The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-14
THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
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Tho Secret of Being PopulAr--LOclxea
81 Up by Woodpec Dogs
The Enchanted Pumpl<in-HOyv %
Tell the Key. 6 6. Il. E5
Gwendoline writes that she wishes
to know the secret of being popular
SID like to be q popular girl, ! she
says, ga girl beloved by every bod y" u
IS This is a natural wish, and in itself
not wrong. There is a temptation to
wrong in it if the desire be carried so
far that, in order to become popular,
the girl sacrifices valuable qualities Of
character, as, for instance, lndepend-
encc Of judgment and sincerity.
4 But there is no need Of this The
girl who chooses to be popular needs
first to be unselfsh. She must not
consider her own ends first nor chief
". The atmosphere enfolding her
must be that Of love and kindness.
You know how some girls always try
to have the best things, the best
places, the pleasant things, while they
do not try to pass the good things
along to others. These are not popu-
lar girls. Nobody can be fond of a
selfish person. ..tsjs
Again, a really popular person must
have courage. Courage enough to be
q leader. There are only a few lead
ers in any city, or school, or other cor
ner of the world. Most people are fol
lowers. l heard of a leader this
morning. She went to boarding
school a long way off from home.
Among the teachers there was a lit
tie, shy Miss Somebody whom the
girls did not like. They made fun of
her prim manner and her queer, tow
colored hair, and sort Of mincing
walk, the poor lady had, and they did
not see that she was really a very
learned woman, who could teach
them a great deal if they would at
tend to her. Maria Matilda observed
the state Of affairs, and decided that
1t was unjust, SO she championed the
little teacher. She sent flowers to her
desk. She listened respectfully when
Miss Diffidence was in the preceptor's
chair. She began to be very fond of
her, and discovered that Miss Diff
dence was really a dear, only fright
ened out Of her wits, among a crowd
Of unfeeling girls. Before long Maria
Matilda changed the whole situation.
and, she, being born leader, the rest
followed her willingly. l need not
add that Maria Matilda is popular,
~ery popular.-Harper's Round Table.
Locked Up by Woodpeckers.
Although the woodpecker is indus
trlous, provident and peaceful, he is
not to be trifled with or tyranized over
with impunity, as the following Incl
dent will show: 80,
A companion and I on an August day
not long since pitched our camp at a
spring on the table lands of the ridge
dividing DIAL from Santa Clara valley.
ABOUT the spring stands a large grove
OF live oaks. In one Of these not far
from the tent door a pair of WOodpeck-
ers had for years, no doubt, made their
dwelling place. Somewhat shy of us at
Hrst, the birds in a few days paid little
attention to our presence. It has fire.
quently amused us Of sultry after
noon as we lounged upon the buffalo
robes laid on the shaded grass, to OBJ
serve the birds with whose ,labors the
warmth appeared to have little to do
We had camped there a week or ten
days, when, before daybreak one morn
ing, We heard cOmmOtiOn about the
home Of our staid neighbors. Our at
tentiol was attracted by their shrill
outcriGss and the whir Of their wings
among the branches overhead. 1t had
no sooner grown light enough to see
than we pushed back the flap Of the
tent door and peered out to ascertain
the cause Of the disturbance.
1t soon became apparent that little
tecolote, or ground owl, at the ap-
proach Of day had taken lodging in the
hollow occupied by the woodpeckers, to
their CONSERVATION. But the return of
day brought courage to the rightful
owners, and they resolutely set about
finding means to eject the invader.
They tried bluffing while about the
only aperture to the hollow tree, but to
little purpose, other than to cause the
tecolote to peck at them when they
appeared to be about to thrust them
selves in. '.
4 At last, finding that neither threats
nor entreaties were likely to be effect
i've, and resolved that if they were to
be deprived of their home it would be
the last Of that tyrannical owl, the
woodpeckers brought presently from
another part Of the grove an oak ball
Of the size of the aperture and, driving
it tightly into the hole, Withdrew to
another hollow tree, leaving the bird Of
prey Theoretically sealed up.
After several days, when we started
to return to San Buenaventure, the
ball was still in the hole, and the
Woodpeckers, settled in their new
home, We're going about their business
as if there had never been tecolote.-
Portland Daily Press.
Two Little knights. .-. :
There are two knights Of the ancient
and illustrious order of the Golden
Fleece who are under ten years Of age
One is the nine-year-old king Of Spain,
while the other is the eight-year- old
Hnka If Rra panza the crown nrincn Of