into the gutter and
gwt clean again." So it rolled and rolled
till It got into-the gutter. After it was
clean and pretty again, it started to roll
back. But a wagon ran over it and
smashed it Into the ground. And there
it is to this day!
Only a Kerchief
By Evelyn Sullivan, Hawthorne, Sixth B.
First I was a very small seed and I
was put in the ground with my brothers
and sisters In long furrows made in the
earth and grew up to be a cotton plant
about two feet high with very pretty
pink blossoms and then I turned into a
small white ball of cotton.
I was then picked and my seeds were
taken out by machinery to be used for
making oil, and the hulls of the seeds
to fatten cattle. So my seeds were not
wasted.
Then I was sent In big bales to the
factory with other cotton to be spun
Into thread and cloth. But I was made
Into a white handkerchief which was
then dyed to a brtsTht red with yellow
stripes and hung In a window for sale.
Then an old colored lady bought me
and she takes very good care of me
and only wears me on her head on
grand, occasions and sometimes to
church on 8unday. For she has a blue
handkerchief for week days.
Twig with Pear- By Frank B,Fail
' , " ing, Fifth B.
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The Story of the Pansiea.
By Elsa Brimzel, Shaver, Fourth A.
Pan was a greek god. He was a happy
little fellow. He always carried a shep
herd's pipe on which he played tunes to
horses, sheep and cattle. He used to
dance through the woods and fields and
play sweet music He liked the horses,
sheep and cattle very much.
The shepherds never saw Pan, but
they often prayed to him to keep their
flocks and herds from harm.
One day In spring, while they were
praying they saw a beautiful, velvety,
many colored flower peeping out from
the grass. They thought it looked like
a face. They thought .it was Pan hid
den away under the ground for the win
ter and peeping out now to see if the
woods and fields were pleasant to play
in. They said, "Pan sees."
After this they called th flowers
"pansles."
Pheasants.
By Esther Doty, Kerns, Sixth B.
There are many kinds of pheasants.
The best known are the China, the
Golden, the Swlnehoo and the Amherst.
The China pheasant Is the most com
mon of these. Its home Is In Chln.i, but
it can live In any climate. Each China
plieasant hen lays about 40 eggs a sea
son, which extends from April 1 to
September 1. The egg of the Chma
pheasant Is about half the size of a
chicken's egg. The eggs are of a light
gray color.
The young pheasants are all of the
same color, which is a grayish brown.
They can be fed lettuce, custard and
chick feed. When they are six weeks
old they can bo fed cracked wheat.
The Golden pheasants are raised in
the same way as the China pheasants.
Judge Denny was the first man to
bring the China pheasants to Oregon,
but they have multiplied rapidly and
are now found nearly everywhere on the
coast. i
tratlon; p. 188-202. Printing, Stamping
and Embossing; p. 222-233. In Harper's
Indoor Book for Boys.
Arnold & Gilbert Printing. In Step-
f'lng Stones to Literature; v. 4, p. 84-90.
leading. In Stepping Stones to Litera
ture; v. 5, p. 37-8.
Baldwin First Printer. In his Thirty
More Famous Stories Retold; p. 40-.
Beard & Beard Scrapbook and Home
Made Book Covers. In American Girl's
Handy Book;' p. 855-402.
Bolton Famous English Authors of
the Nineteenth Century.
Bower How to Bind Books and Mu
sic. In How to Make Common Things
for Boys; p. 182-8.
Chase Bookbinding. In Stories of
Industry; v. 2, p. 172-4.
Chase & Clow Paper and Printing.
Making Printer's Type. In their Stories
of Industry; v. 2. p. 168-71.
Cochrane Progress In Printing; p.
36S-372. Tyroradlograph or X-Ray
1'rlntlng; p. 420-5. In his Wonders of
Modern Mechanism.
.ody Four Famous American Writ
ers. Dewey Reading. In her Lessons on
Morals; p. 287-283.
Egglcston Some Boys Who Became
Authors. In his Storlos of great Ameri
cans for Little Americans; p. 120-4.
(Jordon Centenary or the Rotary
Press. In his Foundry, Forge and Fac
tory; p. 179-223.
Hall Boys' Printing Shop. In his
Bov Craftsman; p. 124-141.
How to Hind Magailnes. In Cralgln's
Boy's Workshop; p. 163-S.
Keysor Sketches of American Au
thors. King How Books Are Made; v. 3. p.
8f-94. Types and Paper; v. 3. p. 78-S4.
