davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Svenska monitoren., 1904-06-24
Fran St. Petersburg telegrafe

Fran St. Petersburg telegrafe
ras den 10 dennes att Finlands
bodel, den So allmant hatade gs-
neralguverRor Bobrikofi. blifvit
skjuten och dodligt sarad j Hell
singfors. Narmare underrattelser
ON tilldragelsen saknas.
Den ~ telegraferas ytterligara
att Bobrikoff afed nagra timmar
otter Diet han blifvit skjuten, och
sedan en- operation foretagits.
Gerningsmarnens mann ar Schau.
mann. och dadet begicks i sena
tens hus. Ire skott a1ossades,
at hvilka EFT skott. som trdffade i
underlityet, a Diet dodande- Sc
dan Schaumann skiutit pa guver-
noren, vande han vapnet mot sig
SELF och sande EFT skott genom
hJertat med den pafoljd att han
genast afed. Stor emphasizing
RAIDER / Finland.
Det finnes i Washington en- Sc
nator, hvilken icke fnner Diet nod.
vandigt att halla kusk och ekipa-
&c tor uppratthallandet at sin Sc
natorsvardighet, men som hvarje
morgon self tar en- korg pa armen
och gar ut och gor sina inkop for
dagen for hushalIet Det ar den
gamla hedersmannen, senator
Cockrell fran Missouri. Harom-
dagen ofverkordes han af en- ofor
sigtig bicykelryttare. medan han
var pa vag att CORA sina inkop TOR
hushallet, och hck dervid EFT nyc-
kelben afbrutet. Pa grund af den
hoga aldern anses skadan vara at
en- raft allvarsam natur.
For EFT ar sedan vackte en- tysk
militarskandal stort uppseeude
Diver hela verlden ,nemligen da en-
ung underlojtnant vid mann HUI
essener dodade en- soldat. som va
rit hans skolkamrat, emedan sol
daten icke helsade pa honom pa
strangt militariskt satt. Lothian
ten domdes till IS manaders fast
ningsarrest, som han nu aftjenar
nastan som en- fri man. Etter
utstanden strafftid amman han sig
hit till landet, men invandrings.
by. an lar bereda sig pa att gifva
honom EFT kyligt emottagande
ocn kommer att neka honom att
landstiga enligt den paragraf. som
forbjuder f~orbrytare tilltrade till
delta land. De tyska myndighe-
terna anse Diet dock icke som
mord. da en- officer dodar en- soldat
for att uppratthalla disciplinen.
Forenta Staternas general
konsul i Shanghai, Kina, MI John
Goodnow fran Minneapolis, be-
skylles for att hatva %missbrukat
slit embete pa EFT CROFT satt, och
en- amerikansk advokat i Shang'
hal, 0 +. Curtis, har arrest till
Washington for att infor utrikes
ministern framlagga hvad har
pSstar var ovedersagliga bevi:
for att Goodnow som embetsmar
begatt grofva bedragerier, pen
ningafpressning och mycket anna
ondt. Curtis har rest tusental
mil for att samla bevis mot Good
now och pastar att de bevis har
har pa hand med all sakerhe'
komma att leda till Goodnow;
afskedande ON icke nagontins
varre.
The Golden Precept" 1919
Iowa Street, moter i qvall.
Den IS dennes sammanvigdes
i City hotel i Oakland, Neb.
utgifvaren och redaktoren at The
Oakland Independent. Mr. Err
Morell SAINT Miss Kristina Back
lund. Dagen efter brollopet, son
ofvervars af EFT 7O-tal persoaer
reste de nygifta till verldsutstall
ningeu i St. Louis, der dc komms
att o%tvervara Svenskarnes dag
Svenska Monitoren gratulerar.
Med anledning at de nu radan.
de lsga neutrality-suspicious. ps
10 ctor, 8pohStslipiarp, tran En-
Svenska monitoren., 1904-06-24

