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Roger the Terrier.

| 81 Both boys wore long face. 1t was clear
that they were moping about something,
and that whatever they were about to do
went decidedly against the grain
I'm certain he will be stick" declared
Lewis crabbedly
& Eyes. or a sissy" answered George 81
heard Uncle Dan say he was the kind of
boy to miss game of cricket or a boat
race If his work was not finished"
Little Joe then spoke up and reminded his
brothers that their cousin Donald was
bringing fox terrier" on the steamer
with him, and they could have fun with
the dog anyway.
Lewis and George remembered that they
had always wanted dog and had never
been permitted to have one; and SO they
wondered IL their cousin was to be made
favorite, The very thought made them still
more determined that they would not like
Cousin Donald.
IAN ready, boys." shouted Uncle Dan
I'VE have just time to walk to the train.
II this telegram is reliable we shall reach
the city in time to see the big boat steam
UP to her dock"
In spite of themselves, the boys were
curious, but the idea of having their serious
English cousin with them whole year
gave them pictures of a solemn, sober, dull
time. For these three Benedict boys, living
with their uncle. were accustomed to tho
liveliest kinds of fun. Besides, Donald was
SOliiiffS HUH ali SieSdHL OIu HOME IN Eng
land to very plain American home. In
imagination they could see his fine airs and
his superior manners. One thing was GER
tain, they would soon break him in and
show him what rugged American life was
like, IL he had any backbone at all.
Among the passengers on deck the
steamer moved slowly in was slender 5ooy
looking eagerly down at the crowd on the
dock. All about him were those who rec
ognized friends. and the way they
changed greetings made Donald trlfle
lonesome.
Not so was 1t with Roger the fine fox
terrier at his side. The dog was all excite
ment, as could be seen by his quick motions
and his cooked ears. He kept pushing his
nose into Donald's hand as lie to say, why
don't we get down into that crowd? Do let
us get away from this old boat. / want to
take real rum The trunks began to ra5-
tie down the shute and Roger began TO
bark.
At that moment Donald caught sight CT
his Uncle Dan and started wildly for the
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animal ought to wear suit one season
at least, but our youngsters have ruined
theirs In one day.
Nanny Bear sighed as she held up "a
sons trousers and wondered where sne
would commence to mend them. She was
az much provoked as Daddy Bear was,
hut yet she thought the boys ought to
have another chance. So she patched ana
darned and sewed until the Jackets and
trousers were once more whole. They
will do better tomorrow. she said; Tor
that is the way mothers nearly always
think about their boys.
So next morning Jerry and Jason. once
more in good spirits. started away for
school They promised to be careful OF
their clothes and had made up their
minds that they would not again have to
sit on the stool for dances.
They did stop to eat a few blackberries
by the way, but they were careful not to
tear nor soil their clothes, and they ran
afterward to make up for the time they
had lost. Once Jason saw a tree Just the
right size to climb, and he was actually
started when Jerry called him down
Well. they reached school just as the
bell rang and sat down on two seats near
the door. 1t happened that both of these
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tended to teach, but 1t could not have APP
peared to be anything SO very desirable;
for Jerry nimbly scampered down the aisle,
and cut of the door,
The master waddled after him, but was
too slow to catch him. Jason had no de-
sire to stay without his brother, and he
trotted down the aisle just behind the mas
ter.
Now, the door was not so very wide, and
when the master stopped suddenly. right in
the doorway, there was but one chance for
Jason, that was to dodge out right between
the masters legs So quick and so unex-
pected was this dodge, and SO small was
the space, that in a twinkling the master s
feet were pushed from under him, and he
sat down heavily and awkwardly right on
the floor.
But Jerry and Jason were gone. Down
the path they went as fast as their feet
would carry them. Nor did they stop once
until they came to a big tree where young
Billy Goat had a fine swing. Billy saw the
two cubs coming and he made the swing go
high just to excite their envy.
Of course Jerry and Jason stopped to
ieok. Then of course they wanted to swing.
Billy pretended not to see them. and swung
desperately.
At length Jerry called, "Iey, Billy, give
us swing?"
Bi1lys only answer was "Bah!' what
ever that meant But at last he ''let the old
eat die" and by that time Jason and Jerry
Were ready to get on the seat. They didn't
tad Billy that they were out of school early
because they could not manage TO SIT quiet
ly one small seat.