In his Picturesque Geographical Read
ers. Lucas Reading In What Shall We
Do Now? p. 327-301.
Lukln Printing Machines. In his
Amongst Machines; p. 2.15-70.
Macomber Stories of Our Authors.
Marden Medicine for the Mlqd. I n
his Success; p. 252-65.
Mitchell About Old Story Tellers.
How and When They Lived and What
Stories They Told.
Mowry fe Mowry Printing Press. In
their American Inventions and Invent
ors; p. 252-7.
Parton Some Noted Princes, Authors
and Statesmen of Our Time.
Rocheleau Books. In his Great
American Industries; v. 8, p. 222-38.
Printing. In his Great American Indus
tries; v. 3. p. 160-92.
Roe American Authors and Their
Birthdays. Programs and Suggestions
for the celebration of the birthdays of
authors.
Rusk In Good Books. In Norton's
Heart of Oak books; v. 6, p. 1-4.
Sanford Bookbinding. In hla Art
Crafts for Beginners; p. 173-204.
Smith Authors. In her One Hundred
Famous Americans; p. 87B-43T.
Stein Gagrlel and the Hour Book.
the Great Republic.
Hale Stories of Invention.
Hooker Balloons. In Child's Book of
Nature; pt. J, p. 67-75.
Lane Atlantic Cables. In Trl
of Science;
Moffett
Danger and Daring;
p. 1-13.
Balloons.
umphi
Careers of
P.
Mowry American Inventions and In-
In
87-129.
ventors,
Perry Four American Inventors.
Routledge Disroverles and Inventions
of tho Nineteenth Century.
Stockton Balloons. In Round About
Rambles; p, 73-85.
Tow! Heroes and Martyrs of Inven
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A Disastrous Ride
By Bennle Barde. Fa 11 log. Ninth A.
I got two of my friends to help me
learn to rid a wheel. I got on th
wheel all right but th worst was yet
to come. After I was able to rid two
or three blocks without fating off, the
boy got their wheels and we went
out for a ride. One of the boya said
to me: "Ben lot's ride down Broadway
hill." This hill fca about the longest
and steepest hill In town. I didn't
like to have the boys say I was afraid
so I said all right. The hill being about
a mils lorlg we only went half way up.
At this place there was a level stretch
about a half a block long.
We atarted down rather slowly but
about a third of the way down wo let
the wheels go at their own will. We
went down that hill at th rate of a
mile a minute. At the bottom some mon
had taken up part of the plank road;
we did not know this until about 25
feet from the hole. They had taksn
up about 50 fee of planking to put In
some new boards and a foundation. Un
der the road, and about five feet from
the place where they had taken up the
planks was a large ditch. Lucky for
us the dltoh was only two feet deep,
but full of marshy water. The next
thing w knew we were all sitting In
the mud and water up to our necka. I
told the boys I'd never ride down that
hill unless I knew what was at the
bottom, and I kept my word for I never
rode down that hill again. 1
About Fire Buil Jii
AVhat Became of a Dollar.
By Lloyd James, Shaver. Sixth B.
One day as I was walking down the
street a woman came out of a house, and
asked me if I would put two loads of
wood In for her. I told her I would.
If she would give me tl. She agreed.
so I went to work. When I had flnlshod
she gave me the SI, and I started home.
I hadn't gone very far until I dropped
my dnllur Into a craek. There It re
mained until the sidewalk was taken up.
When It was returned to me I then took
It home, but hadn It only about a week
until I had spent every cent of It.
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On the Way to School By Lorena Cave, Falling, Second A.
Books About Inventions.
Baker Boy's Book of Inventions.
Baker Boy's Second Book of Inven
tions. Beard Balloons. In his American
Boy's Handy Book; p. 136-47.
Cochrane Wonders of Modern Mech
anism.
Dodge Balloons. In her Land of
Pluck; p. 231-40.
Doubleday Stories of Inventors.
Drysdale Helps for Ambitious Boys;
p. 404-420.
Giberne Cables. In Romance of the
Mighty Deep; p. 276-285.
Uruy cables, in is at urea Miracles;
v. 3, p. 154-8..
Guerber Atlantic Cable. In Story of
Will Outbuild Them.
From the Catholic Standard and Times.
Our fleet of torpedo destroyers
seems to have stirred up our friend the
enemy, remarked tne naval enter of one
great power.
"Yes," replied his assistant, "it Is said
they will build a fleet of torpeio de
stroyer destroyers now."
"Let 'em! We'll build a fleet of tor
pedo destroyer destroyer destroyers."
