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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-05-22

FOR SALE-A good Knabe piano.
First class time. Cheap if taken
soon. 32tf c. II. REEVE.
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told. was considerable. So, when 1t came to
the time to hold that election there was
just one candidate who showed up at the
polls. And who do you think he was2
of course, you haven't any idea; but OF
all persons In the world to fill the Dragons
position, the Welsh Rabbit was the last that
sane being would think of. In the first
place, he's so timid that he's afraid of his
own TAIL and so funny looking that no one
ever would take him seriously; and l don't
believe he had very good sense, else why
should he court destruction. so to speak, by
offering himself as a candidate for the
Dragonship?
Now, naturally, with only one candidate,
there couldn't be any election. The King
was simply furious over the matter, and
rayed around and tore his hair and offered
rewards to anyone who'd produce a candi-
date, dead or alive. But no one but the
Welsh Rabbit seemed to have any liking for
the job.
But finally the Court Crier was sent out
to spread the news of the reward, and he
went sobbing around till he came to the
shores of the Sea of Dreams, and there he
sat him down TO rest, being tired body by
nature. While he was there, what should
he see but a little boat sailing directly
toward him; and presently the boat came to
shore and out sprang a young man, hand
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Bow TO Make a jogging Board
BY. C. H. sHoREY.

1t is a rare thing to find one of these fasci-
mating things in any but the southern part
of the country, where thev are 1uita com
mon This seems rather strangs, to&s as the
board Is much more interesting to navigate
than an ordinary hammock to say nothing
of the greater number of people 1t Will &C
commodate To be sure, the one who sits
in the middle, with the two or three friends
on each side, will feel a little like sardine.
The most important thing is the board
itself. which should be of seasoned oak, free
from knots with as straight grain as pos
sible, at least 10 feet In length ana not less
than 1O1nches wide The rockers or horses
should be- Of, hardwood, but spruce or hem-
lock willsdo. These should be very strongly
made. with tight joints, well pinned OF
screwed together.
The four rockers must be cut from seven
s,cbtbs or oue-inch stuff, according to the
Length of your board Cut in a simicircle,
as shown in the drawing. There should be
of least is inches from point to point The
,nr,oht should be of seyen-eighths or one
,r,cb stuff also, about 26 inches in height
"a A inches in width. On one end of this
nark of four inches. Cut along this line,
haIf way through, and with sharp chisel
ramove the section. This is to be done with
oil fourspieces, and you must also in the
ton of the four rockers cut a section out
INFO which these sawed ends will snugly fit.
Easten these in the rockers by boring four
one-ouarffssr-in inch holes and driving pegs. !.
When You have completed the four rock
ers YOU Ge ready to join each pair. This Is
easily dd8 sby fastening two pieces three
inches Will and IA inches long on each side
of the VI Hght close to the rocker. About
two inehd from the top of each rocker
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adventures Of esli3abetb.