All this time Billy had been studying how
to have some fun with these two cubs; for,
to tell the truth, Billy was tricky. He fas-
tened rope to the swing, and then taking
ene end, he pulled at it to get the swing
started. When he got 1t going pretty well
he gave 1t one more long. hard pull. Then
suddenly backing up he met them with his
horns as they were coming down.
The surprise was terrific. For the bears
had not expected 1t at all, while the goat
had not dreamed the collision would be one
twentieth SO violent. All three rolled and
tumbled IN the dirt For a moment all
were stunned. The clothes were almost
torn off the cubs.
jerry came to his senses first, and he
promptly struck Billy Goat a whack be-
tween the horns. That brought Billy to his
wits. who at once leveled charge at
jerry. Then Jason woke up. and there
would have been lively scrimmage had
not jerry and Jasons daddy happened
along at that moment, on his way home
from hunt.
The two cubs were last seen that day
going meekly along the forest path. each
led by an ear, and Daddy Bear between
them.
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gangpank. Roger took the hint and bound
ed ahead with such force that his cord was
jerked out of Don's hand 1t happened. too.
that Roger spied the stewards dog and
dashed away after him. Donald followed
and just saw his pet terrier tumble over
the stern s...e.-
II took Don but an instant to decide that
though Roger could swim. nobody would
care enough for dog to rescue him. Be
sides, both passengers and sailors were all
occupied In getting ashore.
Uncle Dan and the three Benedict boys
had seen Donald's chase, and they followed
along the dock in the direction he had gone.
They were In time 10 see a slim figure,
without coat and without hat. plunge head
foremost into the water. 1t was Don to
the rescue.
Now a man overheard" IS very different
from dog overheard. and nearly every
body found time to stop and see what could
be done. Roger and Don were padding
around together. and a rope was hastily
thrown TO them. This Don quickly and
Skfllfully knotted into loop, treading wa
ter to keep himself a1oat Then he slipped
the loop over his head and body to a point
just below the hips, so that when the rope
was drawn tight the moose made sort or
seat for him. With his left hand he stead
led himself by the rope. Then taking up
Roger in his left arm he told the sailors to
hoist away.
He was soon safely on board Putting
on his jacket and hat he fastened, dripping.
TO meet his uncle and his cousins.
w ELL my 10Y, you nave HdU Il rather
chilly reception to America said Uncle
Dan, grasping his hands warmly; but /
think your cousins here viii soon be able
to warm you up"
To tell the truth. the cousins We're just
about speechless. The nerve of their visitor
had robbed them of the dislike they knew
they were going to feel, and had made Don
instead almost n hero. The Benedict boys
felt small beside him, but he was so cool
and at the same time so cordial that he
won them all before they got away from
the dock.
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Quaint Questions,

Do you know that the bayonet was so
called because 1T was first made at Bayonne,
France?
That coffee received its name for the rea-
son that 1t first came to Europe from Kaffa I?
That candy was first exported from Can
dia?
That tobacco was so called from the
Island of Tobacco, the home of Daniel
Defoets imaginary hero, Robinson Crusee?
That gin was invented at Geneva and
early became an important factor In the
commerce of that city?
That the tarantula was a notorious pest
in the vicinity OF Taranto?
That cambria was made at Cambray?
That muslin was made at Mousseldne?
That calico was made at Calicut?
That dimity was made at Damiettae
That miiliners first piled their trade at
Miian7
That the magnetic property of iron ore
was FIRST noticed in that dug In the neigh
borhood of Magnesia?
Ask your friends and see how many of
them know these facts.
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de marter, Mistah Fox. ain 20 feet WON
Sity
scratehtn', hut pres'n'y hts footses WIZ
dat scorcfsed an swinEea dat he 'daen
stan hit. an he say, sJimminy Crickt Mis-
HyHr', you mus let me OF on dis job, You
sholg mus reckon de chiilcn done got
der fill by dis time, anyhows-'
Nav. n1ammy, dat we ain'i mex him
go on dey all sez. an Mis- Hyar' she say.
You year dat now. ] kain't let nay chillen
go on. er else me an my or man gotter
fling yuu out dar In de fros'.'
