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There was a pause, which wo em­ SOMETHING ABOUT BEETLES
ployed in contemplating the Are and
ANTED—FAITHFUL
MEN
T h e ir S tra n g e H ablte, I nut I n e ts a n d M enu«
thinking of our island.
o f G e ttin g g o o d .
“ Perhaps it might be better, ’’ I re­
marked, “ to put the bicycle man in an­
sponsible established house in Oregon.
You are all familiar with the common
other house about a mile away from block beetle known os Die tumblebug,
Bure, now, If I In heaven,
Salary $780 and expenses. Position
WATER
POWER.
D roannup in blind.
ours. ”
and perhaps may have seen it rolling a
permanent. Reference. Enclose self-
Hear» I but the x»h<Mper,
“ He might live with the accompa­ ball with its hind l«<gs, pushing it back­ A S im p le L ittle E n g in e T h a t A n y Sm art
B ut the lost «olio. oven,
addressed stamped envelope.
The
nist.”
lio
y
Can
31alte.
Of ono auoh kiss,
National. Star Insurance lildg., Chicago.
“ And, of course, we should require ward. The ball contains tho egg of the
The principle illustrated in tho ac­
JU1 o f the soul o f m e
beetle, and the creature is taking it to companying cut might readily serve to I
servants. ”
Would leap ufar.
a
place
of
safety.
“ 80 they conld all live together be­
If that called mo to thee.
generate power without the use of ma­
A ye, I w ould leap afar,
A green beetle spotted with white is chinery. We give it, however, rnjrely DETECTED THE REPEATERS.
hind the wood that divides our half of
A fa llin g star I
tho island from theirs.”
called the tiger beetle. Ho is a clever as an interesting and easily made exper­ In n o c e n t F ish h o o k » W h ich C aused W h o le ­
—lan Cumrrun in N ow York T ribune.
“ With a telephone laid on,” Imur- fellow and very cunning in his manner iment.
s a le A r r e st o f Voters.
,,
.
, mured, but not ironically, though I be- of securing his prey. He w ill dig u hole
Pour water into u good sized glass
During the reconstruction times ill
our islaud was becoming a foot in depth and then crawl to the tumbler until it is two-thirds full aud Alabiuna, just after the late civil war,
, rather densely populated.
top and form himself into a bridge
all of I he st ute and county offices were
The very thing!” cried Cynthia, across the chasm, burying his head in
administered by the Republicans. This
There wok an ominons rattle upon the clapping her handa “ Only we should snch a manner us to appear like some­
was from 1860 to 1874, when tho Dem­
handle of the door—a rattle needlessly want somebody to examine it when it thing inanimate, but lie w ill bo on the
ocrats again secured control of the gov­
long and suspicious. It conveyed an al- got out of order. ”
alert for the unwary creature that
ernment and have held it ever since.
“ So we should,” I agreed. “ But per­ mokes on attempt to cross on his back.
togi ther unworthy slur upon the pro­
The election of George 8. Houston, a
Sold W ith
ceedings of the inhabitants of the room, haps wo could arrange for a boatload of In an instant the bridge w ill give way
Democrat, as governor iu 1874 was ono
technical
assistance
to
visit
our
island
and the prey will be precipitated into
and Cynthia laughed with amused resig­
of the hottest ever held in the state, and
each week. ”
the hole. Tho beetle w ill follow olid
nation.
many were the tricks practiced on both
“ The tradesmen bringing tho gro­ quickly dispatch tho game, when he
sides in that election. Possibly tlie most
“ It Is Charlie, ” sho said. “ He al­ ceries.
”
w ill return, reform the bridge and al
novel was a device put into operation at
ways comes in like that.”
“ And the postman with the letters.” lure another victim.