som hoIl pa att uppslukas al Mis-
sourihoien. Forstorelseverket ar
nu fullbordadt. och Mr. Buchanan
har %ingenting qvar at sin vackra
4oo-acre farm. Farmhusen maste
till sist nedriivas for att kunna
ra1das. Under Diet forstorelsen
p3gick som bast, rasade stora
jordssycken ned / hoden med ett
dan. som hordes vida omkring,
och vattenmassor kastades anda
till Is fot hogt i l~uitsn. Skadan
beraknas till minst 10000 dol
lars. :.
FSykiaen vecka utfardade mayor
Sears en- forordning att stadens
ala hundar maste under en- It'd al
iva manader antingen vara for
sedda m.d munkorg eller hallas
bundna, enar misstanke uppstatt
art hundgalenskap visat sig. De
blet strax efter torordningens ut
fardande EFT iasligt bestyr med att
kopa munkorgar, men Diet befanns
att Diet var brist pa sadana. Etter
EFT par dagar blef dock bristen
afhjelpt, So att man nu far Sc hun
darne springa omkring med nun
korg. En- dylik tingest skulle
ocksa fortraffligt passa andra in
div;der an sadana tillhorande
hundslaktet.
Ell ungt par fran Des Moines
vid MANN Harry Seward o. Stella
Little anlande hit forliden vecka
och blefvo vigda till akta makar
af EN- fredsdomare. Den unge
manner uppgaf sig vara FL ar
gammal och hans tastmo IS. E.
mellertid blef han arresterad
lordags pa begaran at brudens
fader. hvilken uppgifver att ung-
domarne ej arc aldre an resp. IS
och Is ar. Unga frun ser dock
betydligt afdre at, atminstone
tyckes hon vara Sweet sixteen.
De hade foralskat sig i hvarandra
/ Des Moiues och vile sd ofant-
ligt gerna gifta sig, men lickans
papa och mamma sa' mel, och
derior kommo de hit och logo
for den embetsman, som utfardar
license, sa art de kunde IA bygga
hjonelag Antagligen taga bru-
dens foraldrar dem till nader, men
omojligt ar ej heller att Seward
stalles till ansvar for rape, och
da blir Diet nog ledsamt for no.
nom.
Den 20 dennes sammanvigdes
i brudens moders hem, So2 9TH
street, Algot August Lind och
Grace Lent i harvard at EFT stort
antal al de ungas vanner, Vigsel,
forrattare var Rev. d. O. Powers
at the first Unitarian church.
Brollopsgarden a smakfullt de.
korerad i skart och hvitt. Brud.
GUNNER, hvilken ar anstalld no:
The Baker Hardware Co, har in
kept ets hem i NY w. 8 street,
der de unga tn komma att vars
lat home" efter den IL JUL.
Itisdags infoli vid midsommar
solstandet Srets langsta dag, och
raft som Diet ar borja dsgarne at
blifva kortare igen just som der
vackraste arstiden intradt. De
gar sa smatt mot host och vinte.
igen, morkrsts och koldens rid.
Ed utbrot af okand anlednin.
forliden tisdagsnatt i EFT bakruu
i Samuslson & Olsons apotek
Ruthlaud hotell. Eden upptack
ties dock It'd imam den hunni
gripa omkring sig och slacktes a
brandkaren, imam den hunnit an
stalla nagon Store skada. Hotel
lets CASTER blefvo uppskramda u
sina sangar och generates hel;
natten at den tjocka, bolmandt
roken, som fyllt hela byggnaden
On nj will ha en- god kopp katie
eller CODA grocerier sd ga til
Breun, 4o7 Pearl Street.
Harmed tillkannagifver Jag at
jag kommer att blifva kandida'
Svenska monitoren., 1904-06-24

vid Observation-Disclosures konsert
den 20 iuni.
Svenska monitoren., 1904-06-24
Lnndastndenteynas Ronte,

sadan den nu ar de6nitivt beslu-
tad:
Svenska monitoren., 1904-06-24
Sioux City.

ProGram
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A Christmas Story.

