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Sen 2sss weai 1904
Cutler College.

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Daylight Special
ChicagO-St. Louis
Illinois Central

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npis Central Basieu9er Office. Chicago,
9Itnpis.
Decorah-posten., 1903-05-29

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Decorah-posten., 1903-05-29
Notwithstanding.
Ser 2soe gRai.
Geeprab u otertneer.

grin. pr. 100 guno. IS. 2585.6o
simcthet. pr. 100 9uro......
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

would send money to her manager and
if It was enough. he would let go the
crank and hoist her on his back, where
she would recline in state. dreaming
of the grand effect that she had pro-
duced.
But the barrel organs sweet dreams
were to be shattered sadly. And TO
make things worse, her rival, the
prima dona, was to be present when
it happened.
1t happened one day before most
beautiful house. Long before the bar
rel organs human steed reached it,.
she heard the sounds of singing and
music, and it would have made her
heart beat faster if it had not been
made of the finest polished brass.
Brass hearts are very expensive, and
only few of the most superior per-
sons in the world can afford to have
them.
"Ahl" thought the barrel organ to
herself, "at last I shall sing to persons
of my own profession. Now I shall be
appreciated"
Never before had she stood on her
one long leg more gracefully and
proudly than she did when the Italian
manager helped her politely to the
ground. Never before had her voice
been so full of thrilling quality. Some
body inside of the house was just be-
ginning to sing a song, with notes
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
THE BARREL ORGAN
WHO THOUGHT SHE
WAS GRAND OPERA
And How She Won a Victory Over
the Jealous Prima Donna.

There was a barrel organ once who
thought that she was grand opera.
Fortunately, most of her insides
were brass and steel, so the belief did
not make her thin and sad, as it might
have made other persons who are
more delicately fashioned.
No. The barrel organ was entirely
satisfied that she really was grand
opera. If she had been able to weep,
she would have surprised the people
on the street often by suddenly sob
bling with pride and joy over the
beauty of her own music.
Once she stood before the opera
house and sang so loudly that the
large prima donna inside could not
make herself heard. So before many
minutes had passed a policeman
sprang at the barrel organ and beat
her Italian business manager so badly
that he stopped turning the crank. And
that made the barrel organ stop sing
ing, for, like other great artists, she
could not sing unless she had a mana
ger who could attend to the sordid
business details.
However, the barrel organ was not
depressed as she might have been.
She knew too we'll that the entire af-
fair had been caused by the prima
donna's professional jealousy.
Many times after that she used to
hope that she might get another OPP
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

the barrel organ to the sidewalk be-
fore fine house and she at once be-
gan to sing. In her very gayest tune,
her broken brass heart made her sob
more piteously and queerly than ever
before.
And that sob was truly her great
success. The house belonged to the
prima donna. In u room in the front
lay the prima donna's little girl. weak
and pale, as she had been lying for
weeks. IF we could only make her
smile" the old doctor said every day.
But nothing made her smile. She grew
thinner and sadder and weaker all the
time.
Just before the barrel organ began
to sing, the great prima donna had
tried to make the little daughter smile
by singing her gayest and best song.
But the sick child turned her head
YEARLY away. The prima donna's eyes
filled with tears and
Just then the barrel organ sobbed
its best sob. And at once the little
girl opened her blue eyes and-yes,
she smiled.
The barrel organ had sung only
few notes more when the door flew
open and the prima donna ran out.
AT the sight or her hated rival the bar
rel organ felt impelled to scream with
anger. But before she could make up
her mind to do it, the manager and
she were being pulled into the house
And there she sang all her songs over
and over, and whenever she got to the
end of them she sang them over and
over again. and every few moments
she would sob most beautifully. And
at every sob the little girl would smile
At last she even laughed and once she
actually tried to clap her thin little
hands.
So the barrel organ made her great
artistic success and won a famous vic
tory over the celebrated prima donna
And now she stands in the house of
the prima donna among the most cher
ished possessions, and the little girl
strong and rosy, loves her better
than anything else in the world.
SO does the celebrated prima donna.
And she not only loves her; the bar
rel organ has the splendid satisfaction
of knowing that the prima donna es-
teens her as a fellow-artist. For one
day she patted the barrel organ and
said TO her friends
"Ah, no! / am not the artist. Here
is the true artist. My best song could
not do what the barrel organ did with
one Sob"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

