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1sToNEWALL JACKsoN's
BOYHOOD

Thomas i. Jackson was born January
5al11S24. at Clarksburg, West Virginia. he
wis left an orphan boy when quite young
tl,. aid his bro. llsr $\Varrel5Ala an away
fIon. his unc.e with Wh3m they were
living. They built a raft und sailed down W
TIL. Ohio RIVER and landed on little ! 10 -.
land and earnsd a living cutting wood LOT
tho stea m poa,s that went up and down
the river. Here they spent The SUMNER
with little to eat, in the midst of dense
toI est. near the rushing waters OF tne
mr.. h.y Mississippi. AT last illness forced
Il. en- 10 20 home. Warren DID not i've
many yea. after this Thomas and Lau-
"a were The only ones left OF the nltie
family. jackson loved his. sister very
dearly. and bought her i silk dress with
the first money he ever carned W Mle
al school. he showed no nplness Tor any
study lxcept arithmetic lle5would never
90 70 Tho next lesson until he knew the
firsl one He was very fond OF games
and was always ready for O merry rothP;
II he thought one Of his l,layma,les nag q
tlghf ii OUT. Ore Of his tasks on his
{uncie,s farm was to haul ,ss to the saw
mil So he became q famous driver OF
oxen soon after he was ,xleen he was
mace constable, and 4 on one .Occa SION,
when a man Jailed to- pay q debt at the
time he promised he wa tened his chance,
&c. ny Ia take The horse .or the dsbt Tut
tn. man refused s to give Up the horse,
where Ron young jackson seized the bril-
dl. rein and pulled the horse into q
sta ble,#the man was thus forced TO &c!
of and Jackson got the horse, lie ia 9
hard time In his boy hood without any
Influence except his own VIII 70 keep him
In the light way va ~ PVT n him hin was the
I3Iy tESSlON $MORR
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pocAHONTAs.

X = |~A 4 y III d & / Z
III When this country was first settled
by white people. there was a great cllief
l,e med Powhatan. who lived In Virginia,
rot far from where Richmond now
stands. He had a very pretty daughter
named Pocahontas, She was very sweet
and gentle, and often proved herself q
true frlendit to white men, During the
winter of 1907 and 1908 she brought food
to the colonists, who were IN great need.
She made frequent visits, attended by
a train Of Indians, bringing baskets laden
With corn and venison Many other acts
Of kindness are related az her, which
show that she had Wamans tendsr
heart, though she was q savage Captain
Argail bribea Japa2nws, an old Indian
chief 10 get Pocahontas to come on
board his boat, which lay IN The Potomac
Riyer. and carried her off to jamestown.
She was afterwards restored TO her fatll-
er IN return FOR the English prisoners.
and the arms and tools that had been
stolen from Jamestown by the indians,
While SHE was at Jamestown John Rolfo,
n Young Englishman, fell deeply IN lovo
with her, and she reclprncated his pas.
sion. She professed faith IN Christ and
WAS baptized in a little chnHh at James.
town. from font made OF the trunk OF
a tree Then she married Hol 10 Win tRe
consent OF her father,
THE marriage broush peace, and lasted
Sfoi&many years. size lived happily with
her husband, and with him visited Eng
lard In 1916, She was highly honored IN
u London, being presented to the court by
LADY Delaware. She died In England In
hi arch. 1917, as she was set ting ready
Il, return ID her native lamb hesSEs only
twenty ears az Az Ier pnl VI I'M Y /,
SSsllsl,ols,A AL hAt ftsry
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and his lips so pure that could depend
her hand ard burst into tears. George
said at once If It SO distressed her, he
would not go; SO he took off his fine uni.
