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The age-herald., 1898-11-10

The reading of election appeals in belated exchanges is not calculated to soothe the, troubled breast.
The age-herald., 1898-11-10

The democratic landslide was largely confined to spots and to North Carolina.
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The United States can't lose a ship, not even patched-up Spanish ship.
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Congressman Elect Burnett's victory was won in white counties.
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this view of the case calls for a straight party vote on the part of the Louisiana senators.
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The republican tidal wave was not big enough to carry Lemuel Eli Quigg in again.
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Henry Irving and dear old Joe Jefferson are recuperating. and everybody is rejoiced thereat.
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The accumulation of legal gas could stand it no longer in the capitol. It had to go off
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The bosses hide behind Rough Riders or what not, and hold on to the boss busi- ness.
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The New York regiments vote wherever they may be stationed. at such tims as may be appointed by their commander In
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Foot ball and the legislature are all we have left. The New Workers have foot ball and the horse fair
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this way portion of the Van wyck-Rpose- welt contest took place in Alabama. a t
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From the Baltimore News.
 England will probably give the czar's | peace proposition her most distinguished consideration a little later on.
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The Maria Teresa still lives to fight again.
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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

no possible chance to escape a collision. We turned white foreseeing that there would be broken bones for some of us directly and we were sorry that we had taken up the chance to slide upon a concern which could not be stopped any more than a runaway locomotive could be stopped before it had run it's entire course.
 Jump; jump for your lives"
 It was Neds voice. Some of the big girls leaped into the deep snow banks beside the road and escaped serious in- jury, although they were badly shaken up. The boys rolled off. l had my collar bone broken. Kitty Linus had her left arm broken.
 When we regained our feet and hob bled down the road to where our sled had come into collision with the other OK sled we saw pitiful object. Ned lay upon a blanket upon the snow, white and still. He was not dead, but he was senseless.
 The owner of the other sled paid Ned a high compliment.
 Little rascal" he said, The could have dropped off like the rest of you; only he hung on and tried to steer so that the sled should not kill my poor oxen. He Is a trump, sure enough"
 That was the fact. Ned had been swift enough to lead us into danger, but he had tried, at the risk of his own life to avoid doing harm to the cattle whose obstinacy had led to our disaster. We never coasted on the OK sled after that famous and perilous ride.
 MARY BAIN.
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grown so that they could sit upon their perch. They would open their queer lit tie mouths and stretch their necks whenever any one came near them When they had grown large enough to fly I decided to let two of them fly away
 I opened the cage door and took them out. Their mother and father came and coaxed and begged them in their bird language to gc away to pleas anter home, but they perched upon the top of the cage and would not leave their little brother, who was in cap tivity.
 Finally, they did fly away, but for many nights they would return to their cage, where they would sleep till day break At last they came no more. But my lone little Dicky bird was not forgotten. His papa and mamma came every day just as if nothing had hap pened. When the leaves began to fall they failed to come. So Dicky was left alone. He grew to be perfect little pet I would take him from the cage and let him fly about the room. He would hop about the room hunting lit tie crumbs and bits of bread. I would hold out my finger, when he would open his mouth and flip his wings, as if he thought he could fight me. He would pick at my fingers and seem to be glad when he thought he had whipped me. This he would do also when I ap- preached his cage. We all learned to love him very dearly. One day as he was singing in his cage and enjoying the sunshine a kingbird came that way and caught Dick with his ugly beak. came to his rescue. Dicky bird was no more. This made us all feel very sad, even if he was a brown linnet never see bird when I do not think of my lost pet
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that they had killed off a large num- Der of the enemy, while the high walls of the fort had proved to be a Suffi- cient protection to the garrison to make their losses much smaller than were those of the invaders.
 Probably" so thought Harry, the enemy are waiting until they can get us tired out and then they will make a grand rush upon all the parts of the fort at once. He was about to call his forlorn hope slowly within the fort, when a we'll aimed snowball, fired by Harry, struck Albert squarely on top of the head and with such force that he took the opportunity to make a feint of withdrawing from the fight for a minute.
 Carrying out his plan, the boys who in tones of alarm, Back! back! the general is In trouble" The whole in vading force at the entrance of the fort drew back. Harry's followers, with whom all had been going too well, rushed from the fort in great force, yelling. We have them upon the run, charge!"
 Albert's army seemed to be forced farther and farther back. More and more of Harry's army left the interior of the fort and the battle was con- fined entirely to the ground just out side of the fort. where. both armies were enoaged ffercely so that icy snow balls flew in every direction and the dead men were numerous.