Fox he set an study mnnH bout
WIGHT WIZ de wuss. de fire er de fros', an
las he mex up his min ter try de fire u
Ill longer Sidesen dat he wux tn de hopes
er gfttin' later fer mis- own sheer 70
dey wuz all gone. So he go on wild de
scratchtn fer a vile. an las he KANT
stan hit no longer an he bus out ter
yellin'. Ow. ow! ow. OUGHT lmme outen
dist putt me in de fros' er any place whar
kin cool my foetses! m-m-m-m-umph my
footses done bu'nt clean often mer
Dat WIZ de trufe, too, an wen Mis-
Hyar' see Fox am got no fo0tses ter
scratch wild no mo-, iey jes' tuck him an
flung him out in de COZ an shet de do on
him. He went ainfpin' long III ways. cold
er'n uver, an 5es a-studyin' how he gwine
git back by dat fire. Pres'n'y he met up
wild MUIR Fox, III young feiier, easy ter
fool. an he say ter him. sezee Heyo, young
man, wat you dom canterin roun' dis col
You better come long go back wild me ter
oil man Hyar's. Dey got rip-roarin' fire
dar an lot er Eaters roas'in', an dey'lI
let you git WON an gin you a later. too,
9es Ter puilin en- outen de ashes.
Mistah Young-fox say Well, Mistah
Siickry-sly. ain kyare eff / do So dey
glong back ter oil Hyar's house an knock.
an Slickry he 'splain dat he done brung
someb' dy ter pull Eaters outen de ashes,
SO Mis- Hyar' she wife EN- in an set de
young Teller ter wuk.
He WIZ mighty peart bout hit at fus ,
but let you know 'twan't long TO- he
slack UP, an presny he wuz gruntin' an
groanin' an lickfn' his paws or Fox he
sot dar an aigged him and ct taters wild
de family an hollared an laughed wen
las Young-fox drap a hot later an bolt ter
de do. Don be in sech ha'se. he call out
after him; you gwine fin mighty col wed
der outside
Mis- Hyar she putt on q sollum look an
She say. she do sMistah Slickry Sly-fox.
ain You Shame ter mex fun er yo' Teller
creeter?
Fox he 'spon'. Nav. dat 1 ain. You
zone yearn befo' now dat mis'ry love
comply. You don 'spose I wuz gwine be
hmptn 'roun' widstumps fer footses? Nav,
think hit do
Aof man Hyar let on lax he wuz clean
his foot way fun Fox an, lan'ed him
plumb outside de do. an he say sezee,
Teck dat. now, an g'iong, an DON you
come yer no mo- ta1kin' no sech way ez
dat befo' my iii chillen; / ION want 'em
ter Parn sech 'havishness ter der Teller
creeters You year me- sub! now mosey,
befo' / teck my foot way fun you ag'in
L don wanter hurt you, deed / dom
Den he shet de do an come back an
Mis- Hyah' she cuff de ctillen all roun'
fer scrabbln' in de ashes an gfttin' der
Sc is. dirty, an dey all went ter bald an
slep' jes' ez SCUM ez eff dey ain burnt de
footses often de foxes an den turnt 'em
a-loose in de co."
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The. Beats Of Happy Hollow.
BY WALTER WHITMAN.

When the overbearing young bear who
had travelled and seen the world declared
that he was going to open a school where
the young cubs might come and learn
new-fangled ways there was great dis
may among the old bears. They all said
II was a sure sign of progress and they
just knew progress wasn't good for bears
They opposed the school with all their
might.
But the Young bears felt just sure
that all cubs ought to learn everything
POSSIBLE No matter they thought, If
Happy Hollow was a pretty good place
TO live. There might be other places
equally good. or even better, and how
were they to know if they never learned!
SO they went to school in spite of the old
folks.
Jerry Bear and Jason Bear were twin
brothers, and two of the most wide
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School Athletics.
rom the Duluth News-Tribune.

From the Duluth News-Trfbune.
One Of the things not regularly in the
curriculum of American schools and coll
leges, to which the young men attending
give great attention, is athletics. This has
always been the case in the schools of the
English-speaking peoples. 1t is certain that
proper exercise is necessary for the
body as training is essential to the mind.
and the young men of the country are not
only following their natural physical Inn
pulses in taking part in physical sports,
but when they indulge In these In modera-
ton they are obeying a salutary law.
The ancients recognized this fact when
they declared "A sane mind is in a sound
body. How can the mind be clear and
well balanced when the body is lacking in
that baoyancy which comes only from fresh
air and physical exertion? All educators
now recognize the necessity of athletics,
their difficulty being to confine attention to
them within due bounds so that they shall
neither seem to be nor be the principal
business of the school
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Curious Habits of wasps.