FORM resigned his commission. Il and
stayed at home to take care OF his
mother. II 1t had not been for this love
for her. II is possible we should never.
have heard of. George Washington; he
would not have fought $40 battles OF the
American Revolution, ror2 beon called the
Father OF his Country. Instead OF gol1g
Sto sea he went ba ok to school. where nc
studied, hard until he was sixteen years
old. Lawrence Washington, the brother
Of George, lived at Mount Vernon, q
beautiful old place on the Potomac
River. below the Getty OF Washington,
which all virg'nlans know and love.
for II was afterwards the horne Of their
great hero and where he chose to be
buried. 1t was years after sold by the
heirs OF washington to the Mount Yer-
non Association, which Is made up g
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truth. IIe says; ''s'rntJi. George, Is the
3l9vtiest quality Of yo,itliSi would ride
nifty niles. my son, hto see the title boy
Whose idart Is SO iloiicst, and his lips SO
're ts ma hsnehha Ga fxsrya Wn
was, clever years Old. He was moi, 4
IL NH ,nsesEs. ssaif ~ ass
q II few fa hosfs Vas hard trial
for little george. George was EDUC ted IN
,he fash oed eStFy SeoSs sto III
nat e nto oe t@o p na teS s esd
French aud Amerieat,44 v, 4 bis I, boy a ~
school med w llia ,mste m arp n,
cans IS they would fight their llttle bats
Nc Ftsss sn ,,TSoyed hf for ffsSq pssg vsa4s
nc s3u5 y lana 81 ola E;sirfax
lie did his work 70 the his hest "a Us act on
bp sSe I, ,y ~ .,
erecting a lind ,f mill tgry posts, a, e g
9 pnt ebs w a SnE nadh'flg9F ,osS os
enough e earfS ln ;tr9ps 4, All 81, RS
way foms If a wss srnt sss o s ,ndlnh
was soon after made ma or. Washing
ton did great service ~, the Free !, and
yas1 nssnla 9 on fra hs
brother. Tie was living, at thls hoaN.
called Mount yer11 on, hen the Reyo,1 w.
Of Bunker Hill Congress made Washing.
ton COMMUNICATIVE lief OF all the Amer
lean forces. He fgug t!tt many, hard, b.
ties. and aat last gained our ind p rde CO
sSV:skaut Wasiifig tons the Revolution per-
iaps would have been flluye At6the
close Of the war he gent to Mount Yer:
Of the United States He served two
terms as Presl dent an,i was tlrg I'd to ac-53
cent, the third but lerlined !. as l,s was
getting old and longcd, for the tuiet Of
at Mount Vernon after his. He died Dee
tccmber IL, 1880 m oiir1ed BY al tile world.
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r Hl+e:lntgist ]! Horne (: m!
AUTHOR OF
!. ORION [, &C. !.
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8,,pont every word he said Mary, the.
mother. Ok Washington, as she Is called,
was a Very pious, Intelligent woman.
Z she used to teach him A 10 kneel beside
her, hight and morning, 70 ask God to,
TAXI card OF him mid teach him to do
his duty George Washington lstcned to
Bthelf teachings n o wonder he grew TO
be tho great hnd good man he was, Many
childran In those days had as gold and
wtso parents as he han. but they do rot
attend TO tho lesAonA they tive them,
and ca do not nrof.t .by them. George
was very fond Of hunting and OF out.of-
door sports rentilrihg bodily strength and
skill. and 80 lle grew till and strong.
ut Is said 81 him that lie once threw q
store across the Rappalihnnocks Il Yer
wherc fredericksburg now stands. He
was particularly fond 'ot military games,
and at school the boys used to fight pre-
i tended battles between tho French md
a rnericans George always commanded
tho Americans, Georges fnther removed
from West1norelahd to Stafford county,
He lost his father when BIT t ten years
old ard all his care was left to his
mother When he was fourteen, Ike
d yreatMmanS5 ,ovs. he wanted to- be a
salon and his brother Lawrence. who was
d great deal older than he was. and a rich
man, had him appointed to a midsl,ip-
mans place In the Eng lish navy. Fl George
was delighted and had "a fine. rev uni-
form made, or which he was very fond.
