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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-27

above ALL she was a girl-that was sum-
cient to condemn her at once. However.
the question was settled now and the let
ter sealed. and they could only console
would not come
Maybe she'll have the measles" said Bob
hopefully. but Carroll put wet blanket on
that brilliant idea by replying gloomily:
Then Billy couldn come. either"
Two days later Mrs. Mason called out of
the window to Bob and Carroll, who were
hulling walnuts out by the wood pile.
Il have letter from Aunt Jane" she
said.
Can Billy conner" shouted the boys TO-
getlier.
Yes" she replied. "and Peggy. too: they
will be here tonight"
"Goodyw began Carroll, and then he re-
membered Peggy.
But Peggy turned out much better than
he and Bob had dared to hope. She quite
won CAROLS heart the very first evening
by admiring the cage in which the ground
hackees were beginning to feel quite at
nome Carroll considered Ii an evidence
on very good taste on Peggy's part. Peggy
had freckles and tight curly hair and her
mouth was large and usually omen for she
was perfect little chatterbox Billy was
rather different. He was a thoughtful boy
Ior MIS- age. and rather delicate; but there
was plenty Of fun and mischief in him, and
ne could be depended upon in an emer-
gency. Billy was always steady, but you
never knew what Peggy was going to do
next.
BEFORE their arrival, that evening, Carroll
ana Bob had been sent upstairs 70 wash
their hands and faces. and to get straight
ened up generally. They came down with
their hair neatly brushed. neckties tied
nicely. faces actually shining and boots
beautifully blacked. but when Mrs Mason
glanced at their hands she exclaimed:
Why, boys, why didn't you wash themT'
We did-lots," spoke up Bob.
IT won't come of; it's walnut STAIN"
exclaimed Carroll, almost in pride Just
look" he added, displaying his hands.
Ihey certainly did look pretty badly, for
the juice from green hulls of wainuts makes
very dark brown stain. as every boy
Knows. and Carroll's hands were covered
Bob's were even worse
It was when Peggy saw those hands and
laughed and said, You look just like
Indians. with all that brown stun on
your hands" that the grand idea
first came into Carrolrs mind He OK
planned 1t to the others, the next day, as
they were all sitting on the garden fence
munching raw turnips which they had ex-
tracted, when the stableman was not about.
from the heap stored under earth for the
winter. o
Go be continued next Saturday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-27

A remarkable incident is that of a Scot
fish youth who had learned at home to sing
the old psalms that were then as house.
hold words to them in the kirk and by the
fireside When he grew up he wandered
away from his native country, was taken
captive by the Turks, and made slave In
one of the Barbary states. But he never
forgot the songs Of Zion, although he sung
them in a strange land and to heather
ears. One night he was solacing himself
in this manner, when the attention of some
sailors on board of an English man-of-war
was directed to the familiar tune, "Old
Hundred" as 1t came floating over the
moonlit waves. At once they surmised the
truth that one of their countrymen was
languishing away his life as a captive.
Quickly arming themselves, they manned a
boat and lost no time in effecting his re-
lease. What a JOY to him. after eighteen
long years passed in slavery. should you
not think that he would love the glorious
tune of "Old Hundred?"
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Birds Shun This Tree.

German authority has recently an
nounced the discovery of a tree in the for
ests of central India which has most Gu
rious characteristics. The leaves of the
tree are of highly sensitive nature. and
SO full of electricity that whoever touches
one of them receives an electric shock. 1t
has very singular effect upon a magnetic
needle and will influence it at a distance
of even seventy feet. The electrical strength
of the tree varies according to the time of
day, it being strongest at midday and
weakest at midnight. In wet weather its
power disappears altogether. Birds never
approach the tree, nor have insects ever
been seen upon it.
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WONDER STORIES FOB CHILDREN.
REroLn BY LOUISE E. HOGAN.