Mobile. Repeaters were common in
“ Wo must do tho samo for him ,” I
■ te »
Cynthia hesitated, in doubt for a mo­
Old fashioned furniture is often com
those days, mid this device was used by
replied, "when he arrives nt years of ment or two. There seemed to be uovel pletely ruined by the larvie of a beetle
the Democrats to catch the negroes, who
discretion and becomes engaged.”
and unorthodox particulars creeping called the uuobuim. A peculiar sound
had learned the repeating trick. All of
Cynthia’s youngest brother stole into into our vision of insulated bliss. We like the ticking of a clock is made by
the negroes voted tho Republican ticket
both
felt
i
t
these beetles when they call to each
the room rapidly anil softly. Keeping
then.
At length sho said: “ Do you know, I other, tho noise being made by striking
bis eyes religiously averted from the
Ou tlie election day mentioned tlie
sofa by tho fireplace, he picked np a am not sure that it would not be mare the jaws against their resting place, and
polling places were opened, and the vot­
heroio of us, more like Robinson Crusoe, often in old houses filled with old fur­
ing commenced. The Democratic elec­
book from tho table and departed. I to forage for ourselves. You could shoot
niture the superstitious, when they hear
tion officers at the boxes had secured a
offered some casual observation, but he gouts. ”
this peculiar sound, imugiue the place
took no notice, clearly thinking it
stand it upon a canister to give it the stock of small fishhooks with which to
“ I could shoot at goats,” I corrected. to be haunted.
carry out their new plan. Whenever a
would be injudicious of him to be mixed ‘ 'And no doubt it would amuse both
Another beetle is found in dark cel­ necessary elevation. Through tlie flat negro voted, an officer stuck a hook in
up in the business at all. My innocent tho goats and myself.”
cork
on
the
surface
of
the
water
is
a
lars, where it thrives upon dust and
the voter’s vest front, where it could he
“ And I could cook their flesh, " o b ­ trash. It is so difficult to exterminate it stout straw, which transversely supports plainly seen. After having exercised his
position, which was two good yards
from Cynthia, courted observation, and served Cynthia valiantly.
that it is looked upon as something un­ one of the same diameter. To the latter constitutional right of voting, “ Cuffy”
“ You would do it delightfully," said canny, und the ignorant regard its pres­ are attached two other straws of smaller proceeded to another polling place aud
we both felt a little injured.
diameter, each of these having a hit of
ence as mi ill omen.
“ I wonder wliut he expects to see?” I I, “ with a few days’ practice.”
sought to vote a second time. He was
“ Yes; whilo you were fighting tho
The sucred beetle of Egypt is not un­ straw ubout an inch in length attached thereupon arrested aud put in jail upon
said, resuming my seat upon tho sofa
like our own common beetle, and tho to tho cud at an obtuse angle, with the a charge of fraud. The scheme worked
“ Augustus in the presence of Cleopatra savages.'
I doubt tho advisability of savages,” female lays her egg iu the same way, outlets cut ou tho slant to facilitate the like a eharm. By noon 175 negroes had
was not more careful to see nothing. Is
it a sense of decorum or a fooling of I replied. "The iuterruption of a toma wrapped iu a substance which is to pro­ exit of tho water.
All the joints are hollow and are been arrested mid jailed. The whole­
hawk finug at us would bo worse than tect it and furnish food. Sho rolls it up
contempt that inspires his caution?"
sale arrests so frightened the negroes
“ Never m ind,” answered Cynthia ono occasioned by a rattle of tho door into a ball with her fore logs, sometimes made water tight with scaling wax. Ti e who had not voted that they refrained
“ Let us talk alsiut onrselvoa Are you handle. ”
carrying it a long distance upon her ends of tho transverse straw are like­ from going to the polls that day, and
None who arc engaged in any of the mechanical
"And, after a ll,” added Cynthia, heud; digs a hole iu the earth, deposits wise closed with the wax, tut the ends
sure? Are you sure you uro quite sure?”
the Democrats won the election.—Chi­
This conundrum I Jiud heard before, ! giving up tho savages, “ there would bo her egg laden ball, covers it up, and of I ho depending straws arc left open.
pursuits can succeed without reading aud
Now, to start this unique homemade cago Time:: Herald.
nud my nnswer was stereotyped. I was no knowing how long they might have leaves it to attain its perfect develop­
ment.
been
pooping
ut
us
from
behind
the
palm
apparatus
inaction,
let
two
persons
suck
quite sure, and I pressed her hand to
T ho W h ip p in g P o st I n B o sto n .
studying this standard Magazine of Sciences
trees. ”
convince her.
