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looking up, she found a real, live mouse, dressed in red and gold, stand ing before her.
 "Good evening, Miss Meta," he said. lowing. 1T heard you spelling my name.,
 Meta was so surprised at hearing mouse talk that she could not say a word.
 "But I must say good-by now. am going to a party, and don't want to be late"
 "Oh, do let me go with you," pleaded Meta, not the least afraid.
 'fYou may go if you promise to keep very quiet"
 "Oh, I will be so quiet no one will know I am there" cried Meta
 "Then follow me-" replied MT. Mouse, leading the way through a mouse hole (through which Meta passed with easel along passage, and into large hall. Here, around white spread ta- ble sat twenty or more mice, all dressed in red and gold.
 In the center of the table stood the very meat pie Meta had seen the cook make that morning to poison rats. She was just about to tell them the pie was poisoned, when there was a loud noise outside, causing them all to start from their seats; then large rat, with a large sword, strutted in.
 T heard that you mice ndu d meat pie" he began in a loud, harsh voice; ''but as I am fond of that dish myself I have come to eat it, And he swung his sword around fiercely.
 You can have it in welcome, cried the trembling little mice in a chorus, scared half to death.
 Then MT. Rat seated himself in the middle of the table, with the pie on his lap, and began to seat. When be had it nearly all eaten hungry look ing little mouse asked timidly: Please, MT. Rat, can't we have just a little taste?"
 MT. Rat was about to snap out a re- fusal, when he was seized with terrible pains, and, falling on his face, gave three kicks and died.
 So ended the selfish rat.
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ing on the beach. I found a boy there dressed in a riding suit, whip and all. l said to him: Do you remenher voI,r father and mother?"
 Monte"
 Before night we had it all arranged that they should follow me, for l was going to take them home But as tbey all collected together we decided that the boy in the riding suit and I would go alone l told ther" that we would paste up notices so they could follow us. l sent the boy up to the bonse after pencil. I found at the begin ming of the path tablet which T picked rp to use for the notices. Just at the beginning of the path there wa a short cave and just as we got half way through the cave we came to . large pile of dishes, reaching across the cave and nearly to the top. We turned around and went out, when I woke up,
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upon the Day of Color and Perfume? Be so no more. Behold. here is Goldi- locks, who comes from the Elves. She shall be the Messenger of the Flowers. v
 All the flowers clapped their hands. Goldilocks would not stay, but has tened forth from Fairyland that the glad news that all the flowers were alive and would return to the noun tains, valleys, meadows and forests in due time might be known as soon as possible.
 They are not dead. They are just taking vacation"
 This was what Goldilocks whispered to a butterfly messenger just outside the ivory gate. ZigZag this way and that, the butterfly flew and at every queer corner turned by him he found another butterfly, bee or bird to tell the news and so the tidings were spread and with the news also sped abroad the fame of Goldilocks as the Messenger of the Flowers,
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THE BOYS DREAM.
BY GEORGE BARRETT,


 Monterey
 Y T was a cold evening in July and I ate a lot of meat for supper, not thinking of having bad dreams. I was in bed before the g o'clock -A- "hoodoo' bell. or curfew, rang, and after I went to sleep then came my dream.
 1 dreamed that there was an old farmer and his wife, who stole little boys and girls and took them to their home and kept them; and I was sfnt out to find the place and bring back the children. I found a path that led into the woods, which I was sure was the right one, for l found tennis balls that he had taken from me piled up on the banks of the path. These I put in my pocket. After I had walked all day came to the place where they lived. There I found a large lake, where about fifty children were play
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NETTlE AND THE PEAS.

Little five-year-old Nettie, who had been brought up in the city. was spend ing few days in the country.
 "Grandma what are those funny lit- tie green things?" she asked, as they were passing through the garden one day.
 Why, those are peas" was the reply. ~Peasl" exclaimed Nettie; "peas come in tin cans"
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THE LITTLE ARMCHAIR.
BY MARGARET E. sANGSTER.