From the London Chronicle .
One of the important results of the In
vestigations of Mr. and Mrs. Peckham on
the habits of wasps consists In the addi-
tional evidence which they have collected
of the great ~dixarsityL of habits not only
between different species but also between
different individuals belonging to the same
species. They tell us that they found "a
most interesting variation among the diff
ferent individuals. not only in methods,
but in character and Intellect. While one
wasp was beguiled from her hunting by
every blossom she passed. another stuck
to her work. with interchangeable perseYer-
ance. While one stung her caterpillar so
carefessly and made her nest In so shift
less way that her young could survive
only through some lucky chance, another
devoted herself to these duties not only
with conscientious thoroughness, but with
an apparent craving after perfection that
was touching TO see., ~
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two scamps who had to sit all yesterday on
the ounces stool! You deserve to go there
again today
Again Jerry tried to explain, but the mas
ter pounded the desk SO hard that the poor
cubs almost lost their wits through fright.
Jason whimpered that they would be good.
The master glared at him. and then gave
them seat just in front of his own desk.
This seat was scarcely big enough for one
small bear. to say nothing OF two. The re-
suit was that before school was out Jerry
had pushed Jason OF. or Jason had pushed
Jerry off at least sixteen times. The last
time it happened the crusty master lost
his temper. and leaping from his seat he
reached for his club which hung behind
him the wall.
"I'n teach your he shouted.
Jerry was not sure what the master in
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WORD SQUARE.
L. To comply VITA the orders Of 2 A bundle
OF goods corded fer transporta ton. 8. A girls
name. 4. certain length of time.
DIAMOND
1. coasonant In river g An article. 3.
Poetry; 4 very large Australian bird. s. a
vowel In river
CHANGING PREFIXES.
Prefix two letters TO the syllable ssble" and OBJ
tain words defined follows: L. A kind OF fur.
2. metallic rope containing n teiegraphic wire.
8. Great. T. piece OF furniture.
RIDDLE.
1 m always found in nature and always in a book
So when your friends take you II know where
to look.
BEHEADINGS
Behead L. A shelter and leaye above. 2 To
glide and leave part OF the mouth. g. rod
and leave a conjunction, 4. Did buy and leave
should. - - s~
"A PR0yERB IN CIPHER.
Decfpher the following wise Saying: Jacob
what do you thinky<I automobile twice
run into the elm before the house. think Won
had better 60 and speak to James sharply for once
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and alert, they started. their first morn
ing. looking very clipper in their spick
and span suits. Their father was gloomy
their mother was proud of her boys and
hopeful in spite of her fears.
When they came home after their first
day at school their suits looked as If the
bears had been off on two years war.
And the only story they had to tell about
school was that they both sat all day on
the high stool for ounces. There was a
very sober. solemn time that evening in
the cave where Jerry and Jason lived,
and for some reason that was never ~uile
made clear the cubs went quickly to
sleep in their own dark corner without
their customary romp.
i told you sor' growled old Daddy
Bear Il knew those clothes would not
last such cubs as ours well behaved
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fasten it firmly by means of glue or screws
or nails. A screw hook in each end COM
pletes one part.
Make the other part in exactly the same
way and put in the cord as shown in the
drawing. a
To use the pulley, fasten one block to the
ceiling or some other high place Attach
the lower block to the object you wish
to raise. It will seem surprising how heavy
a weight can be lifted with but little
strength.
Afterward pulley with six or even
eight wheels may be made, and their work
ing com pared
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belonged to other bears; and as the own
ers came bounding in jerry and Jason
were promptly pushed out of the seats
and dumped kerplunk upon the floor. ia
son screamed Wow" and Jerry growTed
waugh"
This brought the master quickly to the
spot, who inquired what these noisy little
rascals were trying to do anyway.
Jerry began to explain, when the master
beating a desk with his club, exclaimed:
''Bless my bearskin, If these aren't the
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awake Cubbies in the entire hollow. If
the old bears had felt at all hopeful that
any good would result from going to
school they would have expected Won
ders from Jerry and Jason.
Why, those two cubs could run faster,
jump higher, eat more, climb better, turn
more somersaults and get oftener into
mischief than any other two in the whole
hollow.
Naturally enough, Jerry and Jason were
the keenest of all to go to school. Eager
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The Reason.