This is the story of beautiful months
old adyenturer, rather early to begin l am
afraid. Her name is Elizabeth. When she
was born, mamma insisted she should not be
called Lizzie" Well, Elizabeth did for
while, but not long, you may be sure. Soon
we children cast about in our minds for a
name and what do you think it was? You
could not guess 50 l will tell you. Mumpsy
was the name. Perhaps you would like
to know the origin of that queer name? My
little sister could not say Elizabeth correctly.
She called her Lizzamumpsey, and from that
came Mumps, and then down to Mumpsy.
She has big violet eyes, and OH such
lashes, long, black and curly; her hair is
very dark brown, and thick for one so small.
and she just loves to take a bath, is very
brave when mamma puts her down in the
water and don't cry bit.
One evening I was very busy with my
lesson. We had Is cities of the United
States to locate and spell. had finished
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some as you please, and with Wild reck-
less look on the good-humored face Of him.
He sees the Crier and he ups and says
.Hoydy? And what are you doing hereg
Crying says the Crier, letting out an
extra howl as evidence of good faith.
Faith says the young man, chuckling,
that's easy to hear. Who might you be, II
/ may be so bold as to ask?
That's easy, too answered the Crier.
I'm me-
Good cried the young man. And then
he asked him what he was crying about,
and the Crier dried his eyes and told him the
whole business.
And does the Enchanted Princess want
DragonT says the stranger.
She does-bad,' whimpered the Crier.
Why, bless her sweet heart, thenn
cried the stranger, she shall have one.'
Maybe you're dragon YOURSELF says
the Crier sarcastic-like.
Maybe | am; there's no telling And
the young man made the Crier get up and
lead him to Zoar, which is where the King
has his palace.
Now, when they got there they found all
the FAIRIES and elves in the Kingdom of Zum
assembled in front of the palace, laughing
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merry, light hearted way until he was dear,
dumb and blind for the time being. For all
that she was very fond of the Dragon and
wouldn't even stir out of the Tower without
him. Naturally would be, after having had
him tagging around for some hundreds Of
years. Well when she found out that he
was really and truly gone for good she was
just inconsolable; I suppose she was afraid
that she'd never find anyone who could
stand her everlasting jahbering the way he
did. Indeed. for time she insisted that
,she wouldn't think of having new dragon
at all-it was old Draggy or none with her.
But that would never do, as you may imag-
Inc; so King Zoo-Zum persuaded her and
ordered special election TO be held for the
purpose of selecting new guardian for
the Princess.
well, all the dragons and gryphons in
the Kingdom got wind of the affair." and
just quietly skipped over the border into No
mans Land. They left word that they pre-
ferred to die naturally-didn't care to- take
any chances with the Princess talking abil-
tiles and her temper-which last, I've been
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ana pictures and grow miniature forest.
dispose rocks and expose roots here and
there' Arrange some moss on the north side
OIL your tray. Do not have too much sun,
Out nave the air as good as possible and keep
moist. Make walks. You may, with the
heip of rocks, form uplands and lowlands.
There are tiny creeping vines that seem al
ready dwarfed which will readily fit with a
fairy plan of landscape. White sand will do
Tor streams, and you may even simulate
waterfalls with sand. 1t is a work of pa
thence and love, but so perfectly may such
garden on a tray duplicate large space in
miniature that the effect will be had OF
looking through the wrong end of a field
glass. Indeed, you have to make sure you
are real, for the fairy garden is real, though
so small only a doll could promenade the
walks.
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and cheering and elapping their hands. II
seems they had come bit too late; the
King had finally declared, much against his
will, that the Welsh Rabbit was selected TO
be Dragon-ine Waiting to Her Highness.
And the Welsh Rahbit-Dragon was trotting
MP and down, In and out of the crowd, twirl-
ing his whiskers and squealing to himself
most fearful. And every time he squealed
1t sounded so funny that the people Just
split their sides a-laughing at him. Even
the King forgot his dignity and haw-hawed
until the tears ran down his cheeks Finally
some of the flares set up a shout, Speech,
speetf from the new Dragon! So the Welsh
Rabbit Dragon up and made bow and said
as follows:
THE SONG OF THE NEW DRAGON.
Once | was a mere Welsh rabbit
Not through liking, but from habit
And never dreamed another being for
to be:
But a dragon most ferocious
(Though perhaps Il bit precocious)
Is the party that you now behold In me!
Wheel
once my mien was meek and lowly,
And | seldom spoke, and slowly
| had not the nerve to say 'Boo!' to
But now. oh, goodness graciousl
l am thoroughly pugnacious-
I'm roaring, tearing terror when I'm
loosel
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BonRei: a Garden On 4 Tray.
BY KATE RoHRER CAIN.