The sexton beitile is a curious crea­ the open ends of the depending straws
Alice Morse Earle, in an article on
“On tho wholo a civilized desert is­ ture. He has a thick body and powerful until tho water begins to flow, aud when ''Puuisbinents of Bygone Days,” found
“ And w hen,” sheeontinuod—“ when
and mechanical Arts. It is illustrated with
«lid you first, you kuow? Was it at land would suit us better.”
limbs and a most acuto sense of smell. they take their mouths away tho device iu The Cbr.pbi.uL, after giving John Tay­
all modern cuts of latest inventions in all
tiie
“ Is such a thing ever uuvertised?” No sooner does a small animal die than w ill begin to revolve, while the water lor the Water Poet’s rhymed descrip­
the sextons gather about the body and pours steadily from the open cuds.
Any demonstration that I may have asked Cynthia.
tions of corporal punishment in London,
the branches of mechanism, and its fund of
This revolving siphon w ill scon
“ With a 09 years'lease. We might begin to put earth upon it. In a few
been contemplating was rudely inter­
explains bow rapidly flogging camo into
hours the dead auinial lias been covered empty the tumbler, hut you may keep use in Boston :
rupted by a further agitation of the inquire.”
knowledge is inseparably connected witli in­
There was silence in the library for u aud the beetles have laid their eggs iu tho action up as long as you please by
«loor. Witli a promptness bred of some
Tho whipping post was speedily iu
practice I was again in an erect position apace of 20 seconds. Then Cynthia said, the carcass, which is to nourish the pouring water in us lust us the siraws full force iu Boston. At tho session of
ventors and mechanics. Sold with T he
let it pour out.
on tlie hearth rug, und Cynthia was read “Ninety-nine years is rather a long larva).
the court held Nov. 80, 1G80, oue man
iug a book. Il was a manservant with a time. ’ ’
A remarkable creature is the bom­
W
est at clubbing rates.
was sentenced to be whipped for steal­
A B o y an d a B a n a n a S k in .
scuttle of quite unnecessary coal for the j “ Yes,” I agreed. "If wo talk hard bardier beetle, oml it is provided with
ing
a
loaf
of
bread,
another
for
shooting
One day last week a white haired old
fire. He poured on (lie fuel und brushed tho whole time, we ahull havo said a a strange means of defense. It lives in
, a community under stones, und when gentleman was walking up Fifth avenue i f°wl 011 Uio Sabbath, another for swear-
the hearth with scrupulous care. Tho great deal.”
"I think wo might allow callers. ” | disturbed discharges a fluid of a very with his cane. Not far in front of him inB. another for leaving a boat “ with-
operation seemed to take uu enormously
out a pylott. ” Then we read of John
long time.
It relieved mo to hear her say so, but penetrating odor, much like gas, which dawdled a boy eating a big ripe ba­
Pease thut for “strykiug his mother aud
Left once more to our tete-a-tete, I clung to the originul proposition as explodes as it comes iu contact with the nana. It was near the noon hour, mid derydiug her lie shalhe whipt,”
air and pass« s into vapor. Eighteen ex­ the street was thronged with people
Cynthia's iinputiencoof these interludes long os I conld.
Lying, swearing, taking false toll,
found words.