RETOLD BY LOUISE e. HOGAN.
Copyright, 1902. Reprinted by special arrange
ment with the pphlishers)
Did you ever hear Of sea cucumber? I
know you have allriearf Of the garden cu-
cumbers one eats, but how many of you
have ever heard that there is long. soft
bodied creature. little ike worm, which
contracts and dilates it's body as the worm
does and which has a common name by
which it is known VverYwhere-th sea Gu
cumber. 1t is notlliketA star fish. which
you may have seen. having neither rays nor
a shell, but it has thick, tough skin, be-
meath which is andfher lowering called the
tunic. This second, covering is made up of
fbers, crossing and recrossing in every d.
rection. This covering is very elastic, and
1t can spread out or shrink up just as its
owner likes. Muscular bands running
croSswise and lengthwise over the body
help the sea cucumber to move in every
direction.
It has mouth about the width Of quill,
and placed in the middle of a ring in the
upper end of the body. Round the mouth
are number of feelers which look little
like feathers.
These feelers can change their shapes In
the most curious manner Sometimes they
will stretch themselves out, and look like
worms Then feeler will contract itself
IN the middle. SO as to look like an hour
glass; or 1t will fill itself with sea water
and swell out into little balloon.
When 1t Is frightened or distressed 1t does
very curious things. Let me tell you a
true story about one.
1t was Kept in vessel of sea water and
lived there safe and sound. But one day
it's owner forgot to change the water, and,
what was more the poor creature was left
not one day, but three, and no one attended
to it.
1t became very uncomfortable and began
to throw of Its feelers. Next it elected it's
internal parts one after the other. Each
part fell to the bottom of the vessel.
The efforts it made were violent, but still
the creature lived, and the empty skin in
which nothing was left was SO irritable
that at the least touch it twisted itself into
all kinds of shapes.
The most curious part Of the story has
to be told. Some one had pity on the poor
creature and gave it fresh supply of sea
water In its vessel Then the parts actual
ly began to grow again in the empty body.
At the end Of few months the sea Gu
cumber was as strong and as lively as ever.
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The Land Of Noddy.
Put away the bauble and the bib.
Smooth ont the DilloWs in the crib

Put away the bauble and the bib.
Smooth out the pillows in the crib.
Softly on the down
Lay the baby's crown.
Warm around its feet
Tuck the little sheet
Snug as pea in a pod.
With o yawn and cape,
And a dreamy little nap,
We will go, Will CO.
To the Landy- andy -pandy
OF Noddy oddly -poddy,
To the Landy andy pand
OF Noddy- pod
There In the shadow makers tent,
After the twilight's soft descent,
Well lie down to dreams
or milk in flowing streams:
And the shadow makers baby
VIII lie down with u.s. maybe.
On the soft messy pillow of the sod.
In a browse and d9ze
All sleep fronlabeadsto toes
We will lie, w(SwilElie,
In the Landy andy -pad5dy ri
OF Noddy oddly poddyyN -
In the Landy andy pand OF Moody pod.
Then when the morning hreaks,
Then when the lark awakes,
We will leave-fhe afowsy dreama
And the twinkling starry CLEANS;
We will leave!ahes lktle tent
And the wonders in 1t pent,
To return TO own native sod.
With hop and skip and jump and fin
We will come, will come,
From the Landy -andsApandy of Noddy-oddy- uoddv
From the Landy -andy-pand-ef Noddy pod
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A Change Of Ambition.

Horatius at the bridge, and he
Who fought at old Thermopylae;
Great Samson and his potent bone
by which the Philistines were slones
Small David with his wondrous aim
That did for him Of giant frame;
]. Caesar In his Gallo scraps
That made him lord Of other chape:
sweet William, called the Conqueron
who made the Briton sick OF war;
King Hal the Fifth, who nobly foughA
And thrashed the foe at Agincourt;
Old Bonaparte, and Washington,
And Frederick. and Wellington;
Decatur. Nelson, Fighting Joe,
Ahd Farragut, and Grant, and oh,
A thousand other heroes
lave wished L were-in days gone By
Can take their laurels from my door,
For don't want 'em any more
The truth will out. 1t can't be hid:
Inc doughty deed that Dewey did,
In that far-distant Spanish sea,
Is really good enough for me.
The grammar's bad, but, oh, my son
l wish I'D did what Dewey done
JOHN kENDRICK BANGS
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Interesting Facts.

There are seventy miles of tunnels cut In
the solid rock of Gibraltar
mysterious ringing of electric bells in
a house in Birmingham is said to have
been traced to a spider whose web had
connected two wires
The boa or python snake has 800 pairs
of ribs; the rattlesnake has III pairs; the
shark, %, and the conga eel 60. The two
toed sloth has 40 and man has "a.
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At the Seashore.

