Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-03-24
THE BOY WANTED TO TALK.

That's good" sail the boy. Its
II great thing to 1t 50 you cl1l 20 to
sleep as quick us You get to bed, isn't
it,
Great. indeed" answered tho
father drowsily.
What makes lis 60 to slcc;':'
why. because we are ti1c,l, sup
pose" little imlmtirnt1y. Then,
with IL thought OF the sympathy,
sleep ii necessary after the work Of
the day."
Does a COW slccp;'
"Ctrtainly."
what makes women moro nfrald
Of COWS than mem:
VERY likely because they are more
tinlid. Women can't protect them
selves IN we'll as men
Girls are just tho same. They
run and yell ut every little thing.
I'm g}a'1 I am not Il girl, aren't yo1:'
Yes; lin @lud you are not girl. :"
NO, / mean aren't you glad You
arc not one
Yes
1T YOU were girl. you'd be my
mother, wouldn't you:'
Il suppose would"
well, I'm &l:.4l You aro not, for
then you couldn't show mo how to
make Il kitc.'
DO YOU want a l:itt:;'
Yes. but tomorrow will 10 just
AZ we'll. Who ma,lu thu first kites.
papa
Tho Chinese. / fancy
Tho men i'll China hy kites, don't
theyf'
There was no answer.
Don't they, papa:'
''Don't--er, what was it?'
Don't the men in China fly kitesf'
Yes"
Arc there any laundries in China,
papa''
II don't know; I guess not"
We'll, how do the Cinnamon learn
how to washf'
TIM sure don't know"
THE Chinaman down ut the 1aun-
dry has got a fiddle. He can't play
very we'll. Did you ever try to learn
to play on fiddler"
No"
Il don't want to learn. III rather
learn to play n banjo, Did tile nc.
groes play III Il banjo tirst:"
Yes, desperately.
who taught them how to make
it,"
Il don't know. I guess it came
naturally"
What makes them black:"
What, the 1,anjos:"
mo, of course not, the negroes"
The coloriny matter III their skin
is different from ours.
DO they eve: tun mems skim
Boys skin il sometimes tanned"
with deep meaning.
oh, | don't mean that kind of tan-
ming That's strap oil, isn't it,"
Il guess so.
Whats hair oil made Of"
Bears grease. I've read"
If | could kill q bear when I &C up
into tho Adirondacks OH my vaca.
ton could get lot Of hair oil.
couldn't l."
Il suppose So"
Will | 60 on the Friday school
Closes
Il don't know"
oh, papa, I want you to help me
do an example. This is the way it
goes: Twenty men dig q ditch Is %
feet wide and 23O yards long in 2 ia
weeks, working 8 hours day; Is
men dig 4 ditch % feet wide and 900
rods long in weeks, working how
many hours day. How do you do
thatf"
No answer.
How do you do that, papa1"
"Er-do vhat:"
DO that example"
What example,"
why, that one Two just told you.
! don't believe you know q word I've
been saying.'
Yes, do; you were telling about
that Chil1aman playing fiddle"
"Christoplcr: That was two or
three hours ago We'yo talked about
lot OF things sincc.'
''Havo WE: We'll, my son, said
the boys father, raising himself On
lis elbow aud looking through the
darkness into tho other, room, I'VE
wont tulk any more tonight; VIC be-
gan with sleep and I guess We had
better end with that. Cool night"
Good night! !" said the boy, but |
wish you'd tell me where to bcgiu
with TINT example. - New York
Times.
When Squirrels Were Numerous.
Accounts by early writers show
that SQUIRRELS must formerly have