visit garden-on-a-tray bonkei, the Japa-
nese word? Some day find tiny pine or
maple, rose or spruce, and an earthen dish
an inch and half deep and 10 by 10 inches
square or oval. Fill this with leaf or forest
loan and plant the tiny trees. Keep them
moist. Pinch the top bud and then watch
developments. By and by double bud Will
spring where one had appeared. These Will
grow, and II you wish more branches pinch
these buds. If you have pine and spruce
or a maple and a dogwood, you will have
quite enough to interest you, If you love
plants and wish to understand their lives.
You may make hill or cliff simulate the
deep forest or a crag over the sea. If you
have gone about much and observed, you,
will have patterns enough to choose from.
If you have never seen the real country,
surely you may imagine forest from books
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My eyes have a baleful glitter
And my words are bad and bitter;
In my very breathing there's an awful
sound
And good folks begin to tremble
And their fears try to dissemble
When they hear, pat-pat, my footprints
ON the groundl Whee-eei
That last squeal was just killing. Every
body, from the King and Queen down, just
fairly roared and laughed. And the Rabbit
looked fiercer than ever and screamed again,
and then Ii was worse than ever. In fact,
the Princess and the young stranger were
the only ones who didn't laugh. The
stranger looked tired, and the Princess was
mad all through, because she thought she'd
have to put up with such poor apology
for a dragon.
But suddenly the King caught sight OF
the young man and ordered that he be
brought to him. And when this was done
the King demanded to know the reason for
the stranger being In his domains. The
stranger said that he had come to try for
the dragonship, but had, unfortunately, ar
rived too late. The Princess took one look
at him and said she thought she wanted an
other election; but the King wouldn't hear
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Not every child can have great park nor
even a garden, but poor, indeed, the child
who may not have a tray of earth, which,
with loving devotion, may be transformed
Into garden or park on small scale.
Some trees readily lend themselves TO
this form of culture-maples, pines, spruces.
rose and others. Take some of our horti-
cuturists at their best, and they will tell you
secrets which would enable you to make
the desert Of many drear spots bloom. While
the Japanese have especially developed the
dwarfing of plants. there are some gar
deners in our own country who have also
made a speciality of this.
To the child of moderate means but great
liant love there are many avenues of in
formation on the snbject-books, encyclo-
,edias. visits to noted gardens, where there
IRE those who are ever ready to answer
Intelligent questions; but what child could
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and laid the book on the table, with them
in. Mamma was sitting there too, with Eliz-
abeth, when, before knew it, she had them
out and was eating them for all she was
worth. That lesson was in nice state of
affairs when l got 1t.
A baby, you know, eats everything shc
gets. One morning we were all in the
kitchen and Elizabeth was in the next room,
in her carriage, with my little sister. All of
a sudden we heard my little sister scream.
We hurried in, and there the baby was on
the floor. She had fallen out of the carriage
when we did not know she could get up even.
Another time she was in her high chair
by the table. She had crust of bread In
her hand. She dropped the bread and
minute after she herself had fallen right
with her head on the soft crust of bread.
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chanted any more, and the Welsh Rabbit
was out of job. You see, the stranger
was actually the Lost Prince of the Worlds
End, after all, and tomorrow they are to be
married and live happily ever after.
But that only brings more trouble to the
poor King Of Zum. He Is fair worried to
death now for what's he to do for another
Enchanted Princess?
Hard on him, isn't itr' concluded the
Goblin, with quiet smile.
But when he looked at the Boy he found
that he was sound asleep. And the Goblin
chuekled softly to himself and slipped away
under the pillow.
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of that; said 1t wasn't fair to the Welsh
Rabbit. Said he was sorry, but he didn't
know what he could do about 1t. The mat
ter was settled for good and all, but-says
he:
Now, If you were only the Lost Prince
of the Worlds End you might kiss her and
remove the enchantment. And the best
thing about that would be that you'd re-
move her temper at the same time. 1t
would be grandl
+" oh, we'll says the young stranger, If
it's only a kiss, why, | am just the man for
that And before anyone could stop him
he stopped down and kissed the Princess on
the lips. And after that She wasn't en-
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he had run a long distance. The Boy waited
patiently for him to speak, for the Goblin
was rather touchy on that point he always
insisted on having the first word as well as
the last. Boys should speak only when
spoken TO, he would say, severely. Finally,
however, he looked up and smiled brightly,
saying:
Evening. l honestly thought you'd have
to go to sleep for once without our usual
nightly talk. Where have l been? In Fairy
land, of course, stupidl-I had to go. Take
you there? No, I won't take you there;
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The Gossiping Goblin.
BY W. BEALL BALDWIN.

