Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-07-03
HOW JOHNNY ESCAPED. :
Tho Playful Franks OF BOY Who Had n
PenChank for Reptiles.


1t is universally admitted that the
small boy who has penchant for
bugs, and insects, and reptiles is the
worst variety OF boy. There is one OF
this sort in Atlanta who is an orna-
mcnt to his particular order of small
boy. He spends his afternoons and
all OF his spare time, of which he
seems to have a good supply, in
foraging in the country for bugs and
lizards. Every morning he takes in
his pockets 80 school the results OF his
last raid. Monday the specimens of
his insectiferous and reptilian life that
he can fish up from the depths of his
trousers pockets are many and varied
and awful to touch and look at. Last
week the teacher took an inventory of
the bugs and beasts found in his pock-
cts, or that escaped therefrom and ter
rited the other childreu-and the
teacher There were several varieties
OF beetles, pigeons with broken wings,
English sE!aTrnws: butterflies, devil
horses. slugs. snails. earthworms, liz
ards, q snake or two, and an occa-
sional frog, damp and cold. One day
he slyly opened tho flap Of his pocket,
and then went on in his hard, reso-
lutte effort to make his teacher believe
he was studying. After awhile tho
teacher noticed a grasshopper hopping
agilely from desk to desk amid tho
litter and a tee-hee of the scholars. A
chase was begun, when another grass
hopper was seen, then another, and
they were everywhere hopping all
over the room and sticking their sharp
feet into the little girls hair, fright
cning them half to death. Come
here!" shouted the teacher. TO the tom
der lover Of insects. O; she reached for
q fcrrule. "Give mo your hand, SIR"
The naturalist held ou" his hand as If
he was u marty to science. The teach
er was about to seize it when she
caught sight of two green eyes that
flashed at her from the boy hand and
sharp forked tongue that seemed to
dart into her face. The boy had q
snake coiled around his arm. He was
not ferruled and the teacher has notfelt
well ce.-Atlanta journal.
"A movement is Oh .:ot in Chicago
to transfer the kindergartens to the
control Of tho Board of Education and
thus render them u part of tbs school
system. '... .....
Tho now annex to Columbia Col
logo, New York, is called Barnard
College" after President Barnard.
who has done so much toward making
such an annex possible.
Bishop Lightfoot, of Durham,
Eng, makes it rule to spend his
episcopal income (E7,O0O o year) on
church and educational work. and not
q shilling of it has gone into his own
pocket.
The great reason why tho mission
churches on the continent of Europe
do not become self-supporting Is the
emigration to America, which takes
away their best young men. This
wcal1ens them. but strengthens the
churches in this country.
"A Meth odist Episcopal university
Is to founded in Utah. A committee,
OF which Bishop Warren is tho head,
has decided to locate in Ogden, this
being tho only town in tho Territory
OF any consequence. except Park City.
FREQ from the Mormon dictation. The
citizens OF Ogden offer about 600, ,O0O
in cash and I'M equal sum in land.
Tho late DR.. j. p Durbin had no
patience with advertising in tho pull
pit. lie always read notices before
doing any thing else; and then when
they wero disposed OF he would say:
"Wo will now begin tho worship OF
God" putting slight accent on the
word "now "--Boston Traveller.