 But now Albert's strategy was dem onstrated. While the fort was almost
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some one get off and push bit to get us started. Hurrah, We are off now! Beecho! Beecho! Jiminy but this is great!"
 The first part of the hill we got along very well. The road was straight and Ned, who was cool as he was brave, had no difficulty to keep the middle of the trac4-. But farther down another road crossed the road upon which we were tearing along at breakneck speed. Just as we were nearing the cross road there suddenly came into view another sled which was piled up high with cord wood, and drawn by oxen. If you have never had any experience with oxen you can not understand how slow in movement they are.
 "Beecho! Beechoi" yelled Ned making a noise that would have done credit to small factory whistle. At the same time he turned our sled so that we might have passed the other sled narrowly if only the oxen had stood still. But the animals were un- manageable They halted d. -eetly in the middle of the road so that we had
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that there would be great sport in making a ride from the tcp to the bot tom of the steep hill upon the OK sled I must confess that was little afraid that this was a risky experiment, but when Ned asked me to go was foolish enough to accept the invitation. l did not see how the sled was to be steered, but Ned said that he had often done the trick, successfully steering with the neap, and that, too upon meeting house hill" which was twice as steep and long as the school house hill. The neap was turned back upon the sled and we boys and girls piled on, to the number of two dozen at least.
 ,et her go," shouted Ned; "here,
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REMEMBER how we used to slide
 down hill in old Vermont, and I
 know that the children who live
 there now play in just the same
 way that we did some years ago. Many of the boys would lie down flat upon their sleds and steer with the toes of their shoes. They called this sliding belly bumper" These were the small boys. The larger boys and girls had larger sleds and sat bolt up- right upon them and steered with their heels We went to a country school where there was no lack of hills. There IS no scarcity of hills anywhere in Yer mont for that matter.
 I recollect the day when we had our famous ride upon Silas Newell's OK sled as plainly as if it had taken place yesterday. This OK sled as about feet wide It consisted of two wide runners, which were shod with steel, and a thick and heavy frame, which was strong enough to bear up a load of cord wood It had a 'neap" to which the oxen were fastened to draw when wood had to be hauled over the snow. This neap was very thick and very stout. It could be doubled back over the top of the sled and would reach from the front end of the sled to the back.
 We had been sliding in the usual way for some time at the incoming or noon recess, and had been having a very fine time But there is an uneasy and venturesome boy in every school, whose daring easily marks him out as a leader in mischief, and our school did not lack a boy of this description. He was Ned Tinker. As I was going up the schoolhouse hill after a long slide over the hard snow I heard a triumph ant shout, and looking up I saw Ned nT ho nf l1rOa drawing out Silas Newell's OK sled from beside the road.
 "Hurrah for chain lightning" shouted Ned. "All aboard now for the fastest, best and longest ride upon the North American continent"
 The large boys and girls gathered around Ned and he persuaded them
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The speaker was the captain Of
 the boys of the Eighth grade in
 ] New England school, who had
 N been elected that morning because of his pluck and also because he was a swift and sure thrower. Snow had fallen two days earlier. The boys had made a great snow fort, over the top of which they could just look. Within the fort they had piled snow balls, enough to stand siege, as Harry Malcolm, their captain, had said. The Ninth grade boys had promptly chal- Ienged Harry Malcolm's followers to battle, the challenge had been prompt Iy accepted and all the boys in the two grades were enlisted in one or the other of the two armies. Albert Wal ton commanded the Ninth grade army. At the command of Harry Malcolm, the boys in the fort picked out the hardest and roundest snowballs that they could fnd-each boy having a pile of missiles directly in front of him-and made ready to defend the fort. Albert Wal ton at the same instant shouted, Al them, boys, with will ForWard rushed his army with a ringing cheer. Hardly had Albert's command been given when his army was within range of the fort. They rushed at three sides at once, the front, back and the corner, where the opening for the door had been made. Harry saw that the main attack was to De maOe at the entrance, and at once called for for lorn hope of twelve boys to go outside to fight back the greatly superior num- Der of the enemy at that point. He had no lack of volunteers. Indeed, all the boys wanted to go to the place where the battle would rage the hot test Harry led the forlorn hope leav- ing the command of the interior of the fort to Charlie Leech.
 Albert had at least fifty boys back of him and they poured in volley after vol-' ley against Harrys forlorn hope party. Harry's markmanship was about per feet He singled out the biggest boys among his enemies and hardly one did he miss The rule of the fight was that any boy, except the captains, who was hit twice was to be considered as dead and consequently out of the fight. The leaders were to stay until the end of the fight, no matter how many times they should be hit. The only limit to their endurance was to be found in their pluck.
 How the battle did rage at the en- trance to the fort for five exciting min utes. Harry's forlorn hope being so greatly Outnumbered were killed off in short order, but new volunteers were ready to take their places.
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MAN IN THE MOON.