And one morning papa hitched Baby
Louise, the little white pony, to the
little cart and Peter was driving up
and down, up and down, alone in the
road before the house. The little white
pony was so very gentle and Peter
was such a brave little boy that papa
sometimes did let him drive a very
short distance down the road.
And little Ellen came out into the
road and called:
Al want to ride, too, Peter!"
And Peter stopped the little white
pony and Ellen got into the little cart.
And Ellen said,
"Oh, Peter, let US go to Wyville all
alone and see what we can See!"
And Peter said:
"Oh, papa never will let us drive
Baby Louise all alone to Wyville!"
And little Ellen tossed her curls,
and looked real naughty, and said
Let us run away quick. and not
ask papa and mamma
And Peter looked real naughty and
said:
IT dare run away if you dare run
away, little Ellen"
And little Ellen tossed her curls and
said:
Il dare run away to Wyville."
And Peter took the whip, and whip
ped Baby Louise, and away they
went down the road in the little cart.
And mamma came out into the
road, and called:
Peter and Ellen. come homel
Where are you going? Come home
at once, Peter and Ellen"
And little Ellen called back:
eve are running away, dear. prec-
ious mamma; we can't come back.
We are running away!"
And Peter said
"Oh, l guess we'd better go back,
little Ellenl
And little Ellen tossed her curls and
looked real naughty, and said:
Il want to run away, don't want
to go back"
And Peter said:
81 dare run away if you dare run
away little Ellen"
And little Ellen tossed her curls and
laughed. and said
Il dare run away, l dare run away
to Pievlle, Wyville!"
And Peter said:
what makes you call the town
Wyville, Pieville, little Ellen?'
And little Ellen said
Because we can buy little, tiny
cherry pies in Wyvill, and so call
it Wyville, Pieville!"
And Peter laughed and whipped the
little white poney, and said:
Here we go to Wyville, Pieville, to
buy little cherry piesl"
And little Ellen said:
How many little cherry pies are
you going to buy, Peter?"
And Peter said:
Il have 10 cents, and I'm going to
buy two title cherry pies"
And Ellen said:
Il have five cents so 1 can only buy
one little cherry pie
And Peter said:
"Oh. little Ellen, we are very naugh-
ty to run away to Wyvillel"
And little Ellen tossed her curls and
said:
Il don't care, like to be naughty
sometimes!"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

portunity to sing before the opera
house. She felt quite sure that she
could win applause If only the audi
ence got a chance to really hear her
before the envious prima donna could
interfere.
But the business manager did not
seem to care so very much about the
opera house after the first attempt and
ne used to go many blocks out of his
of it,
For a time the barrel organ felt
gloomy and depressed because she
knew that she was a genius, and a
person or barrel organ that knows
lnls is not well content if the rest
pI the world does not know it. too:
i5ut after few days she recovered
ler peace of mind. and she leaned
odck as haughtily and proudly as ever,
while she drove around the city.
The barrel organ loved TO say that
Sne drove around, because the prina
uonna always did so. But in reality
one barrel organ did not drive. Her
equlpage was the back of the Italian
otsan grinder who acted as her man
bSser. Anybody can buy pair of
Uses and be driven in a carriage
e.-e barrel organ used to say, but not
yt,iy one has a man to sit on. Gee
It ~ And then she would kick the
r ,oiiah with her one leg and feel
"{0uder than ever.
er pnide really was the only thing
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