After he had gone to bed that night The
Boy lay awake for sometime waiting for the
Goblin to make his customary evening call.
For one reason or another he was very late
this time. In fact. The Boy had about given
up hope, and was trying to 90 to sleep, so
disappointed was he when all of a sudden
the Goblin appeared, crawling out from
under the pillow, as was his custom. You
see. the Goblin was one Of the tribe of Pillow
Fairies, the little folk who put presents under
your pillows when your re asleep, and he had
struck up quite friendship with The Boy;
used TO come to talk with him every night
after that young man had gone to bed and
his mamma had put the light out.
On this particular evening the Goblin
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of business. Such a condition Of affairs is
unheard of. Now, don't interrupt me again,
or ] won't tell you another word"
The Boy promised to be quiet and the
Goblin went on:
Yes, the Dreffie Dragon is no more; he
died yesterday afternoon at a quarter past
four. He was something over 5000 years
old, so he had right to die If he wanted
to. Besides, some do say that the En-
ehanted Princess is a mighty talker, you
know, and know for fact that she used to
chatter away at the poor Dragon in her
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ruled over by the good King Zoo-zum and
his beautiful queen, Zoe. Population I'M
known, but very happy and contented.
Question No. 2-Well, that's not so easy
to answer-itll take more time. You see. the
Dretfie Dragon died the other day-died of
old age, poor thing. He was the dragon that
had guarded the beautiful Enchanted Prin-
cess
''Oh, Is there really an Enchanted Princess
in lump asked The Boy, delightedly.
'Of course there Is. Whatd a fairy king
dom be doing without an Enchanted Princess
guarded by a Dreffie Dragon, I'd like to
know? Why, 1t would simply have to go out
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You'd go round hunting and killing and
manning fhe gryphons and dragons until
they would be more scarce than they were
today In the Kingdom of Zum.'
What and where's Zum?' asked The Boy,
eagerly. And why were the dragons scarce
there today?"
"One question at a time young man" said
the Goblin, .'if you please, sir. Question No.
1-Zum is the very heart Of Fairyland; In
fact, it's the oldest kingdom there. It's
bounded on the north by Nomans Land, on
the east by the Sea OF Dreams, on the south
by the Gulf of the Warm Winds and on the
west by the Land Of the Worlds End. 1t has
a monarchical form of government, and is
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Answer to last weeks Careless 4rusr Pug
zle Picture: The handle of the young lady's
narosnl was not complete.
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The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-08-23


Tad" Lincoln has long been number.
ed among the historic boys OF America.
He was the complete embodiment OF
animal spirits. warm hearted. fresh
faced youngster. boisterous. rollick.
ing and absolutely real boy. whose
pranks and companionship did much 10
relieve the tremendous strain his father
suffered under while in the White
House.
Thousands who never saw the home
apartments OF that gloomy building"
writes Noah Brooks. knew the tricky
sprite that frightened the weary years
which Lincoln passed In Washington.
His father took great interest in every.
thing that concerned Tad and when
the long days work was done and the
little chap had related TO the president
all that had moved him or had taken
up his attention during the daylight
hours and had finally fallen asleep un.
der a drowsy cross examination the
weary father would turn once more TO
his desk and work on into the night.
Then. shouldering the sleeping child,
the man for whom millions OF good
men and women nightly prayed took
his way through the silent corridors
and passageways to his boys bedcham'
ber."
This grateful glimpse of the man who
bore the sorrows of the nation in his
own heart could Ill be spared from any
account of Lincoln's life in the White
House. Tad" Lincoln did not long sur
viye his father. His death occurred IL
July, 1S71.-Success.
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The Belief In n Devil.