Nobody sits in the little armchair, It stands in a corner dim; But a white-haired mother, gazing there, And yearningly thinking Of him, Sees through the dusk Of long ago The bloom of her boys sweet face, As he rocks so merrily to and fro,
 With a laugh that cheers the place. Sometimes he holds book in his hand. Sometimes a pencil and slate; And the lesson is hard to understand, And the figures hard to matei Blt she sees the nod of the fathers head, So proud of his little son. And she hears the word so often said, 'fNo fear for our little one." They were wonderful days, the dear.
 sweet days,
 When a child with sunny hair Was hers to scold. to kiss and to praise, At her knee in the little chair She lost him back in her busy years When the great world caught the man, And he strode away past hopes and fears To his place in the battles van- But now and then is a wistful dream, Like picture out of date, She sees a head with a golden gleam Bent over a pencil and slate And she lives again the happy day, The day of her young Hfes spring, When the small armchair stood just in
 the way,
 The center of everything.
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.BINNIE AND
 j. NED IN CUBA.

: tSynopsis of preceding chapters. Binnie and Ned California Boys. are in Cuba. on secret service for the United States and MT. Ostend is also there, The Senorita Julia, young Spanish girl, who knew all the secrets Of the Cuban patriots, has been taken away by The Spanish troopers as prisoner. Binnie and Ned have armed the mountaineers, and, accom- Sranlards to rescue her Ramirez, who has heen. supposed to be a Cuban patriot but who has become a Spanish spy. has hastened to give the Spanish captain warning concerning the plan for the rescue
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Ah/E fit de munk-a-munk, but WOW!
 ~ See how yure unkle's kose if no,.,

with trembling hands, tore from if . <: fragment which she fastened to Q thorn. This was the secret warnjne, of danger that she knew the Americans would understand, if it caught tbair
 glance The Spanish captain and his !: men were too interested in the scheme now unfolded to ambush and shoot
 down the Cuban mountaineers. to
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sailed out of the shaft away over the hills toward the valley.
 Just then Tom became aware of some one shaking him roughly, and heard his mother saying: Why, Tom, how sound you sleep. It is time to milk the cows" And that was Toms first and last trip to a mining town.
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Professor-So, then, by the term rep tile we mean a creature which does not stand on feet, but moves by crawling on the ground. Will one of you name for me such a reptile?
 Freddy-Baby brother.7Judy-
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Johnnie" said the teacher to one of the Juvenile class, ''in your composition on George Washington you say he cut down a cherry tree with saw. Don't you know he chopped it down with
 "Yes' 'm," replied Johnnie, "but couldn't spell hatchet."
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CHAPTER III:

T AST as Binnie and Ned and their comrades rode, another rode fas- FN ter. Miles away he was speed
 ing, sparing not the spur or the whip. Fire flashed from the
 1,a nd an
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THE GREEDY
 OLD GRAY RAT.

BY CORA MELBOURNE. @ H. dear; I am so tired of this hor-
 rid lesson, sighed Meta, her six year-old golden head holding
 sleepily over the spelling. O It was her bedtime, but man. ma said she must finish her lesson. Meta only had one more word to learn-mouse-and had been spelling 1t over and over again for the last i've minutes.
 But. imagine her astonishment, when,
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"HE Fountain of the Dew in that beautiful land of the fairies, be-
 meath Tamalpais Mountain, is the source of t,4e sweet odors or
 oI1 tho 6oIuarc that grow in Cali
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TO Be SENT TO HOMES.
The Repatriated Spanish Army Will Be
Disbanded.

