Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-22
The Runaway Boy.

Won't stand at, an he punished me,
Men when he wuz gon' that day
l slipped out and ruined away.
/ took all my copper cents
And climbed over our back fence
In the jimsOn weeds at growed
Ever where all down the road,
Men l got out there. an nen
I runned some, an runned again.
When / met q man at led
A big COW at shook her head.
l went down a long, long lane,
Where was little pigs a-playin,
An a great big pig went ''Booh!
An jumped up an skeered me. toe
Men l scampered past, an they
Wuz somebody hollered "Hey!"
An just looked everywhere,
An they wuz nobody there.
I want TO, but I'm 'fraid to try
To go back an by an by
Somepine hurts my throat inside
An 1 want my ma-an' cried.
Men l grea' big girl come through
Where's a gate, an telled me who
Am l, an if l tell where
My homes at she'll show me there,
But l couldn't list but tell
What's my name, an she says WELL"
An list looked me up and says,
She know where live, she guess"
Men she telled me hug wife close
Round her neck, an on she goes
Skippin' up the street! an men
Purity soon I'm home agen.
An my ma, when she kissed me,
Kissed the big girl, too. an she
Kissed me-ef ] p'Omise shore
l won't run away no more!
james Whitcomb Riley.
What the Earth-worm Does
|, In the st. Nicholas, Myrta Locket'
Avary has an article entitled "Oul
Little Gray Helper" in which she tell,
of the humble earth worm and its ser
vice to man. The author says:
Now, do you want to know whal
work 1t is our little gray helper does
for us? To look at him you could nevel
dream how important it is. Perhap.
we might call him a farmer, since ht
tills the soil. Do yOn know that land:
where trees and plants and flowers and
fruits and abundant grains and grasse.
grow would be barren deserts but fol
the little gray worker?
Darwin watched the ways of thi,
little gray worker for years and years
and found that his Office was to pre-
pare and fertilize the soil. He carries
down layer after layer of stuff, and
brings up layer after layer of loan
thus giving each layer Its chance al
sunlight and air. That which he car
ries down into Mother Earth's work
shop Is bits of dead leaves. decompos
ing matter, and unsightly stun; ant
Mother Earth feeds with this the roots
Of flowers and trees and vegetables anG
grain and grasses. To do this impor
,aut work well. there is needed a greaI
number Of little gray workers: aboul
81 900, it is said, to an acre of pasture
land. and more to keep a garden wha'
il should be. For every acre the little
gray workers turn up from seven te
eighteen tons Of earth annually.
Mistakes of PoyS.
One of the most common mistakes q
hoy makes is his ideas in regard to size
This he bankers after most of all. You
will see him stretch himself, trying to
.atch up with his big brother or play
nate. measure himself and scratch the
vail. count the days and almost the
iours when he will be "man."
Boys. there is something else these
'lvs that counts for manliness more
tnan size or srrengrn. He - most man.
ly who makes most of his time, who
has the best heart and brain. It Is not
size that makes the man. There has
been seen a great six-foot specimen of
humanity do a weak, cowardly act that
ought to make any rightly bred 7-year-
I'D boy blush for him.
Johnnie's Version.
Johnnie was about to repeat his first
yerse at the Sunday school concert. OF
,ourse, it must be short, and in simple
words, so his mother selected this for
iim, II am the Light of the World, :"
epeating 1T to him a number Of times
Until he was sure of II. The evening of
he concert came. Johnnie came out.
made his best bow. and proclaimed n
loud voice, my mother IL the light ol
he world"
Lucky for Tommy, Perhaps.
Jimmy-pdu't yo0 hsas ~ 0ua1aD