to knock off the others helmet or hurl
him from his horse.
when Bertrand was II years old
ne took part in one OF these tourna-
ments ''N' ia
He was mounted on one of his IA
ener Iarm horses. There were many
nne battle horses in the castle stables
but no one would let the homely. awI,
ward Bertrand have one to ride.
his clothes were shabby and as he
RODE along the street of the town
Mhere the Jousting was to take place
the people Jeered at him. One sang out
to him to get home to the kitchen
Where ne belonged, and another cried
that he was better fitted to herd sheen
imam TO take part in a tournament.
ana they made all manner of fun Of
his horse.
When Bertrand saw the gallant COM
pany OF knights and ladies assembled
at the lists he felt down-hearted; but
plucKlng up courage he said to him
self, IF l could only get a proper
Morse and a suit of armor l would
show Them
Among the knights who charged in
the lists he saw a cousin of his who
was about his own size, and at once
he decided upon course of action
AFTER the cousin had run the number
OF courses fixed by the rules, Ber-
trand went to him and begged him to
lend his horse and armor. His cousin
ala so and the boy rode into the lists.
AS he had the visor of his helmet
down, no one knew who he was but
ne overthrow every knight who came
against him except one. That one
was his own father.
When Bertrand saw his father
charging upon him, he courteously
lowered the point of his lance and
passed by with bow, refusing to
fight him.
When Bertrand had ended his joust-
ing the heralds all cried, Victory for
the adventurous newcomer" Then
ne took off his helmet and everybody
saw that the victor was a boy of II.
the despised Bertrand du Guesclin.
His father and mother became inn
mensely proud of him, not only for
the skill in arms he had shown, but
also for the courteous manner in which
he had borne himself.
After that his education was better
attended to, and he got a start in the
world. The tournament made his name
FAMOUS through all Brittany, the prov
lnce or France in which it was held.
soon thereafter he got command of
body of men and went off to the
wars. Thus he began a career that
became one of the most brilliant in
the history of France.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

Pauls School in London an old nur-
more Jolly children than the small
boys and girls of Holland. The little
boys all wear the loosest widest and
most preposterous breeches ever seen.
Each pair seems big enough to hold
two boys and reaches high above his
waist, where it buttons to his small
shirt. The head gear is almost al
ways a small round cap. Coats and
Jackets they rarely wear even in the
winter when at play.
The little Dutch girls wear long
skirts so full that one almost suspects
that there are hoop skirts under them
such as grandmother wore when she
was a young lady. On their heads are
the highest of white caps, such as
babies wear in America. Sometimes,
under. these caps, they have a hood
or head piece made of brass, which is
kept brightly polished and glitters
splendidly through the lace overcap.
Boys and girls wear wooden shoes
and make a tremendous clater as they
play their games on the sidewalk or
the pavement One of their counting
out rhymes. spelled as 1t is pro-
nounced, is:
Zen. twee. cen Kopje thee.
Zen, Klontje, er BIZ,
AT ben iii.
Even the small boys in India have
their contingent games, and this is
their lingo, as nearly as 1t can be writ
ten in English:
Ha, hoo, too,
Pooshka, bramina, padala, stoo.
There Is strong likeness between
one of the rhymes used by German
children, and our own ::Eeny, meeny,"
etc, for they chant:
Enc. tent mona, mel,
Parter, lone, bone, strei
Enc, fune, herke, berke
Wer? Wei? Wo? Was?
The children of Ireland have a.
rhyme all their own. 1t runs like this:
A lirripeg, larrapeg,
A bee. a nail, a stone, a stack,
A bonnie Billie Pelpie.
A Belia-bug, a warINl rack,
Crib-e-stery, Hick.
And so, you see, there is no such
great difference among the children
of the earth.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

