The Iola register., 1880-11-12

mind to try.
''Saltr' she wrote at the top of he
paper, and then there came an awfu
pause. ''Oh. dear, ,Dhat shall l say abou
it? Salt! Salt Well, I'm sure
don't know sohat it is exactly, unles
it's salt! and here Celia's thoughts wer
interrupted by laugh. s.Plf get oil,
Webster" she continued. t6inkin.
aloud. Lets see now" and sh'
whirled the leaves rapidly to the SIS
"Um! here it is: .Saltechloride o
sodium-a substance used for SEASONING
certain kinds of food, and for thu
preservation of meat, etc. 1t is founC
native in the earth, or it is produced b,
evaporation and crystallization from
waterimpregnated with saline particles.
Well. do declare! If that's all Mr.
webster has to say about salt, how
should L be expected to know any morei
The idea! Why, Idon't know any more,
and don't k'aow that! Well, l do say
Miss Nelson is unreasonable. Celia
wrlggled herself nearly off her chair,
sighed. groaned. famed herself, bit
her pen-handle, and finally, at Willie's
call, jumped up and ran from the room,
leaving the composition still to be
written.
She and her little brother mounted
the seesaw in the garden, and during
this pleasant pastime Celia interroea at
ed him upon what he knew about salt!
Willie didn't know much, but what he
did know he generously told.
Salt" he informed her. was very
good to make ice-cream with. That
cows liked SALT" he also told her, cal
though he didn't"
Celia laughed so at this that she
could not seesaw any longer, and she
went back to the house to take her mu-
sic lesson and afterward she drove out
with her mother; and the day went.
and she entered her room at night to
find the big sheet of blank paper staring
up at her in mute surprise as she looked
down upon it, before consigning it to
the table drawer.
She tried again on Monday, slightly,
and on Tuesday. Wednesday she had
no time, that being one of her music
days, and Thursday was her very last
day of grace. She made very strong
effort then, but at her very best she
could think of nothing superior to what
MIR. Webster's dictionary said; and, in
TACT, nothing at all beyond one simple
TACT, that "salt was very exceedingly
Useful substance
In despair she laid the matter before
Ter mother.
"My dear" said Mrs. Brown, eff you
lave honestly tried and cannot write a
you may yourself write
etter to Miss Nelson asking to be ex-
used, instead of my doing it. Tell
Ter exactly how hard you have tried,
nd ask her to give you an easier SUBJ
ect.'
Mrs. Browns eyes twinkled as she
ave this advice, and her little daugh-
er went up to ber room much comfort
d. Here is the letter she wrote:
might write this letter, and say that cannot
rite composition on salt. She says per
APPS you will be so kind as to give me an
asier 'ss subject: don't know ANYTHING about
1t OF the earth, and Is then q mineral; and
we get it by letting sea-water evap-
ate. l am very fond of salt, and for that
1owing more about it. Last week, Mary, our
'Ok, made the bread and forgot to salt it. and
me OF US could eat it. It certainly is ue1y
1ls
e silver away from the rock it is buried in,
ey roast the pieces with sdlt7 I read this i'm
lovely book called "Nelly's Silver Nine" OF
urse they do something else, but they do
is, too, and remember, because felt such
, interest In the very. word. didn't know,
/ l saw it in the dictionary, that an old
Ilor Is called a "salt;" l suppose because he
lows the salt water. Are there not a great ,
any different sorts of salt? was thinking
out them this morning, because happened {
see the bottle that has the salt of lemons in
you take out iron rust from linen with I
1t. And there is saltpeter, and salt of harts- {
rn. and the salts you take for medicine IL
ID mamma says we could scarcely have any r.
I'd that would be fit to eat without salt, | (,
lst tell you what a funny thing Willie said L
was IT. taking ssids eDDgt u ny Composition to
fs the only thing that will catch a pigeon. ~
Y never can get near enough to throw it
the tail. Well, my letter is DONE / am
y sorry to disappOint you, dear Miss Mel -
!, ana Will try real hard next time tried .
s .me, M ana l could have done it, only L
am your affectionate scholar,
CELIA BROWN.
10 Celia's great astonishment, Miss
lson insisted upon considering this
ter composition '-as, of course.
vas; and she read it herself before
whole school. The secret of Celia's
hty to write a letter where she could
write q composition" lay in the
that she unconsciously followed
le Willie's advice and wrote what
thought and felt without regard to
ow it might sound. -Church0sau.
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