"We might be at home,” I said, “ on plosions cun be made iu succession by hurrying off to lunch. Presently the
perjury, selling rum to the Indians—all
cue bomburdier, aud while these are boy, having finished the banana, drop- were punished by whipping. Pious re­
“ I wish wo lived on a desert island," Wednesdays. ”
' ‘To tho officers from the barracks. ” being thrown off like a volley of artil­ p«d the skin on the sidewalk aud went
«lie said. “ How delightful it would bol”
“ And tho charming Miss Corruthers. ” lery the beetle effects its escape. The whistling np the street. The old gentle­ gard for the Sabbath was fiercely upheld
“ Indeed it would,” 1 agreed. “ Long
“ Unless they stopped tho night, ” ! fluid is like nitric acid to tho taste. It man stopped mid bent over slowly, lean­ by the support of the whipping post. Iu
yellow sands and blue sea und palm
1648, Roger Scott, for “repeated sleep­
trees and solitude, with nothing to dis­ meditated Cynthia, “ I don’t see how causes a sharp pain if placed upon tho ing heavily on his cane, und picked up ing on the Lord’s day,” and for strik­
turb our conversation. We could talk they could admire the Crown Derby tongno and leaves a yellowish stain.— the banana skin. Just then the boy ing the person who waked him from his
looked over his shoulder aud saw what
Our Animal Friends.
diuucr service Uncle Joseph sent ua ”
together from sunrise to sunset.”
the old man had done. He stopped, with godless slumber, was sentenced to be se­
“ So we could—or wo could read to-1 There was not a suspicion of inter­
Women were not
ruption about, either at the door or at TWO CLASSES OF READERS. his hands iu his pockets, and watched verely whipped.
«ether. ”
spared in pubiio chastisement. “The
curiously.
Close
to
the
curbing
stood
a
the
window.
We
hoard
not
so
much
as
“ Or you could sing to m e,” I «aid.
gift of prophecy” was at ODce subdued
This monthly magazine is one of the very
“ I should want an accompanist, ” she a furtive ruKtle iu tlie passage, and our T h o se W h o L ik e D ic k e n s a n d T h o se W h o forlorn old dray horse, with its head iu Boston by lashes, as was unwomanly
hung down and cue leg bowed out. He
A d ore T hackeray.
observed dubiously, “ becauso you can't distaste for tho rest of the world was
oarriuge.
looked
as
if
he
hadn’t
had
enough
to
eat
“ About 15 years ago reudors used to
best printed in this country, and is «old
play the piano. ”
j ebbing away. With Cynthia's pretty
“ It would be m«jst Elysian,” I went heud resting upon my shoulder I some­ be divided roughly iuto two classes— in mouths.
J o a n o f A ro D e fo r e th e J n d g e s ,
The old man held out the banana
to all subscribers at rates within the
ou. “ We should have our house, our how had tho patriotism to feel that those who 'liked Dickens' mid those who
Tho questions addressed to Joan and
books mid cur music. Far away from England was gtxxl enough for even so 'adored Thackeray,’ ” writes the critic skin, nnd the discouraged old horse in­ her answers day by day huve been trans­
ability of all to pay. It is finely illus
Droel, in The Ladies’ Home Journal. stantly pricked up his ears, lie was evi­ mitted in the records of the court. To
any fellow ereatuie wo could idlo away absorbed a couplo as ourselves.
“ I am not,” she whispered iu my “ Each class used to viewtlioother with dently suspicions at first that a joke was read them is to understand the brutal
the sunny summer afternoons together
trated and present« the name« of famous
nud be totally liuppy. Wo would be in­ ear, “ very good iu a boat, you kuow. I more or less contempt. Of the two the being played ou him, but it was only ferocity with which she was tortured,
Thackeray people felt themselves consid­ for a moment. Ilo reaehed forward until, turning on her accuser, she cried:
visible to even tho telescope of the pass­ don’t always look my best. ”
author« a« contributors.
T he W est
ing vessel.”