Ills trunk was all n pa kcd and he was
to: q tart Immediately, but when he went
lin to tell /, his mother good bye although
Sshc had given her consent TO his going.
like many another at the idea Of parting
with her boy. she covered her face with
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sNED'ss5 ADVl.]EN,I'T1'U. e,
lin IA 8SN OW-STORMs

ono cold ana cloudy morning Ned,s
mothers wrapped thln,s.ip to go to see his his
sick grandma Their she told him to hurry
ana come back, because 1t looked like
snow. He started out with his dos be-
side him. ard as he got there It began
to snow.zesWheng he got ready to go
back. home the snow was up to his shoe
TOP, batswhen 4he got half way It was up
tt, his k1,ees. He stumbled and EEL al llel
couldn't get up because The snow !. ., vas y
so deep i1FIisi dog Hero caught Ills coat
n his noiltht and, dragged him through
The snow uni II he got h5nle. Ho was 50
cold tl1at he couldn't speak out OF a
Whisper. His mother changed his clothes
and put him to bed. Ned thinks 1t Is no
fun to be in q snow storm.
@, III Ms. LIZZIE GREY PUGII
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understanding. and a professor OF n1athe-
MATES, should not have been the rival,
even nf the most gentlemariy Bear nor
should ne have fallen in love With my
nursery governcss. Bless my soul Good
natured Bear, indeed Poor gentleman!
i do not mean to say anything at all
unk nd. hut I do say. bless my soul! =
MY good brother said Abraham
61.ittlepump. "as for Mr.. Bear, we shall
ever retain the tenderest recoliections OF
him. He was thrown upon an uni ppre.
Chatting world and was unhappy. But
I he is very happy now som ewhere else
For has he not vanished into The Land
of Shadows there to dance forever ON
& green lawn with the Image Of his adora-
ftlon!''' AZ
b II reJoiae extremely to hear it!" cried
Dr.. Littlepump; catching up his flute;
5.and feel persuaded that Y am at
5thla moment inspired to play the identi.
cal polka which Cunid has just played
! TO Mr.. Hear and his bride ~ I ISL
"a At this the children all LIS ct up g Ions;
hearty shout of applause; and when they
were quite dDre, Or, Littlepump ap-
plauded hlmsef-at which they all began
again. Then the children. still Laughing,
formed circle, hand in hand round DR.,
and Mrs. Lltlepump. and Abraham Lit
5tlenumpSand Gretchen. and DANCED round
and round them. Ard they sang the fol-
lowing verse, In which the Bear was
lovingly Included just as II he had been
present because his memory wastso dear
I to them ALL The Doctor. who was quite
master Of double-tonguelns. accom-
panied them on his flute:
t'Oh, Doctor, tootle too,
oh, Bear tootle loo, 5i5
oh, new-married pair tootle tee!
OF good luck. tootle tootle,
And good friends, lootle, lootle
Oh. never despair, footle FEEL! q.
1'ootle tootle lootle, footle tootle. tce!"
Abraham Littepump now became 50
nyerjoyed that he was unable to con-
tain himself He Rugged them all round.
and finally catching the Doctor IT. his
afms, made him got UP behind him
pick IA back. Then Mrs, Littlepump and
Gretchen Joining hands With the circle
aor children, they all danced round the
two brothers, singing the verse again
while the Doctor flouristed his flute ~
the air, like the conductor OF some great
band of music
sob, Doctor! oh. Bearl
Oh, new-mafr.ed pair!
OF good luck and good friends never never
Crhs Happy End
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Oh as Polish noblcmln III q court.
dress. He was dancing poll;a on the
lawn OF castle made of cloiss. with
another Shadow, exactly like Grctcheh.
onlyEstilS pi ettier, While tho figure Of
cupid sat upon the tiptop Of one OF tho
stnrrets holding his qnlvcr like q VIC.
I'm, and playing delightfully."- upon IT With
& Ills bow! n, 81, N. 7s
Presently the whole vanished There
WIS nothing to be seen In the mirror
except The wondering faces Of those w no
went clost lip to 1t. 81
out came all the children, one by one.
w!th looks Of equal pleasure and bewild.