A maidscryant belonging TO one OF
the women's colleges had been out
with her lover without leave from her
mistress and was returning late along
my road. al the top of which lived the
lamented Professor Nettlcship. Now.
the latter had a large yellow dog that
took the usual canine delight in seeing
cats scatter and flee. and. the better 70
nounce on them when they were
stoaIthily crossing the street. he would
nercb himself on the top Of the pro
fessor's garden wall. surrounded anu
half hidden in the foliage. As the tru-
ant maidseryant passed beneath nm
no caught sight Of a cat In the middle
of the road and, making a spring at H.
coIlided with her and knocked her
down. She picked herself up and ran
screaming home. almost mad with yer.
ror because. as she said. the devil mao
Jumped on her back and thrown hef
doUn Monthly.
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Have Courage.

iou must have courage. my boy. Nc
matter what band Of circumstances ar.
ray themselves against you. IL your
purpose is right you will succeed. Life
Is beautiful thing. The chance to
night is great blessing. No matter
now hard the situation may seem. keep
on doing right. bravely face the future
set your standard high. work and wait.
DE patient and thankful. and you will
win. You may never be rich as the
world goes-nOt rich in money or rich
In power-but you may be rich in the
knowledge Of the truth that you have
made the best OF your chance TO be n
man. Don't set your standard by the
men who have achieved great wealth.
That Is nothing compared TO the riches
that belong TO him who has struggled
to enlarge and ennoble the circle OF
life in which he is cast.-Schoolmaster
The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-08-23
His First Dress Suit.

He was a very youthful looking man
and wore a natty opera hat and a
lengthy raglan which caused him Ia
be the cynosure OF all eyes in the Arch
street trolley car. II was probably the
first time that he had ever worn a
dress suit. and as he walked into the
car his painful embarrassment was no
ticeable. Many smiles fitted across
the passengers features. and the young
fellow noticed each one and blushed
deeply.
But more trouble was In store. At
Seventeenth street two red faced sery-
ant girls boarded tue car. They crowd
ed into n seat and began to talk yolu-
bly,.
"Yls." said one. 'th' MISTRESS give
me ould wrapper. an sh"-
She paused here as her wandering
eye rested on the conspicuous young
man in the corner.
SAY, Ellen" she said loudly and
with n giggle. "how would you Ike
that for a fellerT
The young man left the car buried
ly before IL had reached the street
where he wished to alight-Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
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A Shreud Yankee.

A certain Boston hotel man tells this
GOOD story at his own expense:
When a small boy on the farm. MS
folks often sent him TO the neighbors
10 buy o dozen eggs when their hens
failed to lay enough.
He noticed that the old farmer al
wavs held each egg before lighted
candle and examined IL carefully. In
his Innocence Of Yankee shrewdn"ss
the boy supposed that this was prompt
ell more by honesty and intention TO
detect whether the eggs were bad or
not.
one day. however. when he counted
his eggs. according 20 CUSTOM there
were only eleven In the basket
With determination not TO be cheat
Cd. the lad yudged proudly back 10 me
house rnd quickly made known DIS
discovery.
-Oh." said the old farmer. that's oi'
right. my boy. one Of them has dou
he k."-BostOn Record
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How 10 Lie when sleeping.

The correct posture for sleep is to lie
on the right side. with the limbs stretch
ed out 10 their full length and the arms
either straight down by the body or In
any comfortable position provided they
are not raised above the head. The
mouth should be closed. and all the
muscles Of the body should be relaxed
The lungs work with greater deliber'
alton during the hourr OF sleep. and II
the arms are raised above the head az
this time and for any period the ac-
ton Of the heart drives the blood away
from the arms and sends il 10 the head
frequently making one very restless
when 1t does not prevent sleep entirely.
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An Adroit Answer.

The celebrated physician thinner
man attended Frederick the Great In
his last illness. One day, as the story
is recorded in salad For the Social"
the king said TO him:
"You have. presume, helped many
man into a..other world"
This was rather an unexpected thrust
for the doctor, but the dose he gave the
king in return was a judicious mixture
Of truth and flattery:
mot so many as your majesty nor
with so much honor TO myself"
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Fire Superstitions,

IF a fire does not burn WELL" says
the old household superstition. "and
you want it TO draw, you should set the
poker across the top bar of the CRATE"
This is supposed to placate the gnomes.
whom 1t was formerly believed were
very jealous Of the robbery of their I'M
derground country of its coal treasures
and were very apt TO take their venge-
ance out in preventing the fire from
burning. 1t was the mystic form OF
the cross thus made which was sup
posed TO drive them away. Neverthe-
less it would not DO TO use the shovel
In this charm or the fire would be sure
to 60 out.