"There aro not rn u tiy islands attached erably superior to the Dickens people. engerly and nipped the banana skin witli "You call yoursolf my judge. Bo care­
Cynthia took up tho parable and am­ to the mainland, I am afraid,” 1 an­ There were uot so many of them, for his soft lips. When it was gone, he ful what you do, for I am indeed sent
and the Cosmopolitan are «old at re­
oue thing, mid thut in itself gave them looked np wistfully, but the white hair­ by the Lord, and you place yourself iu i
plified it, "The world would contain swered.
ed
old
man
w
as
walking
on
up
the
street
a
feeling
of
exclusiveness
(something
duced rates at this office.
Then
we
looked
at
each
other
and
for you one woman and for me oue
great danger. ”
like the uttitude assumed by George with his cane. The boy stopped whis­
mail, und each would be am pie oom pony laughed aimlessly, hut happily.
To
answers
almost
snblimo
succeeded
!
"The island problem,” said Cynthia, Meredith’s admirers of the present day). tling. He was thinking, and so were a answers filled with naive ingenuity.
for each other."
“ Ample!” cried 1 confidently. We “ is more difficult—not tbut 1 do uot Bat Thackeray's complete works "for score of other people who saw the little Questions were plied, traitorously con­
care for you tremendously; still it is $3.99 rapidly abolished the aristocracy. incident. —Chicago Record.
had only been euguged a fortnight
ceived, concerning tho visions whioh
Artificial barriers do not long count for
“ Ampler' she maintained with sus­ more difficult than I thought.”
had como to her aud the celestial voices
B lo c k Isla n d .
"I am devoted to you," was my gal­ much with a greut writer.
picious empluisls, as if conscious that
which sbo heard and which throughout
Tho
hum
of
tho
spinning
wheel
is
“
You
no
doubt
very
sxin
found
ont
lant
answer,
"but
I
am
prepared
to
the statement needed repetition to ran -
her mission had oounseled and guided
that
in
certain
moods
there
was
nothing
still
a
familiur
sound
on
Block
isluud,
a
trout tho Robinson Crusoe question like
der it convincing.
her. But ou this point she was firmly
more satisfying to you than' Peudeuuis, ’ quaint aud interesting resort in summer silent. It was as though it were a se- !
“ For exercise,” I continued, rashly other riddles. ”
aud ut another time the best novel that und a miniature world iu winter, in crct which she was forbidden to betray.
“ How do you mean?” she asked.
sketching in the details, “ we would
"To give it up,” I replied—8k you ever read w n s‘David Copperfleld.’ which the habits und customs are those She consented to take an oath to speak a ■
have a lawn tennis court ”
I have uo doubt that iu the long run of 160 years ago. TLe island is 15 miles nothing but the truth; but, concerning
“ You lieut me so easily," she sighed. James Budget.
deep iu your heart you w ill cherish a off the Rhode Island shore and almost her visions, sho made a reservation,
I paused the compliment by and strok- 1
T h e P o in te d B eard s.
finer affection for the oue thau the otlici. directly south of stormy Point Judith.
<’d her delightful hair. A tapresouuded
“ You could cut my head off before
There are times during the winter would speak," she protested. At night,
on tlie w iudow ¡Nine bchiu^ us and
The Society of the Pointed Beards re­ That is a matter of temperament anil
your
surroundings.
The
one
you
like
when
the
wind
sweeps
across
the
tree­
made us jump dreudfully. It was my cently hold its third dinner iu Now
in the darkness of her dungeon, 8t.