It was the day before Christmas, and
the snow was falling fast. was sitting
at the window thinking what good time
I was going to have, when sudaenly tns ing
there stood two poor children. who asked
for bread. !,
/ asked the children to come In and I
would give them something to eat. They
came in and mother gave them som refining
and dressed them UP In nice cloak 10
home with a heart full of cheer. and
sent their mother something nice, too.
told them to come back the next day;
I woke up early in the morning and fixed
a nice bundle for them.iBI gave them .,
nice bre. kfast, end they went home ana
always came sex every day. we soon
became good friends. =. -, J, =
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HOW FIDo GOT LOST.

i =
on one summer evening the children
were all getting ready to MAY with tld 100
11c was very playful dog, II any ono
would toss a rock or stick. he would
run after II.
# When the children would play tag ne
would run after them, and bark
So one day all of us children got TO-
gether In a crowd. and were getting
ready to have some fun with him. Vine"
we went to get Fido he was mlssilit;
from the yard. We ran as fast as we couiu
To tell mamma. She then went into the
yard and hunted for Fidp, and found
him In a corner In the coal house. He
heard the children call him, so he Thought
he would play q joke on them. Alter
i all the children had good time with
Tido. They played with him until DARK
and then they. had to go Into supper
Ma AIDA DAY.
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ID wiped me with a nice. soft cloth. AZ

and wiped me with a nice, SOFT cIoth. al
ter she had gotten me dry, she wra ppcd
ma In a large blanket and laid me beside
the tire to get dry. took nice nap
while getting dry: when / nwoke my
mistress came in with my pan OF milk.
and putting 1t to the fire got 1t little
warm, and then gavo 1t to me. soon
drank it all up and she took me up anu
carried me out to ougGy which stood
at the gate, and gir:ng me farewell
pat, gave me to my master, who put me
on the seat beside him. We drove about
three miles to a little village. and stop
ping at store We got out, he carried
mo in and gave mo to a man whose, name
7 afterwards learned was Mr. Cox. My
master told him he had brought mo as u
present to MIR. Lees children. Mr.. Cox
took me from him. and thanking him.
said he knew the children would be very
glad to get mo. EIe carried me t. large
house and put me on the porch. Fle then
called tho children. who came running
all day, and when night came on they fed
me and carried me In the back porch and
out, and were very much surprised IL
see mo, they all wanted 10 hold me In
their laps. ! did not mind for ! always
liked to be petted. | loved them at once.
! and learned that the Oldest one was
| named Winnie, the next Nelly. and tho
| youngest Clara. They played with me
, put me to sleep In box full OF excelsior
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The Clean Face.

oh! why must my face be washed -
clean,
And scrubbed and drenched for Sun,
day. III i
when You know very well as you've al
ways seen,
Twill be dirty again on Monday.
NV hair is stiff with the lathery soap.
That behind my ears is dripping;
And my smarting eyes. I'm afraid 70
open.
Ana my lip the suds Is slipping.
They eve down my throat. and up my
And to choke me you seem to be trying.
That I'll shut my mouth you needn't
For how can keep from crying'
And now you rub as hard as ever YOU
And your hands are hard! to my
No woman shall wash me when I'm
8 man
And I wish was one tomorrow.
Selected by JOSEPHINE POLLARD
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never seen an elephant. How coul
they, when they we're blind

never seen an elephant. How could
they, when they were blind?
+ Ono day an elephant was driven along
the road where the blind men were. When
they found that the elephant was 50
near they asked the driver to stop lhe
elephant so they might see him. ~
course they could not SEQ the elephant
The first beggar reached out his hand
and touched the side OF the elephant,
NV brothers." he exclaimed, "he is
like WALL"
The next one cached and caught hold
of his tl,sk. This one exclaimed:
my brother, you are n1lstakon; ne IS
moro like spear!"
Tho third one caught hold OF the elc-
plants log, He exclaimed:
"He is like a tree!
Then the elephant moved away ana
left the three beggars quarrellng ana CALI
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one with the fur next to them and ono
with the fur showing. They drive tho
reindeer and dogs Their houses are called
ingloos They eat tho meat OF the whale
and walrus. They never battle FOR they
have not enough water. 5
The water Is almost Ice. They always
grease themselves. Their houses are made
OF snow and Ice until summer, when
the Ice melts. They burn whale In a bowl
of bones There Is bright light In the
sky, which gives them light, but they arc
afraid of It, 1t Is called the aurora
aborea alis. They shoot at II with their
how and arrow, for they think that u u
tho bad man. The 0skimos are very foad
y of hunting. They hunt a lot,
LILLIAN MURRAY.
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man to bs generous?
G. How do you make s'W ~
fast? tt9{s 3.Fi.35
THE END OF A SAD TAIL,
BY Robt. Edgar Bruce
(PrIze DraWlnC,)