Madrid, August 15-4 a. mp ublic
opinion attaches great Importance to the
Spanish commission in Paris making q
resolute stand in de fense of Spain's terri
torial rights in the Philippines. The
government, therefore, wants to send q
strong, competent body of deleg ates.
A decree has been issued granting the
repatriated troops three months furlough.
The minister of war, Lieut.. Gen. Cor
rea, has issued circulars fxing.rules for
the disbandment of the forces returning
from the West Indies, who will hand
over their arms and war stores on landing
at the ports of Vago, Curruna and San
tander.
The soldiers and non n-commissioned
officers will return to their homes at the
expense of the state, and the officers are
to be placed in the reserves until the re-
organization of the home army permits
their being replaced on the active list.
About 100 900 men and 6U00 officers are
exnected from the West Indies alone.
The meeting on Saturday OF CABINET
council was chiefly devoted to the con-
slderation of means for restoring COM
mercial, postal and telegraphic commu-
nication with the colonies. French
diplomas are requested to sound the dis.
position of the United States govern
ment on these matters and also to ascer.
tain whether the United States until tie
evacuation of the West Indies is com
pleted. will allow the Spanish authorities
and Spanish administrative tribunals
to continue to act.
The city was patrolled by police last
night, but perfect tranquility prevails.
The publication of the protocol produced
keen disappointment so far as it refers
to the Philippines, where it had been
hoped Spain would preserve her SOW
ereignty intact.
Clause III. of the protocol dispels this
illusion.
Eohoing public feeling,t the independent
and opposition papers bitterly critioise
the clause as affording pretext for cur
failing Spanish sovereignty in an arohi-
spelago where control or interference OF a
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ESTABLISHED JUNE %, lss2-voL. s5.
SOLDIERS AT HOME.
Four Transports Arrive at Mon
tauk From Santiago.

New York, August 14-Four trans
ports, the st. Louis, Vigilancia, Matte
wan and Miami, having on board troops
who were ordered home from Santiago
de Cuba, arrived off Camp Wikof, Mon
tauk Point, j.. l., this morning.
The troops aboard the transports are
the 1st volunteer cavalry; 1st regular
cavalry; Battery H, 4th artillery, and the
9th, 9th, 10th and 18th infantry. All the
transports except the st. Louis, sailed
from Santiago son August 8. The St.
Louis. which left a few days later,
brought up S7a soldiers.
There was little sickness aboard the
former American liner and but one death
Private Oliver Longwood, Co. B, 9Th
regiment, who died from yellow fever
and was buried at sea. There was no
other developinentsof yellow fever. Twen-
ty-four sick men, mono seriously, are on
the st. Louis. The Vigilancia has 600
men Of the 9th and 18th regular infantry.
The state of the troops is excellent.
Twenty-one sick are under treatment. but
there was no fever. Gen. Ames Is on
board.
The Miami Jeanne up slowly and an
chored in the quarantine grounds late
this afternoon. She was not boarded.
Col. Theodore I. Roosevelt and his Rough
Riders came up in the Miami.
The Matteawan has not been inspected.
The quarantine staff today inspected
the men of the Gate City who arrived last
night, and confirmed the report of the
surgeons en- board that all were we'll, SO
far as fever was concerned. The men
were afterwards landed.
They were worn looking lot, but ap-
peared to be in high spirits. They were
marched to the detention camp where
they went into quarters and rations being
served to them, they began preparation
for dinner. All seemed glad to be back
from the front, and during the afternoon
they stretched themselves for rest on
the sand.
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COMPLIMENTS M'KiNLEY.
London Times Comments On Results of
the War.

London, August 14.-The Times this
morning comments editorialiy upon the
generous universal recognition of the
part which President Mckinley has played
throughout the war between the United
States and Spain, and says:
If foreign observers might presume to
have an opinion upon his conduct, it
would probably be that President McKin.
ley has kept his finger constantly upon
the national pulse and has known how
to stimulats and direct thought without
too markedly outrunning its movement.
Every thing has been done in the
open, every move has been discussed as
possibility all over the United States
before the government was irrevocably
committed one way or the other, and the
result, Of the cautious, tentative policy
is that where he stands at this moment
the President has the whole American
people at his back.
'tWe do not know that there can be any
higher craftsmanship for a President
governing under the constitution of the
United States.
sit is noteworthy that while the
Spaniards, who are usually regarded as
chivalrors. romantic and MEDIEVAL have
turnsa arst to the financi aspect of the
situation, the Americans, who are usual
ly supposed to be intensely practical, have
as yet hardly given a thought to the
financial or economic side OF the ques-
tion. What occupies the American peo-
pie at this moment Is not the cost of the
war, the value cf their acquisitions or the
balance of the profit and loss account, but
the moral result of the struggle and the
nature of the ideas which 1t stimulates
"Whether Organism Is dead or orly
sleeping, whether the smaller issue of
party warfare are superseded by large
and worthy conceptions Of national poll
cy or only thrown for the time into the
back ground, there can be no doubt
that the war has had and will have a
profound effect upon American ideas
and aims"
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TORE DOWN CUBAN FLAGS
Ensign Of Insurgents Offensive to
Our Sailors.