Two little blue jean overalls,
Two straw hats, making wide.
Two rakes. two hoes, two shoyels.
Two gardens side by side.
Two little strangers, coy at first,
At last quite friendly wise
A little conversations
And a pretty big surprise.
whats yoHr name, little boy r. they ask
Each Of the other, shy.
'Mef Why. I'm just little girl"
"1ou are? Why, % am !.
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Onio Guard.

You have LITTLE prisoner,
He's nimble, sharp and clever;
He's sure to get awby from YOU
Unless you watch him ever.
And when he once gets out he makes
More trouble in an hour
Than you can make in many a day,
Working with all your power.
He sets your playmates by the ears
He says what isn't SO,
And uses many ugly words,
Not good for you to know.
Quick! fasten up the tiny gates,
And chain him while he's young,
For this same dangerous prisoner
Is just-your little tongue.
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Some Good Dogs.

dog often grows more sensible by being
in the company of bright children.
One dear little fellow would play hide and
seek just as nicely as you can; hiding his
eyes with his paws when he was told to.
and hunting everywhere for the children,
until the last one was found. When it
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Cooking Pudding Under Cold Water

curious method was adopted by an
Englishman who wagered that he could
cook a plum pudding ten feet under water
in the River Thames. The bet was prompt
ly taken, for such a proceeding seemed i'm
possible. The pudding was placed in tin
case in the middle of a sack of lime; this
was sunk ten feet beneath the surface of
the river, and in two hours the pudding
was ready and a little overlooked
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ENIGMA.
My first is letter.
My second boys name.
My third letter.
Ny fourth the name of an animal.
Ny fifth q letter.
My sixth boys name.
My whole Is the capital Of South Amer
lean country.
BEHEADINGS.
Behead part of your head and get what
we breathe.
Behead what we work with and get Q
conjunction.
DIAMOND PUZZLE.
/. A consonant.
2. A lowly house.
3. A great lake.
4. A large weight.
8. A consonant.
SQUARE WORDS.
A direction.
continent.
Lower part Of window frame.
story.
CIARADE.
My first is a small bed
Ny second is weight
My whole is a plant that grows In the
south.
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ferns came from the woods, and when
new leaf comes up it is all curled and hairy
/ have two kinds in the pot, one sword
fern and the other a fine feathery fern
The nasturtium seed is light tan and is very
rough, and the flowers are of many colors
The petunia grows from a seed. They are
rich and light purple and white, but mine
has not had any blossoms on 1T yet
ELEANOR F. F., age IL.
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Chi1dren's Sunshine League