man to ba generous?
G. How do you make s''W io' 90
fast?
HERBERT MCDOWELL,
PUZZLES.
/. why is man and q tree al'Ke
9, When Is fowls neck l1ke . p9tt'
8. Why is coal a peculiar h'iclu ~.
4. WHY did Mckinley wear frou e''s'
Ienders?
&. Which is right: stx ana se,e' ~
eLeven, or six and seven Is eleven
G. What makes miller veal y WiA''o
hat? VI
HENRY CHAMBERLAIN GREGORY. :
RIDDLES. a
/. Which ANNA, has the most prop
erty to carry with him when no liz Ye'e'
and which TWO have the. least.
2. Why is a young lady IKE nr.se:
g. Why has the shoemaker Wonderl ~
powers of endurance .
A. Why Is jaler like a musician
g. Why is hive like q spectator. -.
6. How do you spell blind pig Win TWO
letters?
7. What Is invisible bipe3
S. why had Eve no fear OF the measles!
o. Why is n miner Ike q hoatmah
10. Why is 4 mans hand ike 2 haf"'
ware store?
H. What shin carries the most pas
scngers?
70, Why is A like IL o'clock?
Ia. What should clergyman pteae'
about?
IL. Why should we never sleep IN g rail-
road cara
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! w. II. MAGINNIs.

In case OF war New York Is prolecteu
BY Fort Hancock, at Sandy Hook; Forts
Hamilton and Wadsworth, at the Mar
lows, and by Forts Schuyler and Slocurn
and the fort on Willet's Points. at the
western entrance to the sound. Tho
navy-yard Is In Brooklyn
Thousands of people are engaged IN
printing. book binding. In making cloth-
Ing, shoes and furniture, and IN refining
sugar and molasses. AS for skyscrapers,
fifteen and sixteen stories Is the usual
height, but they are building forty'fve
story building now.
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watching me drink It, would pat me- and
I 70 In tho house. ] was always glad to
Eee her come, for was always very
hungry. When had grown to be about
Two months old my mistress came one
day, and taking me tenderly In her arms
carried me into the house. had never.
teen in the house. so i found plenty W
look al, First. my mistress got large
Tub Of wafer and put me In II and washed
n me until was very nice and clean. but
i did not like II very much. II seemed so
strange to have the water trtckling OF
me, 50 I was glad when she took me 9es
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A COUNTRY DRIVE,
Copied BY J. p. Carter, Jr

with a bag over 1t, II was very soft bed.
but felt a little lonesome by myself,
have lived for several years with the
Lees, and like them all very much, en-
JOY running the cats, though ! know it
Is not right to worry them. The pigs
worry me roofing UP my bones that
bury sometimes ! try not 10 let thar
worry me. One day the children told me
they We're going to take my picture so
they carried me into the yard and told
me to stand very still, so tried to please
them Presently they told mo 1t was
taken, do not know how II was done. !
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ALMOND CHEESE CAKES,

BriskIy beat to lightness due.
Eggs few;
With the eggs so beaten, beat
Nicely strained for this same USE
Lemon juice,
Adding milk of almonds, sweet
With fine pastry dough, rolled fiat.
After that,
Line each little scnlloped mould,
Round the sides, llght-fingered, spread
Marmalade;
Pour the LIQUID eggy gold
Into each delicious pit;
Prison II
In the overland, by and BY,
Almond cheese cakes will In say
Blond array
Bless your nostrl and your eye!
'--Brander Matthews. in Harpor's Bazaar
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The Story of My Life.