New York, August 14.-The Herald
will tomorrow print the following:
Sailors from the battleship Texas and
the torpedo boat Winslow, paid visit
to South Beach, Staten Island, Sunday
morning. There they fell In with the
men of the Fifth artillery, stationed at
Fort Wadsworth and members of the two
companies of the Third New Jersey
volunteers. encamped on the government
reservation at Fort Wedsvorth. The
sailors were severe in their condemnation
Of the Cubans AS the sailors were
parading the board walk with 80 or 40
soldiers. they saw Cuban flags in front
Of q merry go-round. These were quick
II torn down. The raiders were offended
by q largo Cuban flag floating above
the roof Of ticket box in form of o
Ferris wheel. 1t was 10 feet to the flag
staff, but soldiers were raised to the
shoulders of others. The flag came down
and only six inches Of the staff were
left. At a large dancing pavilion there
was profuse decoration of flags of all
nations. Here the Cuban flags were also
renooved
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certain to OCCUR unless orders are issued
from Washington 10 prevent it.
TRUCE FLAG NOT RESPECTED.
Headquarters of Gen. Wilson at Coamo,
August 13-Noon-Delayed in transmits
sion-The orders to advance, given to
Gen. Ernst's brigade were oountermand-
ed upon receipt Of the Presidents order
to suspend hostilities.
Gen. Wilson this morning sent--a party
with flag Of truce to notify. the Spani-
ards of the suspension of hostilities, but
the flag was not respected. This was by
order of Governor General Macias. As
Gen. Macias has no communication with
Madrid he may thus cut himself off from
official notification of the situation, al
though natives have been sent through
the Spanish lines to spread the news that
q cessation of hostilities had been or
dered. The soldiers of the Ameri can
army generally received the news of peace
with delight, although some are disap-
pointed that there is to be no further
fighting and many officers express regret
at the suspension of hostilities in the
midst of the campaign.
FORWARD MOVEMENT STOPPED.
Ponce, P. R., August 13.-Eyening-
The peace news has stopped all forward
movement of the American army in
Porto Rico, Gen. Wilson, at Coamo and
Gen. Sohwan, at Mayaguez will remain
at this place. Gen. Benry at Utuado
~
who had advanced beyond Guyana will
return to that town.
Gen. Miles expects to do nothing pend
ing the arrival at San Juan of the peace
commissioners.
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'oreign power would make the natives
HAVANA GREATLY AelTATED.
Terms of Protocol May Have Bad Effect
on Volunteers.

. London, August l5.-The Madrid oorre-
spondent of the Daily Mail says: "The
comments of the press on the protocol
are veritable funeral hymns on the de-
struction of the Spanish colonial empire.
Some days ago the desire for peace made
the people close their eyes to the price,
but now, upon reading the protocol, they
realize that the cost is the loss of that
empire which Spain had conquered with
SO much glory and that Spain now falls
to the second rank among the nations
Tho public mind is stunned and there is
general mourning.
"Gen. Blanco teIegraphs that Havana
is greatly agitated by the news of the
signing of the protocol and that much
anxiety is manifested to learn the con-
ditions which have not yet been pub
lished. Some uneasiness is felt regarding
the effect that the text of the protocol
may have on the Spanish volunteers in
Havana
Many newspapers express grief and
despair that the men who brought dis
aster by lack CT foresight, organization
and ability should continue to govern
the country
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DISPATCHES FROM SKATER.
1t. Col. Die and Majork Goodfellow Bring
Them to President.

Washington, August -4.-Lieut. Col.
Charles Dick of the Sth Ohio, (the Presi-
DENTS own) and Major George Goodfel-
low, volunteer aide to Gen. Shafter's staff,
arrived here this evening from Santiago.
They are the bearers of important de-
spatohes and information from Gen. SHAFT
ter to the President and Secretary of war.
Lieut.. Col. Dick had conference of an
hour and half with the President to-
night The officers say that by the end
of the present week the whole of Gen.
Skaters army will have left Cuba.
Major Goodfellow, who is physician,
thinks that the removal of the army from
Cuba was absolutely necessary.
In explanation of Gen. Skaters des-
patch stating that IS per cent of the army
was incapaciated, DR.. Goodfellow says
that while rs per cent Of the men were
not Ill, they we're unable to perform mill
tary service. The strain of the Santiago
campaign was terrific and when 1t was
removed the whole army collapsed.
In his opinion it will require several
weeks in good climate and with good
nourishing food to put the troops again
in fine fettle,
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WE'LL OUT OF SANTIAGO.