| MEMBERSHIP COUPON.
International President and Director. Mrs.
| Louise E. Hogan.
Internati onal Headquarters.
| 90 9th Avenue, New York, N. Y.
| International Secretary, Miss Hortense Nc
| Kee, Box 2O5, Washington. d. G.
National Weekly Organ, the Saturday Edi-
tion Of The Washington Star.
| PLEDGE.
promise to try every day to add happi-
ness to some ones life by being kind or
| passing on some kindness given me.
| I promise to try to earn each montn
| penny, postage stamp. nickei or a oiln .,.
| and keep IL ready to send to any one our
| president may tell us is in need OF sucn nelp.
| promise to write to my president once
| month and tell her what am doing to neip
others and what can do to help ner ne'p
| others.
I Please enroll my name and send my pauee
| in inclosed stamped and self-addressed ell
| velope.
1 Name. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
| Town OF City. .............''''''''
I State and County
Age Of Applicant, If under 20. ............
Date Of Application. ......................
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ETHEL AND ELSIE.
1t was just one week before school would
close. Ethel and Elsie were patiently
waiting for school to close, as they wanted
to take trip to the country. 1t was now
the day to close school. and when they got
out for their summer vacation how they
did run home.
Mamma mamma" shouted Ethel, ARE
you going to let us go out In the country
tomorrow
Yes, dear" said the kind mother, 'If it
does not rain
The next day finally came, and, oh, what
a fine day it was. The children were soon
ready and started off, bidding their mother
goodbye. The baskets were loaded with
sandwiches and sweetmeats.
They finally reached the country, about
two miles from their home, and what a
good time they had! After romping and
playing games and collecting flowers the
time for lunch came. They spread their
mothers tablecloth over the grass and ate
their dinner. They were hungry as wolves
and ate their dinner joyfully. Having
finished, Elsie said. Let US go down by the
water side, sister, and watch the men
fish"
They had left some food in the baskets,
and after hanging them up ran down near
the river. Who should they see down there
but their brother. He was coming up the
river in a boat and when they saw him
they cried "Oh, brother, take us rowing in
your boat!'
Yes, sisters. 1 am glad to see you down
here. Come and jump in
Elsie suddenly thought OF the baskets,
and cried, "Oh, sister, we have left our
baskets up in the woods
The two girls wanted to go back and get
the baskets, but their brother said that he
would get them the next day. The two
Tod u-ffh
good time rowing with their brother on the
river. While they were rowing they never
knew that poor tramp had come along
and found their baskets. He ate the food
heartily but never harmed their baskets,
which their brother found the next morn
ing When they looked in the baskets and
found the food missing they never once
thought that hungry tramp had taken 1t.
They thought that some chipmunkS or
squirrels had stolen it.
GEORGE W.. age 10.
TRIx.
When was about four years old had a
very cute little kitten, and named 1t Trix,
because 1t did SO many funny little tricks.
1t was given to me by one Of the ladies
at the old folks home. l cannot tell you
OF all her tricks. but will tell you Of one,
which l thought was very funny. One day
a young girl at our house was sewing, and
when she was not looking Trix crept up
and took her cotton and ran into the par
lor with 1t and hid 1t. and when she went to
look for 1t 1t was gone, and she could not
find it. l went into the parlor and saw
Trix in one corner of the room. / went
over to her and found the cotton by her
side and took it to the girl. and Trix came
back and took 1t away three times. 1t was
a very cute little kitten and its tricks were
more like those of little dog than cat.
l loved her very much. but it went away
one day and never came back.
RUTH H.. age O.
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HIDDEN PROVERBS.

A-o-l- e soc at t. r o m q.
A n b. -om WEEP Cen.
A = l. WI t-a- e. g WI.
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Boston.

PUZZLE.
Boston.
WORD SQUARE.
R o P E
o P A L
w E L L
PIED VERSE.
Oh, clap, clap the hands,
And sing out with glee.
For Christmas is coming
And happy are We.
LETTER PUZZLE.
Loot, moon, toot, loon, moot.
BEHEADINGS.
Spain-pain. Learn-earn. ThiS-hto
DIAMOND PUZZLE.
B At
M L A N
p L A T E A U
BA L T NJ O r e
P L U NJ B e r
C Low N
d r. Y
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ENIGMA

Ny first is sky.
My second In loose.
My third in ardent.
My fourth in raise.
Ny fifth in keep.
Ny whole is a bird.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
sweeping on the Cobwebs.

In the nursery tales the famous old
woman who is credited with the desire
to sweep the cobwebs off the sky" was
armed with broom, and in the house
hold realm the broom has long been
recognized as the most effective
medium for busting the walls and
sweeping the obnoxious cobweb from
its lofty resting place, says the Brook
lyn Eagle. An experienced housewife
living in country town, however,
states that in this advanced age walls
and woodwork are best busted with a
long-handled window brush covered
with canton flannel. "The brushfnot
being in such frequent demand as the
broom" she says, "can be put away with
its cover on, and is always ready for an
emergency in the shape of cobweb." !"
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
BLOCK OF AUTOGRAPH QUILT.

hub 2% inches. The illustration here.
with shows the pattern of the block,
greatly reduced. The wheels were
first basted carefully on the muslin
blocks, then the blocks were distrib-
uted among the ladies of the So
ciety with the request that they
whip the edges of the wheels with red
silk thread-which was given out
with the blocks-and secure names
enough to fill the white spaces in the
wheel, the charge for each name to
be ten cents. When all the blocks
were finished and sewed together, a
good penman was chosen to write
the names on each block as handed
in. the name of the. maker of the
block being placed in the center and
the other names between the spokes.
This was done with indelible ink.
We realized $58 in this way and sold
the quilt for ten dollars, thus making
$6S.-Farmers' Review.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
DAY DREAMS.