that enabled her to keep her spirits.
Tor her manager was not truly a lover
OF music. He was deaf to the. artistic
merits of the barrel organ and he used
her great talents only to make money.
therefore, instead of trying to pro-
duce her before folk who would have
appreciated her mastery of the art
of song, he carefully selected places
where nobody wished for music, how
ever delightful and superior.
The Italian managers idea in doing
this was simple and practical as all
great ideas are. He calculated that
If the barrel organ sang loudly before
q club house full of ill-tempered elder
ly gentlemen or before a restaurant
containing persons with painful nerves
they would pay him cheerfully and
heavily to go away. This was not only
good idea, but aso eminently correct.
OF course the italian manager did
not explain this to the barrel organ.
If he had 1t might have broken her
heart or at least some of the sensitive
and delicate pins and cylinders that
made up her nervous system AS it
was, the barrel organ, being quite ig-
norant of the managers mercenary
designs, would raise her voice as high
as possible whenever the italian low
cred her from his shoulders. and sing
her songs as fast as he could grind,
without stopping once for breath.
While she sang, she would stand
gracefully on her one leg and imagine
that she looked just like the prima
donna in the opera house when she
appeared in the part of Brunhilde.
When lost in song, the barrel organ
had no eyes for external matters.
Therefore she failed to notice red faced
capitalists looking furiously out of
banks and shaking their fists at her.
While they cried out bitterly for her
to go away, she sang more and more
loudly till their voices became too
hoarse to shout any longer. Then they
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

One a penny bun,
Two a penny bun,
One a penny. two a penny,
Hot cross bunl
II your mother don't like EN-
Give EN- to her son.
One penny. two a penny.
Out goes one!
Intery, mintery, cutlery, corn,
Apple seed and briar thorn.
Wine. beer timber lock,
Three geese in one flock;
One few east and one flew west,
One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
OUT, Out.
Stick, stock, stone dead,
Rick, rock, dead in bed;
Flip flop. girls and men,
Lip, lop, alive again.
Onery, twoery. diokery, davery.
Hallbom, crackabone. tenery, lavery:
Wave your limbs northumberland pine.
Humbl-ey, tumble-ey, twenty-nine.
For northumberland" American
children say American"
The following rhyme in its American
form has found much favor in Eng
land despite its vulgarity:
Eehy, meeny, miny mo,
Catch a niger by the toe;
When he hollers let him go;
Eeny meeny, miny mo.
Although this is an Americanized
rhyme that has been accepted by Eng
land. 1t was borrowed originally from
the old English. 1t is said to be the
very Oldest rhyme known In Great
Britain. In Cornwall where 1t is
most In use in it's old form. 1t is be-
lieved that It descended from the
Druids. The British version is:
Ena, mena, mona, mite,
Pasca, laura, bona, bite.
Eggs, butter, cheese, bread,
Stick, stack, stone dead.
Still another version of the same
rhyme is in use in other parts of Eng
land. 1t runs:
Ana, mana, mana, Mike,
Barcelona, bona, bike,
Lare, fare, nare mack,
Willie boy, silly boy, stepped on q
tack;
Huddigoo, Buddigoo, hip no stone,
Luddymoo, muddy Lou, you are one.
Among the boys of the famous st.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
"ONLY A BOY" STORIES
L rue narratives Of Fine Deeds
Done by Brave Boys.
No. t-BERTRAND DU GUESCLN.
BY H. IRVING KING
No. t.-BERTRAND DU GUEsCL1N.
BY H. IRVING KING

Among the heroes of France whose
names are held in generation is Ber-
trand du Guesclin. He lived and
fought many years before Columbus
discovered America. Besides being a
valiant soldier. he was a champion of
the rights of the people. who We're
much oppressed in those days. He
gave good counsel to the King, so
that all men admired him.
He had much success in driving out
the Spaniards and the English, who at
that time tried to conquer France. The
King of France thought so much of Du
Guesclin that when the soldier and
counselor died he had him buried in
the Church of st. Denis at the foot
of a tomb which he had prepared for
himself.
When Bertrand was a boy he was
awkward and far from good looking.
and his parents feared he never would
amount to much. They neglected him
and gave him no part of the affection
which they bestowed On his brothers
and sisters.
This neglect only made Bertrand de-
termined to try the harder to improve
himself in all ways and achieve a po-
stion which should make his parents
proud of him. The boy was fond of
exercise and athletic sports, and when
he was nine years old he began to
drill the children of his fathers tenants
as soldiers.
He was a generous lad and after one
of his play battles he always would
spend all his pocket money on his com
panions. When he was sixteen years
old his father sent him on a visit to
his aunt to see if she could make any,
thing out of him. While on this visit
he watched some country people wrest-
ling near the castle. The champion
wrestler of the district seeing the boy
looking on, challenged him.
bertrand accepted and threw the
champion; but his aunt, hearing of the
affair, scolded him and made him
promise to give up such sports. She
made him promise that thereafter he
would only take part in tournaments
and jousts. such as were INDUCED in
in those days by gentlemen and mobiles.
In these jousts the knights. in iron
armor and mounted on horseback. en-
tered an enclosure called the lists, and
charged upon each other with long
from tipped poles or lances, each trying
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
YOUTHS GAME OF
ALL THE WORLD.
"Counting in" and Counting Out"
Rhymes.