There's acle In the bottom OF the sea,
So the song says, and little Belle Marie
Said &c Bobby ..oy, her brother,
As they talked with one another,
"Then the water viii run OUT seems to me-"
Bobby laughea III cannot do that said he,
For reason that yea can riatnly see.
II It ran n hundred aays fast
All the water couldn't get past.
Tbexe II snch lot " II Ia the seagss
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REYERSES.
:. l. Pool-leops 2. Tnp-part. g. Bard-drah. q.
Recd-door.
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TRANSACTIONS IN REALTY.

8 steingut & Co. have sold for S. schnee NO
50 East 7th-st-. four story private house. z0HS0
feet. TO Max Hart
Porter q Co. have sold for Louis Lese to John
II. oiConnen No. 2o4 West 1s4th-st. three story
dwelling house, 1sxe9I1 feet
George Backer has sold for DR.. Gustavus L. Law
renee 70 DR.. Joseph Lee No. a5s West 14lst-st-. a
four story American basement dwelling house. FOX
3 y Fescis & Co. have sold for Henry Blanch.
fnr5 to a client the seven story double tenensht
house with stores No. Il Harnilton-str on plot
& F. Kerby has sold for william NJ Sharpe
william Scherrnerhorn have sold to Mandeibaum
e levine the plot 15ex1005 feet on the north size
Of dst $ feet sSst OF f ADenps ovner the FIVE
story aathouse No. 81 East 1O4th-st. on lot 25x
saro5eI r<lausner has sold to Freda Gossett No
Us East 100th-st.. five story tenement mousse Oh
~ paul rul Mayer has bought from Mrs Annie l.
andres No SIS 3 northwest corner Of 5sfst
woiskd. Opp & Co. have sold for = jain to 4
ave on lot 20xlO5 fees running through to ke 4
81 Also sold s sGr N t smeh NO 20 So Ea9t issths
az, lot 2sxloa feet Also sold for H Gebelein 10 A
Godner plor' cs Soh van Nest
Philip Kronenberger mas sold for client NO $40
lat slyei feet Also sold for F. J. Studley i've lots
on the west side of Jefferson-st 800 feet north OF
M anae Rubin has sold No sz4 East 1o2dst I'VE
IeP Posner. Who have Tesod the properly
T3euelct q have sold Tor MRS. Aoela1oe
e'Reilly TO Morris Freundlich, No 2,S49 1st-ave.
a five story tenement house, on lot 29xlOO rect.
The same brokers have resold the property Tor
Mr. Freundch, TO Samuel Giatner
Schneider e Bachrach have sold Nos. 34o ana
sz7 East satll-st i've story tenement houses,
on plot 50x1o05 feet.
Marks Rosenberg has sold to Mr.. HerZog No.
3 Fast 76th-st brick stable, on lot 20xl22 feet,
adjoining the northeast corner of Avenue "A.
tsvrille Carreau has sold for Mrs Q. V Foster
No 112 West 44th-st., five story building. on lot
Exleo5 feet.
to the estate OF Asher Simon. No. l67 West lS5d,
ST. & FIVE story double fathouse, on lot 20xsS11
feet
j I. Van SAINT and William S. Patten have sold
Nos l8 and 12s East 1Isth-st-. new six story
nsIhouse on plot 40x1o011 feet
Charles Martin has bought from Mnlard Welt
No. 25s West u4th-st, 3 i've story hathouse, on
Il FredeTsck Latner has sold the two five story
tenement houses Nos. 1g9 and 19l Adams-st Brook
lyr each 25xI00 feet, To clients of Herman Luhet-
pbhn L. Martin is reported TO have bought from
{6e MURRAY I.enox Land Company No. 125 East
62d-st three story and basement brownstone
front dwelling house, lot 16x92 2x16xI14 feet
81 Fraade and S. We'll nave bought anc resold
Nos S72 and 1s7z 35-ave., two five story tenement
houses with stores each lot 25Xli0 feet; also
bought and resoId No. AS East S1st-st. a four
story fathouse, On lot 17xIO22 feet
Bert G. Faulhaber & Co. have sold for Robert
Leslie Monet and others. Of Minneapolis. Mimi,
No 53s East 24th-st. three story brick stable on
Il Iowenfe1d & Prayer have bought Nos AZ and
40 East S3th-st, two story dwelling mouse,
firm rer