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' Damon and Pythias.
By Teddy Clemenson, Kerns, Third A.
One upon a time . there was a mean
king, and there was a man named
Pythias, and Pythias did something that
the King thought was wrong,, and
the king, put him In Jail, and was going
to kill him.
Pythias wanted to see his mother and
father, and Just then .a man named
Damon spoke and said: J'I will stay In
Jail till he comes back," and so he did.
The days went by until thei day Da
mon was going to ba killed. The hours
went by and Pythias did not come back
till the very last minute. Then the
Jailer came to take pamon to be killed.
just then Pythias came and took his
place and the king said: "Let them
both go. I wish I had such a rood
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Raisins.
By Walter Osthmer, Shaver, Third
A raisin Is round and sweet
It has a brown Skin.
It was first a grape.
It grew on a vine.
The vines for raisins grow on
ground.
Grapes ripen better on the ground.
The place where grapes grow .is called
a vineyard.
When the bunches are ripe they are
cut off.-
The pickers lay the grapes on a sunny
roof.
They lie in the hot sun all day.
In two or three weeks they are turned
over. After awhile they are a beautiful
color and are dry. ;
When they are dry they are raisins.
They are packed in boxes.
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States.
Raisins are put In cake, plum pudding
and mince pies.
Children like to eat raisins.
Which Way Is Better?
By Dorothy Rood, Kerns, Ninth A.
I suppose all people, at some time
have to do something they do not like
to do. They usually go at It In one ol
two ways. First way Is this: When the
trouble, whatever it is, conies to you,
wail about it, talk about it. go over ,
and tell your nelgnbor how cruel Fate
has forced, you to do this thing that Is
so distasteful to you; work a little.
then stop and cry, and so on. That's
one way-
But, supose you go right ahead and
get through, don't look upon It as, dis
tasteful; see how well you van do it;
take pride In . your work; thtnk bow
much good, perhaps, you can do hv go
ing ahead in a manful, whole-hearted
way. That' another way.
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Hawaiian Customs
By 'Ivy Little, Kerns, Fourth B.
I was born on the Island of Hawaii,
In Hllo, at the foot of the largest vol
cano in the world. Its name la Mauna
Kea. On the day that I was born there
was a terrible earthquake and a tre
mendous lava flow.
The natives live In grass houses,
which they make out of a long grass
called lohala. Some of them make
their living by fishing. Others have
plantations where they raise sugar
cane, rice, bananas, pears and many
other things.
There are big pens where pigs and
dogs are kept. They feed these pigs
and dogs on choice foods, so as to fat
ton them. Then when the natives have
big feasts they kill these, animals and
eat them.
At night when the people go to bed
they leave all the doors and windows
unlocked. They are never disturbed by
a robber or anything like that
You can see natives sitting around
on mats at the public places selling
flower wreaths, which they call lets.
When the poor families eat, they eat
out of one big wooden bowl. These
bowls are called calabashes. These cal
abashes are sometimes handed down
from generation to generation. They
all dip their finders In and eat poi,
which Is made from the roots , of a
plant called taro. This Is their main
food.
Nearly everybody who lives In the
islands knowfe how to swim. It Is very
Interesting to see the natives ride a
surfboard. This is one of their main
sports.
Many people who have dyspepsia go
t.- the Islands and are cured by eating
melons called papals, which contain a
great amount of pepsin.
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Summer's Mission.
By John Osborne, Shattuck, Ninth A.
I will now write a few words appro
priate of the loveliest season of the
year, a season which brings to the world
a cheerful spirit, and for one quarter of
the year makes everything beautiful and
delightful.
Nature everywhere hears her cry out.
"I come with my radiant sun and I
sweep from the eartli snow storms,
rains and disagreeable weathers, and
bring In their stead fresh, balmy air.
sweet, beautiful flowers, abundance of
fruit and berries; In fact the most Im
aginable luxurious gifts of nature. The
world Is a paradise while I am there.
The children roam the woods and fields
and pick gay flowers whose perfume
I is given to them by me. When I coma
business Is better, commerce increases
and vacations are at hand."
I We constantly wish for summer and
I we do not like to see her depart-, but
! the will of God requires summer to
leave and give place to other seasons
as we must depart and give place to
others. Summer once gone, returns, but
man once gone can never return.
A Christmas Doll
By Gertrude Andrae, Kerns, Fourth A.