By MABEL VOisINET. /" HE moon man looked down one
 bright winters night. And saw St. Nicholas making his flight;
 He saw that his bag was loaded
 with toys With perfect assortment for good girls and boys; But when. St. Nicholas was homeward bound The man in the moon was nowhere to be found: He had hidden behind a big black cloud, And was merriIy laughing, but not very loud: For he thought that Santa deep in the snow Might fail to find the best way to go; But Santas great reindeers required no light, For they learn all the byways before it is night
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entirely deserted by those in the inte- rior, a band of Alberts scouts, crawl ing up to the wall of the fort upon the side farthest removed from the main battle, reached the fort without being detected. With their jackknives and some sharp sticks they succeeded in tunneling through the wall. Once within the fort they managed to de- stroy all the ammunition there was in the fort, although, being vigorously fought. they were all killed to a man.
 How suddenly then Albert recovered from his wound. Placing himself at the head of his reserves, who were now seen to be the best throwers in all the school he gave the command for an advance at double quick. Harry had in the meantime learned of the dam age that had been done by his enemies in the fort, and, seeing the mistake into which his followers had been cIev- erly tricked, he commanded an instant retreat to the fort.
 Too late. The enemy were already swarming into the fort from the rear through the tunnels they had made. At the same time the advance upon the front in overwhelming force was too strong to be resisted long successfully
 Soon the garrison was between two fires and the boys were killed off at a rapid rate.
 AL last only Harry was ieIt to nght for his side. For a time he stood bravely against the combined fire of crowd of boys. His nose was bleed ing; one eye was closed. Upon his face and body rained a pitiless shower of swiftly thrown snowballs.
 Albert magnanimously called his army to retreat.
 "The victory" said the principal of the school, he having been called upon n @ Q ho Ninth grade, commanded by Albert, who has displayed military strategy of a high order. The bravest boy in the school is Harry" D. H. w
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k
 skating pond into cakes and were
 running benders," as they called
 their sport The game was to
 skate across the cakes of ice as they ffoated and avoid falling into the icy water. This was dangerous enough, but the more dangerous it was-the more the cakes of ice bobbed around under the weight of the skaters and the narrower escapes the lads had from getting a wetting-the more they liked it. There was a perfect little witch of a girl who was an expert upon her skates and who prideo that she was able to run as fast. to climb as tall trees, to swim as far, and to cut as many fancy figures upon the ice upon her skates as any boy of us all. That was the truth, and. as she was the best-natured and prettiest girl who came upon the skating pond she was easily the prime favorite of the skating set.
 While the sport of running benders" was at it's height Mary Ducy came skim hing along the surface of the ice with the ease and speed of swallow. s''Room for. one more.
 We heard the words and stood aside. Like flash she dashed upon the sway ing cakes of ice Like flash she lost her footing and fell. Almost before we could realize what had happened she ndQ Sllpp6u lnCO Iile ICY WdleT lEOul Olle of the cakes of ice and the ice had closed over. the place where she had gone down.
 Tn the crowd gathered around the blenders was Mary's father. He was an invalid.
 Save my daughter" he shrieked. "One hundred dollars to the brave boy who will make the attempt"
 Tom Gleason, "Surly Tom" we had called him, was the one to respond. He had come to the spot, holding a long pole in his hands. Without paus- ing an instant he threw this pole across the benders.'' so that it rested upon solid ice at either end. Holding to this he leaped boldly into the icy water. The cakes of ice separated un- der his weight. A few bubbles of air came up and we were horror stricken, thinking that this indicated that Mary had been drowned.
 .I see her!' shouted Tom; throw rope'
 Some one who had arrived with a rope just in the nick of time threw it to the venturesome boy. He reached down and seized a dark object which was about to go down again. It was Mary Ducey. Holding on with the en-
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at Gracie's home. Oracle did not like Cleo after a while. She said that she liked her other doll. Magic, the best, so she kept giving Cleo to her sisters all the time. She would not give her to any one outside of the family. because she wanted her where she could play with her once in 8 while.
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STORY OF CLEO.
Rx LUCIA 4. sTRAWN.