We do not take possession of
uncle, a limn devoid of proper feeling, York. Tho Pointed Heards is one of the best fits best iuto your life as you are less land ut a velocity of 84 miles an Catherine and S t Margaret appeared
»
our ideas but are possessed by them.
mid 1 knew he wns about to muke a most exclusive sooleties iu the city. Ar­ making it. You w ill di icover that a hour, aud women take their lives iu to her, and celestial voices comforted
T h e, m. . u , „
shouted suggestion of a stroll iu the ticle 2, section 1, of the bylaws says, change of scene or occupation often their hands when tiiey venture out of her. Sho avowed tliat sho had seen
Where
[He gladiator., w, ----------- «»“ • for , t m
garden, himself being the third, as “ No one shall be eligible unless lie have brings you into sympathy with a writer doors. The isolation of tho island is al­ them “ with tho eyes of her body • • • c„ i •
,
Thucydides used to put i t So I shook a carefully cultivated beard of natural whom you never before appreciated. A most complete.
and when th.y leave me,” she added, SUCh 18 tlie exalted motto of the Arena -11111 11,,.
John ¡Schofield established tho first "I wish that they would take me with
my head firmly, and he waddled off and personal growth, iu good standing great sorrow w ill sometimes reveal
entire eontento c si ■
with a despairiug wave of his baud and terminating in one symmetrical George Eliot to you; a little journey iu woolen mill iu Connecticut near Oak­ them. “ — "The National Hero of
teuts of tins monthly magazine
which lie muy have considered humor­ point hulf an inch from the apex of tho Englaud w ill show you new beantica iu dale, where the curding was done by France
”
by
Maurice
Bente»
doMouvel.
are
upon
a plane and in keeping with its
ous, for 1 saw him arnile as he went.
chin, of sufficient evidence to preclndo Trollope; a wave of war feeling in Eu­ power cards. Iu 1798 the Block island­ iu Century.
“ How long,” asked Cynthia, txvoin- controversy. " As far as poseiblo every rope and people begin rereading Tolstoi’s ers began to send wool to tlie mill to tie
motto. The Arena’s gallery of eminent
carded iuto rolls, and generation utter
jng pink iu tlie face, “ do you think?" tiling connected with the dinner har­ ‘War aud Peace.' "
Som e Kchaulbny D i-noltinn».
generation huvo k< pt up the practice.
And "he nodded guiltily townrd tho monised with the aims aud object« of
In
a
recent
examination
some
boys
thinker« is a group of interesting men and
M y ste r lss o f H e liu m .
Formerly many bugs of grain accompa­ were asked to define eertain words anil
window.
tlie society. The menu curds, most of
As further experiments are carried nied the wool, and grist und woolen to give a nentenco illustrating the mean­
"I wish I knew," was tuy nnswer. which were either designed ut executed
women, and their thoughts are worthy the
“ We ought to draw the curtain."
by the diners themselves, gave amplo With the new gas culled helium—which mills were kept running day nud night, ing. Here are a few: Frantic is wild; I
"That would only make matters evidence of the whisker mania, aud wus recognised in the sun before it had while the fishermen aud farmers enjoy­ puked seme frantic flowers. Athletic,
consideration «fall people. The Arena
is
worse. Ueaidea, there is really nothing even the celery was served witli its been found ou the earth—the more re­ ed themselves iu the quiet Connecticut strong; the vinegar was too athletic to
village
until
tiie
work
was
done.—New
«old
with T he W est .
markable
it
appears.
Many
rheinista
be­
to be nohoiucd of. ”
foliage Irinimeil a la Vandyke. There
use. Tandem, oue behind another; the
"Nothing whatever, ” I said. "Still were 83 members present, several of lieve it consists of two gius's, yet they York Herald.
boys sit tandem nt school. And then
have uot been able satisfactorily to di­
the i-di'nd would he less painful to the whom aro well known artist«
D.gns N vver Ilurrie».
Nome single words an- funnily explained.
vide it. Ihofessor Ramsay, oue of its
Serve«. ”
Charles A. Dana, who has lieen n Dust is mud with the wet squeezed out.
disioverers, hu« failed iu every attempt
W hsrllM trraw I n ste a d c f k s a p a s d .