I am a big doll about the size of a
little girl. I have long hair and brown
eyes. I once lived In a big shop at the
North Pole. The man who owned me
dreesed In a red suit with white fur on
it. His name was Santa Claus. ' He
was a very nice man. He had snow
white hair and long whiskers.
One very cold day I heard Santa
Claus talking about going out. Then
he left the room. He came back with
his bag full of nuts and candy. He
had hundreds of Christmas trees. He
put all of them on his sleigh. Then
he got some toys. All at once he took
me up. He looked at me awhile and
then said he would take me. I was put
on his sleigh, too. Then he got on the
sleigh and said something to the rein
deer and we started. We went over a
great many bumps. I could not see, for
1 was in the bag, but I felt the bumps.
Pretty soon we came to a town. He
stopped at one of the houses. Then we
started again, for I heard him say that
the children there were bad. All at
dnce I felt a big bump. Then we weht
down a narrow place and stopped. Mr.
Santa got out of his sleigh. Then he
took off the bag with me in it. He
poured out all the toys. I found my
self In a beautiful house. Two stock
ings were hanging there. He put ma
in one stocking. It was very dark), and
I soon fell asleep.
The next morning a nice little- girl
had me In her arms. I looked all
around me and saw a beautiful Christ
mas tree. The little girl took good care
of me. I have lived a long time, but
I have never seen Mr. Santa since.
By Vera Crelghton, Kerns, Eighth
It ia not a hard task to bulSd rw
In a stove whsn you hav plenty of
paper and good, dry wood. It la not
a pleasant task, however. bcu.t th
Inside of th stove la black and you g t
your hands all black when putting In
th wood.
When you are out camping In ll
mountains, where yon do not have any
paper and the wood ia green, it Is a
difficult matter-to. build a fir.. Dry fir
boughs are the best, but they are often
hard to find, because not any of the
trees In the mountains are cut down.
After once getting a fir atarted It is
great fun to put on large boughs and
sea them blase and hear th craVkle ami
when the fire has gone down to get po-.
tatoea and apples and roast them over
the coals. When making fir to cook
with It Is best to maku between two
big roeks; the rocks become hot and
serve as a stove to fry t.. fresh moun
tain trout that you have fished all day
i or.
On the farm when th fruit tree are
pruned the brush Is hauled off on a slel
and piled in large heaps. In the auro
mer when It has dried out tt la gruat
fun to see this brush on fire. , Th dry
grass catche fire and It keepa on busy
going around and around the fir with .a
stick putting out grass that Is on fire.
At the beach the drift wood makes m
good bonfire. It Is ots of fun to alt
around and tell some of the most horri
fying ghost stories you know. When
the fire dies down and all you hear Is
tho roar of the ocean It seems like thera
really were ghosts and you are almost
afraid to go In the cottage to bed. 4
Some people use oil In starting a firs
but It Is very dangerous unless used
with care. Fire does great damage in
large cities If It gets a good start. r
Career of a Mast ' i
By Lelalne West, Fourth B. i
I was once a tall oak tree. I grew by
the edge of a river. The river waa very f
wide. I had a great many limbs and
twigs. Many ships and boats sailed ,
down the river. I would spend my time !
watching them until they were out Of
sight. 1 .
One day some woodcutters came Into
the woods to cut down the trees. They
came to me and began to cut me down.
Oh! how they hurt me. I thought I was
going to die when they cut off my
limbs. They put me In a wagon and
drove away. - .
On the way we passed farm houses
and woods. It grew dark soon. The
iwn who drove the wagon knew that
they could not reach town before dark,
so they decided to stay where they
were until morning. .They tied their
horses to a large tree, and gave them
some hay and corn to eat. Thjnen
spread some gunny sacks on the ground
and lay down to sleep. r
W hlle they were sleeping som rob
bers came and took their horses. Aftr
awhile some other robbers came and
took us trees out of the wagon and
took the wagon away. They -left n
lying on the ground. When morning
came the men woke up and found th
wagon and horses gone.
They decided to walk to town and
carry one or two of the trees with them.
They looked over all the trees to pick
out two of the best. They picked out
me and another tree. They put u On
their shoulders, and walked away.
They made me into a mast, and I
sailed past where I waa born. I wished
I could see my father and mother, but
they were on the other ship having
a good time. - -
Sailing by Moonlight By Gerald
lne Llllle Kerns, Seventh A.
Two Kinds of People.
By Ellen Gaynor, Shattuck. Ninth A.