I am shepherd dog, black all over.
except a little white around my neck, AS
I am going to tell you the story Of my
life, will begin at the first Tho first
thing ] remember is lying very close 10
my mother In very nice, warm house.
My kind mistress brought me nice
pan OF milk three times day, and after
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SPECIAL, PRIZE FOR THE BEST
WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY STORY.

~. ra.nonse made to tho for Valentine verses M
TO suggestion
.rd ~ Washnsoh loe
n ~ F'
ainI ynextMo 18TH .,,st
andfu Of the writer's.
4 u saAuau "
and1 my OPINION
orr be taken mo
desired EDITOR or cE1LDREN's PAGE
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THIS WEEKS PUZZLES.

CoNUNDRUM. -,
Are there two Chief t'l'ller s. NJ Tue : : :
Department? 81, .rn,ain
why7 ~ ,,o1;,r sr1TH.
CONUNDRUM
What is 1t that lives without, a ha nouy =
haars without ears, speaks without a
mouth. to which the air alone E'Ses
birth? ,4,s
/. Why isn't Dewey n g, .Ao'' = : : -
more? Maltese cross?
q How do you make make a. Aial ees's hatter
3. In what places are tW ~" t1oslu'
than one? y como before
e {. why can sou never expect a fisher ::
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ANSWERS TO LAST
WEEKS PUZZLES

SQUARED WORDS by CHAs. WOODY.
1, Nile, Idea, Secs, East.
2. Cart, Aloe, Rose. Trees.
g.. Post. Over, Sere, Tree.
RIDDLE &BYsRUBY SANDERS.
Answer: Jonah Inside the whale.
a JOKES, CHARLES Z. BOGGS:
h { BECAUSE the bed can't come to them
. To hold his pants up. 8. Because the
more YOU lick it, the faster 1t goes.
Tc get on the other side. 5. To put his
nirs in. 6. Two pigs. l. His feathers.
S Ice 9. Ink. 10 Cap.
RIDDLES, LOUISE M}CRAW.
Answers: Three geese
REHEADMENTs, JOHN JOHNSON. L
i. Marrow. arrow. 2, Mink, INK. o.
Moat oat. 4. Train, rain. z * -, =
EEHEADMENTS PEARL JOHN
Barn, arm. 2. Arena, Rena- o.
Pear, ear. 4. Fox, OK. ~
ACROsTIC, PEARL is H Ohm son la5
Answer: Pillow. ss&
coNUNDRUMs, r; s. cARRAWAf: .
/. The word, and. ~ 's Because there
are more Of them. 8. Put the tuil sack
In the empty one. 4. Invisible green.
| s. In tho dictionary. 6. When tneS
make 22 Z. The road. 8. silence.
HALF SQUARE. PAYSoN BRUCE.
d. brother. 2. Rather. 8. Other. t.
| Then. 5. Her. 6. Err. II. r.
DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY. PAY son
BRUCE.
~ wales. 2. Russia. 3. turkey. A.
Greece. 5. Poland (Poor-land). =. emma
| , Alaska (I'll ask herr. s. NeWlouno-
t,nd. Q. Chill. 10. Morocco. II. Fan
ANA IL. Nubia.
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NEW YORK CITY.

New, York is the second largest city
in the world, and Is situated OF tne
mouth Of the Hudson River. L. IS com,
posed Of the islands Of Manhattan a, ana
State and a part of Long Island, This
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Is Why is the letter X Yke g pigs
'H' THOMAS WOODY.
WORD PUZZLES.
(A) l.. Power. &. "a
9. After tho sun has set. .l
8. A small bay between two points OF
land. tx .S ,s Y
4. The reverse Of darkn ess. al
&. What our actions should always BE-. 4
Q. A spectacle.
~. To struggle for victory.
8. The nineteenth part Of tho half OF
three hundred and four.
o. Not loose nor open. not admitting
air. -
obi. A piece Of fht timber. e
q Empty, void, white. not written on.
g. Tho extreme right or left Of 2 body
ys CHARLES WOODY,
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providence Forge. Va.