Of ment. (. 8s.8.
30 was not altogether PREPARED for
this" said DR.. Litt.cchump.
.'Oh." said Mrs. Littlechunp. the land
of Shadows Is full OF delights Of all
kinds: and as TO your brothers affair
or the heart. 1t Is not the first time
that grave man fell In love with II
merry girl. It was. at least, as natural
In, him as In Aif tcar-not 10 speak
1nkIndiy or disrespectively OF our dcng
departed friends ii
.:sut ii certainly Is the first tlmc.'s'
said Or. Littlechump, "thnt q Bear how
ever good.natured was 80 lucky rs to
become d HAPPY SHADOW, such as you
describe, and 70 be Die 4 70 Dequeatn a
young bride to his tutor. IN fnct my
b,ain is confused upon several points aias.
And THE more ] reflect the more my
head goes round Brothers ! alwa Us Used
TO consider you strong.minded man
but now s3.4 tjs5 N 355 81 98
you will dance at my wedding = said
Abraham Littlepump W.
II will!n said DR.. Ltttlepump, Sod
bless you, brother Abra ham. At the
same time. ! must beg leave to obserye
that n man Of mature years. of great
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October gave a party
/ The leaves by hundreds came; rs
The chestnuts, oaks and naples.
And leaves by every rnmes
The sunshine spread carpet.
And everything was grand;
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
The chestnut came In yellow
The oaks In crimson dressed;
The lovely Misses Maple
In scarlet looked their best;
All balanced to thor partners.
And gayly fluttered byi
The sight was like a. rainbow
New.fallen from tho Sky,
Thon In the shady hollows
eat hide-and-seek they played;
The party closed Mt sundoWn,
But everybody stayed.
Professor Wind played louder;
They flew along the ground;
And then tho party ended.
AS they balanced, IAN around.
MARY .AMsTER.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON.

ut was the birth IL Westmoreland
county of George washington, who, in
his life Of sixty-seven years, had more
Influence over the history Of the United
States, and particularly OF Virginia, than.
any other man who ever lived IN II. He
Mas ore OF ylrginia's hoblest and honor,
able sons, lie was born on the ED OF
Februry. lT32. Ills fathers name was
Augustine washington and his mothers
vas Mary Ball. both Vlrginlans. ! think
that, d great deal q the honor thar ';s
George washington gained was due 70
tho teachings Of his Their ard Ifat her,
His father said to A him oaee n q ~.
yGeorge is Hest qpa syApth
III Wonld rid p NIL s. m1 sops ~ seg y
IthS sssssssas hensssI
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GEORGE WASHINGTON

George washington was born IN Vest st
mcreland county, virginia, Feoruary -
y-as His father died when he was only
eleven years old, and ho.s was left In the
care of his mother, who was q fine. wo-
man. He had only one brother. Law;
renee. who was older-thnn he. George
was educated In a country school, He
|rEcwed a fondness for military &matters
~ hen he was very young, When he was
sixteen wears OF age, hc7sw So SMART y
e,,,ye s that he was employed for
three years In surveying a large noun
famous tract belonging to Lord Fairfax.
liz was a very good rider, dancer and
marksman, and he was beloved by his
country. There Is a portrait of him at
my home. ,,t-r, = nr,,,p
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shout; Have courage and you will be
safe - The dark object that lghtened
them SO at first becarn me their salvation,
to mort. ,fhe boys we're sighted and the
captaiia ordered The sailors to help them
on board ii Eoon They were all picked UP
and were safe in the bin. Then the. cap
tain asked them what they were do ng
81 far from land. without some grown
ne a, ssto ,.protect them. The boys an;
swered they were out for a sal. and
fhroughttheir lines to dol,some flshim ls
When the FOR cleared away and the sea
became calm, the capta!n ordered one
Of Ms men to 70 in the small boat with
the boys and sail Into shore frs b tSsy
,1eftBths- steamer, They took this occasion
.tb thank the captain aid tho sailors for
their Kindness to- them. 81 4 i 3.5 4
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OBEYING PROMPTLY.