"You could play cricket oil the
journalist
more than 60 years and who Fins are fishes’ wings. Stars are the
sands!” cried Cynthia, rendered desper­
Major Padriu of the Italian army lias to make it enter into a chemical combi­ gets through more work 111 a <i v tlian moon's eggs. Cireutiifercnce is the dis-
ate by tlie stings of conacieuce. "Any­ iiiventeil a very ingenious eontrivono« nation. Lord Rayleigh has found that it most men do in a week, ascribes his ex­ tame «round the middle of the outside.
thing to ba rhl f these constant dis- which is designed to supersede the knap­ possesses by fur tlie lowest refractivity cellent health, his coutluuvd mental —Educational Gazette.
tractions. ”
sack. He has invented a vehicle Io ever observed in any gas, aud surprise vigor aud activity at a timewh, 11 most
C ork Toy«.
“ I might at low tide, ” I said dubious which he lia s given the name of the cy- is expn'sst'd at the astonishing distance« men have retired mainly to his never
Jy, “ but yon know I prefer to play with closuc, or tlie sack on wheels. On this traverse«! by electric iqiarka iu darting allowing himself to be in a iiiirry This
Curious toys may be made of cork.
will Isi eurrhsl the Imggugc of two sol through helium.
21 ether men.”
habit has, he soys, saved him from tlie One of these is the well known little
“ If they wire nice men," said Cynthia diem, nud the uprights of the tent will
nervous
diseniers from which more than tumbler such as is generally constructed
Krimratlon.
blandly, “ we might allow them to be used to convert it iuto a sort of
half of us Americans really d. . —c-au of pith. But cork, especially if it be
John
Butts,
8r.—I
want
to
leave
my
wheelbarrow, which the soldier ran
hollowed, will answer the purpose quite
«■ouie. I delight in watching cricket."
Francisco Argonaut
as well. Make the puppet of three or
" N it“ men!” I repeated with suspi- drag Is'hiud him wlien ais'ending or property to my two sons— oue-tenth to
«iors «•',i rity. R icolhet I was new to push before him when deseeudiug. The my youugost non, John Butts, aud mue-
four corks, shape aud paint it as skill­
««n > le«lc M r. ChaM a.
fully as you eon, aud glue to the feet, or
the character of a passionate shepherd. two soldiers w ill take it turn alsmt to tentlu to my eldest son. Royal Chester-
Mis.
Chuflii—
I
don’t
know
how
J
under them, little hemisphi res of lead.
ll, we could take our bicycles, at push or draw the ryclu«ar, aud it is fli-UI Chautii-ey do Royster Butts.
Family Iatwyer— H’m! Do you think can get JoLuuie to tukc his medicine When thrown iuto any position, the fig.
jtuv rati," said Cynthia diplom atically. contended that this arrangement will
If
I
tell
him
what
it
is,
he
won’t
take
ure, of ronrer, rights itself, and, like a
mar. h that's quite fair?
“ The roads would lie exquisite; no lulls not merely « liable the troops
John Butts, Sr.—Yea. I wont to it, and if I don’t tell him be won't cat, always falls on its feet. It is quite
much longer distances, but to fight
<uid no t herns iu the roiwL ”
take i t
"It would be fatul if we were punctur­ much better on the field of battle, being make some kind of reparation to Royal
Mr. Chaffle— I’ll tell you what to do. pi «SI bio to make a cat of pi. h or of cork
ed, “ 1 said. “ We should want tho nice relieved of all impediments, which can for allowing his mother to give him Just put it on the table aud forbid Liui too
be left in these light wheelbarrows iu «in h a crack jaw uome. —Loudon Tit- to touch it, and then he will take it
little man from the shop."
A rainbow iu the afteruoou is gener­
Bil*
the rear.
"Stu we should, anil to clean theca ”
ally an indioatioii of clear weather.
rare.—Landon Tit B u s
T hy dark i y t i to m ine. AJthno,
la m p s o f derlrs!
Oh. how m y soul lea p s-•
L eaps to th eir fire!
FOB LITTLE FOLKS.
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