NLEO was doll She was made
 In China and then put on board a big ship and sent to San Fran
 cisco, and then put on board the
 train and sent to Woodland, where she saw many little girls and great many locked at her. At last woman came in and looked at her and then paid for her and took her to a lit tie girl named Oracle, who played with her and broke one foot off. In a few days Oracle and her mamma went to the train with Cleo and got on, and then after a couple of days they were
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MY PET BROWNEY.
By BLANCHE JACOBSON.
 loNE, CAL.

E EY pet Browney is a very cute IN H little dog. He can sit up and MI shake hands and do lots of
 VI other things. One day I went
 visiting and I put a saddle on Browney and my doll rode on his back.
 My friend also saddled her dog Beauty. We took our lunch baskets and went over on the creek back of the mill. After we arrived there number of other little girls joined us. We all played in the sand and then ate our lunch and the doggies had their share of it, too. and then in the evening we saddled our dogs and came home. We had fine time.
 Browney will let me do almost any thing 1 want to with him. He will let me hitch hif up to little cart, but he will not let any one pull his tail.
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BUNNY BLACK NOSE,

' TITLE ISABEL RUTHERFORD oi 2314 Parker street, Berkeley,
 who attends the Dwight way
 public school, and who is 8
 years old, sends in the following story about her rabbit which is called Bunny Black Nose:
 I have a cunning little bunny. My father made me a wire cage for it. He is gray, with a black nose and paws, and that is why we call him Bunny Black Nose. Sometimes he will dig holes and get out into our chicken yard. Then I have to catch him. Papa let him loose in the chicken yard one
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Boards were brought and placed upon the quaking ice cakes and the girl and Tom were drawn out. Mary was we'll from the shock in a few days. Tom took the $10O from her father and we found out later that he had given it to a poor family that he had discovered.
 ROBERT l.. GRISCOM.
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\ LACK A DAYi Was e'er such luck? ~ The horse would only go one way. n Bill dared not tempt the brute to
 buck,
 But let him take the homeward way Shed tears-give not poor Billy scorn; Santa was there while he was gone!
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ITWAs Good boy. Billy" Good boy, steeri"
 If Santy Claus was lookin on D He must have thought 1t very queer To see the race that ended soon.
 The steer threw Billy OCT fence,
 But even that taught him no sense.
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THIS was in South San Francisco. ! Where Billy has passed all his days; ! There to and fro the cattle go,
 And some of them have cur'us ways. Billy was next chased by steer" That made him run like any deer.
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Father-I hope you will never bite your little brother again; your teeth were made to chew with.
 sobhing Daughter-Next time I'll chew him all up.
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DEAR CHRISTMAS.
BY LEON HUNT. OAKLAND.