Washington, August 14.-By Wednesday
or Thursday 1t is expected by the war de-
partment that all of Gen. Skaters COM
mand will have left Santiago for the
United States In a despatch to the war
department tonight Gen. Shafter says that
the early departure of the troops now de.
pends entirely upon tine transports
which are daily expected to arrive at
Santiago. At the present time only about
500n man of Gen. Skaters corps are at
Santiago, the remainder having already
sailed for this country.
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THE SPANISH JOURNALS.
Various Views Taken of the Peace
Protocol.

Madrid. August 14-lO p. m.-El Pals
today printed the text of the protocol
signed by the United States and Spain
with mourning borders, and says:
"Spain, without colonies is reduced
to the role of third rate power.
Ell impartial says: "Peace will not
bring to Spain even the rest she SO much
needs after three years and half of
war. 7"
El Nacional says bitterly: eff Spain
had at least been vanquished after furi-
GUS and heroic struggle, she could resign
herself. Peace with the United States
will only be momentarily respite from
our misfortune
FL Liberal says the article in the proto-
col relating to the Philippines does not
indicate that anything good for Spain
will be fixed upon, and the question will
not be settled favorably for her."
Ell Globo (ministeriall, pines for peace
between Spain and the United States
and says the communications on the
eastern question which Day and Cambon
have signed begin the first chapter in q
new history of Europe
El Tempo Conservative says: "Peace
is an accomplished fact. The bitterness
of defeat does not prevent us from seeing
with satisfaction the end of the war;
Ell Edocha says: "The peace is the
saddest imposed since the treaty of
Utrecht and expresses doubt if govern
ment which has allowed itself to be
dragged into war will acquit itself well
by nepOtiatiny neacp
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SECRETARY DAY RESIGNS.
Col. John Hay, Ambassador to England
Will BE His Successor.

A Washington dispatch to the Boston
Herald says:
Secretary Day rendered his resignation
today, to take effect September /, and
President Mckinley offered Col. John
Hay, our ambassador to England. the
portfolio q Of state, which he accepted
and will return to take. The President
has now to fill the important place
which Col Hay leaves, ranking next to
the head of the department of state.
"Whitelaw Reid is the most active can
didate for Col. Hays place, as he was
when the latter was appointed, but 1T can
be stated that he will neither be appointed
ambassador to England nor member
of the peace commission, which is now
his second choice"
An Associated Press dispatch says the
report is not confirmed iniNew York.
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NEGRO GAMBLERS SHOT DOWN.

Macon, Ca, August IA special te
the Telegraph from Moultrie, Ca, says
Sheriff Fisher and posse of 13 men made
a raid on crowd of negro gamblers al
Raybor IS miles east of Moultrie last
night. There were IS or 100 negroes in the
house. When Sheriff Fisher walked in,
some of the negroes began shooting. one
ball hitting the sheriff In the hand, in
ficting a painful wound. Two Others OF
the posse we're hit. The posse returned a
vigorous fire and as a result five negroes
were killed outright, three others mortal
ly wounded and three more painfully
hurt.
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LEE IN WASHINGTON.
SPANISH YELLOW JOURNAL SUS'
PENDED.

Madrid, August IA p. m.-The gov
ernors general Of Cuba and Porto hlco
have acknowledged the receipt OF lne
news of the suspension of hostilities be-
tween the UnitedsStates and Spain ana
announced the carrying out of the orders.
An order has been issued bysthe cap
tain-general of Madrid, suspendlng the
publication of the republican newspaper
Ell Pals.
Reports from Havana state tnag tne
bombardment of Manzanillo lasted from
O'Clock until in the evening anu unat
attacks were made by the Insurgents a1
various points.
wore killed The American COMMANDER
summoned the town to surrender giving
the authorities three hours in whlch 10
capitulate.