There are two kinds of people, the
satisfied and the dissatisfied. -There
are some who can be satisfied no mat
ter under what conditions. They are
always pleasant, happy, cheerful and
ready to help whoever is willing to be
helped and they will always give you
a polite answer.
But on the other hand there are some
who are always dissatisfied, and never
nappy. In some cases they act as if
they actually hate themselves, and gen
erally they are a nuisance to everybody,
they do the least and growl the most.
While the world is big enough to
hold both kinds and each can find his
place it would be much more pleasant
to deal with the happy kind. But I sup
pose it would be rather tiresome to
speak to, and meet the same kind of
people diy after dav, so the world must
be all right as it is.
A Carpenter's Shop.
By Ovel Allison, Highland.
In one of the many small villages of
the east Is a carpenter's shop. It Is lo
cated en a small stream and not far
from Uie railroad h the outskirts of
the village.' It is on a gravel road and
is surrounded by tall poplars.
The building is long and wide? but is
only. One story high. There are some
stairs that lead up to the attic for stor
ing surplus lumber. In the front is a
small office, with a desk and a small
stove, together with a few shelves. In
the other part are long tables
benches covered with tools and
There Is an old man who seems tq
the foreman and is directing the n
their work.
In one part a carpenter Is turning ou
thinps on a lathe. Another is making
chairs and putting them together. Tho
old man makes picture frames and tends
to the office. In the buck part Is a
wat r wheel run by the water from the
stream, and it turns the lathe.
In the field back of the house is lo
cated the old man's hcse. The old man
is the owner of the shop. He is mar-ri-il
and has two children. One is a
buy a'ul Is learning his father's trade.
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In Soutk America
By Maud Wood, Kerns, Fifth B.
When first visited by whit men
South America was inhabited by Indians.
Most of them were savages but those
that lived in Peru were partly olvIlUed.
They wov coarse cloth, mad pottery,
and built fine roads. There ara atill
some Indians In South America, .
Th Indiana lived in email huts made
of aun dried bricks. The huts are about
eight feet high and almost square. The
chief occupations of the Indians are
fishing and hunting. They use speara
for killing fish, arrows for killing birds
and other game, and stones for grinding
their corn. -
Rubber was first gathered by ths
Indian. He takes his hatchet and cuts
a gash in the bark f a rubber treej
theh with a piece of clay he fastens
a little cup to catch the sap that trickles
out. When he has gashed about a hun
dred trees ho collects the sap. Then be
builds a fire of palm nuts and pouring
some of the sap on a pole, rolls it Into
the thick smoke of tha burning nuts.
until the sap has become bard. Then
he rolls the pole back, pours on mora
sap. Th hardened sap forms tha rub
ber. .
After a savage war tho Spaniards
conquered the Indians.
A Nickel.
By Jultett Steinnietz. Portsmouth,
- Sixth A.
I was once a nice shiny nickel, but
I have gone through so many hands
that I am now very dull looking.
I will tell you about my life and all I
have done since I was coined.
First I was put In a bank. I was laid
in a nice bright looking safe, and' when
I was In there about four months I Was
given out for change to a man, and he
put mo in his pockejt. I waa there for
about 10 minutes when the man gave
me to a little boy for a paper. The
little boy lost me on the street and I
laid there for over two days.
At last a lady picked me up and put
me in her handbag. When she got to
her store she put me In a dark drawer
and I stayed there untirglven to a little
girl who came In after a nickel's Worth
of candy.
Talking in Their Sleep.
By Raymond McKean, Shaver,' Fourth B.
The old tree said, "You think ; I'm
dead, because I have not af leaf to show.
But under my coat are tiny buds, ready
to shoot out their heads when spritu?
comes. I'm not dead, I'm safe and
sound. And, oh! I pity the grasses at
my roots."
Pretty soon the old tree heard a
voice. The voice said, "You think I am
dead? When spring comes you will be
fooled, you will see me again. And I
pity the poor, flower without roots or
limbs." ' ; ;- . .
But before the grasses had tho words
out of his mouth, a soft voice spoke out
and sajd. "Vnu thtnk Vm dnrl iiia
Rou see no limbs or roots. But: Mr,
ind nas neipea me. And my seeds
have been placed Iff the soft earth, and
Mother Nature has come -and covered
them with her coverlet, and In : tha
spring I will laugh at you, with tnv f
flowers which will have hundreds of !
blossoms." ' :
The quantity of silver produced In
Mexico feist year was the largest in
the nistory of the republic.
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A Qu,iet Covo By Poroihy M i
Iverna, Seventh 15. - '
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