"Counting in" md Counting OUT
Rhymes.
Counting in" and counting out"
rhymes are popular everywhere
throughout the world. Except for
changes to give them local coloring.
best are almost Identical in all Ian
guages.
England and America. of course.
have rhymes of the greatest similarity.
because the language is the same and
many Of the points of interest are the
same. England has not borrowed much
from America, but American children
use a great many English rhymes.
Some that are used in both countries
equally are:
Overy, livery, ickery Ann,
F1llusy. follusy, Nicholas John,
Queevy, quavy. English Navy.
Stingalum, Stangalum, buck.
Eeny, meeny, mona, my,
Barcelona. bona, stry.
Kay bell. broken well,
Wee, WOE. wack.
One -i-zoi, two-i-zoi, zig-i-zoi, IAN,
Bobtail, vinegar, tockle and tan,
Harum, Scarum, Cecil Marum,
81, 10, whack.
One, two. three, four,
Lily at the kitchen door
Eating peaches off a plate,
Five, six, seven, eight.
One, two. three.
Out goes he
Into the middle
OF the deep blue sea.
II this be so
We all know.
AS here we sit,
That YOU are 1T.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

sery jingle was in common use. 1t is:
Hickory. dickery. dock,
The mouse ran up the clock, etc.
The following rhyme is varied in
different parts of England. In Lon
don the first version is used; in the
North "fawther" Gather" is substi-
and in Scotland the name used is
jamie"
One, two, three.
Annie caught a flea.
The flea died and Annie cried,
One, two, three.
There is no nation apparently in
which the boys and girls do not use
rhymes for the purpose OF finding out
who is 'it." The French boys and
girls, for intance, sing through their
little noses:
Tn, deux. trois.
Tu ne Fest pas;
Quatre. cinq. six,
Va-t'en d'ici.
Spelled as nearly as possible so that
you can pronounce II as the small
Frenchman does, using English
sounds for the letters, this Is:
On, du, trivia,
Tu ne lay pah;
Ka-tre, sank. gecee,
Va ton deecee.
A translation of this follows with
out attempt to make it rhyme:
One. two. three,
Thou art not 1t;
Four, five. six.
Stay not here.
The small boy of Turkey and the
children of the Armenian brigands
who held Miss Stone in captivity are
xtytfh ha I'll
Allen, Bellem. chirozl.
CHR mrozl fotozi,
Fotoz, glider, Niagara,
Magarada, tiki, bash,
Pilki, beni, Korkootdi,
Adalede. Shooulede Edirnede,
Divid vashi
Ben Olayen Kehad bashi.
In the whole world there are no
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04
THE STORIES OF
PETER AND ELLEN
RUNAWAY PETER AND ELLEN.
Bv GERTRUDE SMITH.

And Peter laughed and said:
Yes, sometimes l like to be just
AWFUL naughty, don't you?"
And then all at once little Ellen be-
gan to cry.
I'm afraid my mamma will feel bad
because ! am so naughty" she said.
And Peter said:
II guess we'd better go home"
And Ellen said:
mo, no, l want to go to Wyville,