Lear Edltor,-,I received the Mother
much for It. think It is very nice
prize. I have painted some Of the pic
tuses In 1t. and those that have seen
them say they are very nice.
now send you two drawings; one is
tae flag OF the United States: the other
is the ancient god, OdhIn.
E hope you Will Ike item and my let
ter enough to print them IN the children's
column.
ION the photograph am I with my
dog. Beauty. We love each other dearly.
Z sire wants always to be with me. and.
Wien I go to school, she wants to run
after me. am y
Your little friend,
ROSA DAVIS.
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is divided up into five boroughs. Mannat-
tan Bronx. Brooklyn. Queens and Rich

Is divided up into five boroughs. Manhat-
tan Bronx, Brooklyn. Queens and Rich
mond.
Tomb on the Hudson, Central fark,
Madison Square Garden, st. Patrick
Cathedral st. Pauls Episcopal Church'
yrere MontEomery Is buried; Trinity
church, the City Hall, Castle Garden.
Tia Puplic Aquarium, Battery Park and
the Brooklyn Bridge.
Blackwell's Island, on the East River.
;s the site OF the penitentiary. an insane
asylum, and hospital. On Bedloe,
Island. in the bay is the Statue OF. LIB
erty. on Governors Island Is a military
In population and commercial impor-
lance, New York is surpassed only ny
London. and is noted for It's noble mar
Dor. -, !, ,,Ac1NN1s
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MY CAT.

My cats name rs Bertha. She is white
4 cat Sometimes she comes and jumps
upon my lap and purrs softly. Sometimes
+ she is very good and sometimes she is
not. She Is very cold-naturcd. 'hnd every
night after the fire dies down she crawls
up In the ashes and goes to sleep.
55lls5 if GEORGID AVERETT. x
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J1MMY's HAIR,

Jlmny's hair is fiery red:
Brluset'. cooking on his head,
In Che summer when ITS hot
She would rather cook man noI.
Jimmy sits there on stool,
Strange that Jimmy crles and cries,
nor he's such d summer prize;
Selected bY, Wal tsy ~ illllauaSs {.
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MISS ROSA DAVIS,
Morrison, VA.
(And Her Pet Dog.)

think have told ali Of any interest about
my life, but will say, ] hope to live here
ali my life, for have always had
pleasant home, and do not know what It
ia to be ill-treated,, Goodbye to You NIL.
WINNIE FREEMAN LEE.
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A SKETCH ABOUT EsK1Mos

I am going to tell you about Eskimos.
but first ] must tell you where they
The Esklmos 1.-Two IN the Frigld Zone.
tt Is very cold up there, so they must
wear furs.f They have two coats ct fsAFs.
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THREE BLIND BEGGARs,

once therewere three blind besGars,,
who would stand by the roadsla o, ahu 2, pss =
from the people who passed. eAeS NV
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BY sALLlE ooLpING.

water to the thirsty is charity. Remoy-
ing stones and thorns from the road is
charity. Exhorting your fellowmen 70
virtuous deeds Is charity. Smiling In
your brothers. face Is charity. Putting
a wanderer In the right path is charity,
A mans true worth Is the good he does
In this world. When he dies mortals WILL
him; but angels will inquire: What good
deeds hast thou sent before thee?"-Ma-
homet
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The Little Black Cat.

The Little Black Cat.
~
On Saturday night
I found a black cat, a
She was filled with fright
AS she sprung in my lap.
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The cat went to sleep
AS she lay In my lap,
And heard her weep, y
But I gave her a pat.
was filled with surprise
When heard her cry.
And saw those green eyes
thought she would die
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When the little cat awoke
+ ! gave her some milk.
And then did stroke
Her fur. as fine as silk.
JOHN w. MARTIN.
Gordonsville. Va.
WINTER FUN.
Row is the fun of winter reckoncd
nv boys In country and boys In town
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DRAWING CONTEST

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Taken all In all, the UP and the down.
ysnowballs ara first snow forts are secondi
But tho boys agree these both give pla CO
10 a right-dowr, well-matched skating
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