when I'm a man." said Johnny.
III be a sailor bold,
And III sail the mighty ocean in search Of
wealth untold.
And I'll build myself castle with fearful
donjon keep,
And III have ten thousand vassals who will
guard me while l sleep.
Then I'll rescue some fair princess from
robber, don't you see?
AND she will thank me sweety and say
she'll marry me-
AND when | wed the princess I'll be king,
you know
And I'll have a million subjects VINO will
bow before me low.''
But while he was a-dreaming of the time
that was to be,
The teacher asked him gently the simple
rule of three;
Then his castle and his kingdom faded
into air at once,
And the crown that fate decreed him was
the tall cap of Ounce
-Ysabel De Witte Kaplan. in ST. Nicholas.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
SUFFER. FROM ovERsTUDY.
Woman at Mothers Congress De-
clares Infantile Mind Is Be-
Ing Crammed.

Mrs. James L. Hughes, of Toronto.
in addressing the National Congress of
Mothers the other afternoon at De-
troit on "The Influence of the Kinder
garten on Children and Home," con-
demHed the practice of overstudy in
educational institutions Eve are too
greedy" she said, ITO pour our knowl-
edge into the minds of the young with
out realizing that the practice is in
furious to the body. One-tenth of the
facts crowded into the pupils mind at
school eventually slops over and is lost
in later years. Let us not force the
child to strive SO strenuously for
medals and honors.
1--WE ought to have revision of stud
les and get together in conference
parents and teachers who will elm
mate those subjects that do not meet
the present day requirements.
rs there any reparation of the boy
or girl in the educa tional institutions
for fatherhood and motherhoo ?
None at all. Teach the boy and girl
when in each others company to dis
cuss bright and intellectual things and
do away with sweetheart talk and friv-
OIities"
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
UPPER PART OF PANTRY DOOR.

writing paper, in which l write my
tested recipes that have proved worth
q second trial. just below this thick
pad with pencil attached which re-
ceives jottings of things needed in the
home. The cardboard sheet below the
crater has memorandum of weights
and measures. which l find handy in
following some recipes.
When the pantry door is closed all
this is out of the way, and out of sight
] much prefer this plan to that of hav-
ing everything in the kitchen. Of
course, it would not do for person
who does not keep the black washed
off the utensils. rarely put any uten-
sill save my teakettle over an open
stove hole, so have no trouble in keep
ing everything immaculate.-Am
can Agriculturist.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
OLD BEAUX ARE DELIGHTED.
Their Virtues to the Musty
Garret.

AS rule when woman gets mar
ried she tries to pluck from her re-
membrance all thoughts of those who
have kindly feeling for them with
out in the slightest degree being un-
true to the man who finally won her,
says the Chicago Chronicle.
Il love my old beaux," said the wo-
man who is bound to be cheerful.
''They comfort me and make me for
get unpleasantnesses An old beau is
very nice if he's at all presenta BILE.
My husband says hateful things to the
effect that I'm ruinously extravagant,
always wanting things, and he inti-
mates that only an angel of his magni-
tude could manage to get along with
me at all. Not so my old beaux. They
say he's the luckiest of men and inti-
mate that they would have been bet
ter men had Providence been thus kind
to them. Even the married ones aren't
so bad. When their wives sue for di-
vorce or their babies get the measles
they look volumes which seem to say
that all would have been ulnerent had
not an undeserving one borne off the
prize. These unsolicited testimonials
are as stimulating to me as old wine.
1t isn't the slightest use to repeat
them to my husband, however. He
simply reminds me that women are so
easy that they're tiresome and that
those 'nincompeops' don't have to pay
the bills"
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
UNIQUE PANTRY DOOR.
An Iden That Is Worth Initiating
in Houses Where Things Have
to BE "CrOwded.,

Not having any too much room in
my pantry, which was originally hall
cupboard, l utilized the door in the
manner shown. The smaller articles
have. tacks as hangers, for the larger
ones small hooks are better. These
can be bought for few cents per
dozen, and do not damage the wood
as does a nail. The ring by which the
chopping bowl hangs (on the lower
part of the door,, was formerly on a
window shade, but was found to be
just the thing for this purpose. The
lids are held in place by fine wire
stretched across the panel to small
tacks driven in the edge CT the
molding
The little pocket above the stewpan
holds my bread tickets, for living is
high in this town. and we find that
bread for two is cheaper bought than
made. Above this is sheet of card
board, which call my fruit list. may
tell of it in another article. just below
the gem pan is little book made of