BY LEON HUNT, OAKLAND. ~ HRISTMAS is here now;
 The children are glad.
 Twill find us all cheering; O None now will be sad. For joy is our birthright, And even If we Don't get many presents Still happy we'll be. I fancy old Santa Claus yesterday Loading his sleigh with beautiful toys: There seems to be a frown on his brow As he tries to remember the girls and
 the boys.
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Sunday; the ehieken-house door was

open and he got out.
 I could not find him. Then I told mamma, and she came out to see if she could find him. Mamma found him eating papa's raspberries. Mamma caught him and put him in his pen. My rabbit can put his front feet upon the wire and beg, he can sit down and he likes to run.
 Mether-Joe, why do you suppose that old hen persists in laying in the coal bin?
 Joe-Why, mother. I think she has seen the sign, Now is the time to lay in your eoal."-Golden Days.
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THE CAPTIVE BIRD.
BY ETHEL WiNKLER,

STOCKTON.
 o NE bright summer day I was run ming and playing among some shaggy oaks with tall hanging \ ! branches. covered with green
 leaves. I saw birds gaily singing and hopping to and fro from limb to limb. Suddenly I saw three little birds fluttering underneath the tall oaks. 1 ran very swiftly to catch them- brought them home and put them in a cage.
 They seemed quite contented in their new home. I hung the cage on the porch, so that the papa and mamma bird could feed them. This they did many times day. Soon they had
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And when poor Jacky cried and mother
 stockings hung there, The baby's, and Jacks, and mine, , With never toy nor a sugar plum sweet, Of Santa there was not a sign. And when poor Jacky cried and mother
 looked sad, I said. Never mind, Jacky, dear, Santa Claus was so busy, I guess, he
 forgot;
 don't let him forget next year 'so, I'm coming this time, Mir. Trainman,
 to get
 The things he forgot last year; Then he don't have to go up the steep
 snowy trail With his sled and tired reindeer And the train moved along with
 clickety-click. And the wheels turned faster still, And soon in plain sight was Santa Claus
 town,
 And the whistle blew loud and shrfll And then, hand in hand, the trainman and
 Tom
 On old Santa went to call And no happier boy than Tom could be
 found
 When he got his presents all
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TIE saw his home, he saw the road; A He ached with bruises-shivered, wet
 A banty chicken at him crowed And that put Billy in a pet
 ''Ile find Ole Santy, if you please" He said, and stumbled OCT hive of
 bees.
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NJOW what plight for this small boy M Santa he hunted. but not found | V Steers, water. bees-him all annoy
 But still he thought he heard the
 sound
 Of Santa's sleghbells-so a ride On Dobbin he will try beside.
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Harry sent a lieutenant into the fort to see how the battle was going there. The report was that the forces in the fort were easily holding their own and
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VT TITH puff and pull and n ehoo ehoo! choo! vHf And a ding of the bell and M V dong, ' V And a hiss and siss and
 whistle so shrill
 And the train is moving along In his little blue coat and warm mittens, too,
 And a cap on his curly brown head, With his ticket held fast and eyes shining bright,
 This is what young Tommy said: 'Let me off, Mir Trainman, at Santa Claus town,
 For 'tis Santa I'm going to see: For. you see. twas last year that wrote him a line,
 But he never wrote back to me. 'I told him lived on a mountain So nigh, Where the pine trees grew so neal And I told him about all the snow GOV
 cred trails,
 Which was best for his sled Ini deer. And wrote him about baby sister, too, And of cunning brother Jack, And l wrote if you please when I asked for the toys, But he never answered back.