A switchman's boy was once playing
between two railroad tracks Tho switch-
man was at his post OF duty, AZ two
trains were about due. When he heard
them. me looked around FOR MS son, see
IND the danger his hoy yas III, and know
III: il would cause a collision 10 leave
iii, most, ha at once shouted 70 him,
Lay down.
,rhe boy, being astonlshed to obey
when first spoken to, laid down at once,
Thc trains passed on and the boys lie
was saved, Had It not been that he
obeyed promptly he would have been
spoken to. sappose no had waited TO
ast ,yhy7"
" ,IREyILIAN SUTHERLAND.
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send It to mo or not2 do not. knoW
Y1nny ofl lie rules, Aut | have done all
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%5Iitpng that i will be suct essful, am
Your little reader,
ItG 1JLEANA sLtNDSBY.

4 3al u 1JLEANA ~ LlNDSBf.
bear iii Ed.tor, ~ enclose y1ut true story.
called MY Little Pet Dog have III.
liz dog named Beauty, Silt !s so cute
and PLAYFUL. She Is different from most
dogs because she has ',ablt Of s., eollsss.
c. c" Can. H. d Z Of iii iarge gravel. and ono day
va found SO many large rocks In the
yarc. ard could not IInas CINE now they
g5t In there but we so wour little g, aog
water over her head ana Brings out these
Please send me a hadgo. !,
Manchester, Va. t5 p. "A .8
Editor Ilmes-Dlspntch: "
Dear sir,--1 got my letter and badge,
and am so much OBLIGED 70 YOU for IT.
Of this month. My little sister Emma
and II ShaSe q pet cat, lie Is a limo;
eleven years old. lie. loves peanuts and
Oft He IS cherry colored Like a black.
RAMON D. G.ArcIN, JI
d. Dear slr.--1 thank you very much for
the prize you 50 promptly sent mo, (; and
for the badge. ], am glad 2 be a metr 4
Der and will stnd my con trlbutions from
ID nwirg OF General Washington. which
YOU 70 xvii viii thihR il good enough 70 publish
y HyB isa!F' .. BRUCE.
AZ 9a MERIDIAN. n va, Feb. 8. 1904
Dear Editor.--Ive wrote to you several
weeks go for badges and enclosed stories
TO- tt en-. We have been aNerylnluch dis
apo .nted in not receiving them We send
yo, Two drawings. which we hope Will
WIN the pria o., one from Thy sister and
ON from myself. H } is5i &
Wishing the r. D. e. C.. much success
4 an f0afs R 5jalz. CLARKE. v
Dear Edltor:s 1s4 Isl 55sS u n ggss3s
Il received your letter the other day,
saying had won q Mother Goose Paint
Book" In the puzzle contest /, You also
asked me Il send my photograph. j have
not received my paint book vet, and got
my letter four days ago. Please send Sit
to me. I will send vol, my photogra phi in
Ro 5 Ser \ s. s. ctARRAwAY,
New Bern, II
NV IS ear Mr.. Editor. 5 s5 3
II you Will allow, me to become an ap-
plicants for a badge of your II p. g. -
Club without writing O.. rcmarka BE dogs
will be much plea sed.sl &c q. no. mn ~ q q
thai IS At allhwonderful, hut our log
Spot is Just a little bla Ok dog. and . we V
like him, and when our aunt. does 1 no. no.
I FEEL quite insulted 4 but he does not seem
to mind 1.-THE Just wags his tall and trots
out to walt at the door to come home
IL enjoy The Times letters and wish
same little girl would exchange letters
~ IL Very truly yours, i. y.
f7ls VIRGINIA 1RAlIO SCA AN Z IA, N.
Gloucester e.. H., y 8, 81 X s.,