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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-30

heard. TRUE for you" said the black boy,
but I'll take it home, put some stickum
plaster on de bust and breeth it up, and
Glib 1t to der kid to amuse himself with
with kind of like for like attraction,
the boys were drawn to the livestock peiis
where fine horses and colts, sleek cattle and
Woody sheep, fat geese and pullets and
pigs. all displayed their attractions. Jerry
was immensely Interested in one large, fat
biack-spotted porker, who enjoyed having
his back scratched.
He seems to like you," said the cripple
admiringly
"Huh!" exclaimed nigger-wooly No z
''he takes him for his brother"
Here the pig. overcome with gratitude.
raised himself against the side of the pen.
and, whether because of his superior weight
or because of the weakness of the board
Ing, l am unable to state. but he broke
through. and. finding himself free, ran.
Jerry; OF course, pursued, and ali the boys
Joined in the chase
Mr. Pig was fat, but that did not seem
to prevent him from hurrying, for the more
the boys shouted and clattered after him
the faster ne went. He soon struck the
race track. and. finding it in fine condition,
started around. The boys followed. Sew
eral hundred people were now on the
grounds. and one enterprising photog-a-
pher, taking In the situation, took a pic
ture of i. and called out to the crowd:
Right to the race track. gentlemen; just
in time to see the first great race of the
day.
A laughing, shouting, bosterous crowd of
boys and men clambered down into the
track to head off the wildly running, fright
ened animal. But Mr.. Pig saw their game,
and, preferring to take his chances with
his pursuers, turned and rushed between
Jerrys legs and upset him. Jerry as he
tumbled twisted himself about, and grab
bed Mr.. Pig by the neck and held on. He
now knew his better luck had come, for he
had caught the pig. But Mr.. Pig would not
even yet behave, and struggled and grunted
and stumbled and tumbled here and there
among the boys with Jerry pluckily hold
ing on the best he could
After he had upset all the boys and
tangled them up In a heap generally Mr..
Pig pushed through the fence that sur
rounded the track. and rolled down the
embankment, close to the grand stand, and
fell through the top of the glassblowers
tent on the table, sticking his nose into
pan of hot glass, all ready to blow.
This was a great surprise to Mr.. Pig-this
hot glass-and he blew with all his might.
The result was that several green balls of
glass for. ned on his nose, which he imme-
diately rubbed off.
Jerry, who had stuck bravely to the pig,
jumped up and secured one. "Geet" he
said, rubbing his worst bruises, this is
great luck! Caught the runaway pig and
new kind of ride. and here's a choice pig
blown green glass souvenir
CTo be continued next week.
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whose eyes plainly told him her Intentions.
Five cents" he repeated. Five centsi
Who'll give more?'
II give ten." piped out Edna, knowing
she had just that amount in her purse al
that moment.
ITS yours, said the auctioneer laying
Inc handsome dolly in Edna's arms, al
ready stretched out to receive IL She
counted out her pennies and lay them In
the auctioneers brown hand while the au-
dience laughed and applauded. Edna never
knew what for
Inc auction was over for the morning
Every one went out smiling and good
natured. Edna did not know whether shs
was walking on boards or sunbeams All
she knew was that she was ciaspiug in her
arms the beautiful Japanese doll, named on
the instant Momoni." Momon! was taken
home, where for many years she was nurse
to Ednas large family of dolls Such q
trustworthy nurse she proved that Edna
never had occasion to repent the morning
she gave up the steeplechase and merry-go-
round for the art and curio shop.
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lain, and was dragging him rapidly away
The little cripple timidly pulled the police
mans coat-tail
Please let him CO.. he said; "he didn't
do thing; the others did it to him because
he protected me. He gave me his dollar,
too"
The policeman looked doubtful and said:
That's a likely story. Be aft wild We, now.
or III have yez along, too
1t now looked pretty black for Jerry: but
the gatekeeper, who had been inside and
had seen the whole performance now hur-
rled up and set the policeman Alright, and
Jerry was free.
As our hero was trying to remove some
of the mud the crowd of boys gathered
around again and niger woody No | re-
marked: You amt haben much luck this
mawnin'!'
Jerry bristled up Yes, I am" he said.
I've had plenty of It these last few min
utes. Bad luck is luck, all the same and
perhaps I'll have good luck next time"
At that moment the gate opened Inside
the balloon man was fiou-ishing a tremen-
dous, towering bunch of scarlet and purple
colored balloons. and Towhead immedia teIy
bought one for is cents.
You're a hayseed,' said Redhead;
they'll be 10 cents by and by; maybe s."
Suddenly one of the balloons in the great
bunch went pop
Busted" said the man as he pulled 1t
out and threw 1t to the ground Niger
woolly picked 1t up. My luck this time, -
he remarked to himself
ITS no good" said Jerry, who over
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A JAPANESE DOLL.
BY MINERVA SPENCER HANDY.


When Edna went into the store she had
not the remotest idea that she would come
out with doll. and Japanese doll at that.
The store was called an art and curlo
shop and Edna wished with all her heart
that her mother and aunt had not been at
tracted to It, Directly across the street
or boardwalk-was the steeplechase pier
where Kelly Slides and Moving Staircases
and all sorts of funny amusements were
occasionlng shrieks of laughter from the
children and grown-ups whose footsteps
had led them there instead OF into art and
curio shops. To turn ones back on the
steepleehase was bad enough. but as II to
rub Edna s disappointment further in, the
fascinati ting strains from the merry-go-
round We're waited to her disappointed lit
tie ears.
Edna, however, did try to be unself1sh Il
was pretty hard, though, sometimes and
this time seemed the very hardest time of
all. Any boy and girl. unless they were
two-thirds angels. II put in this position
would feel just about as Edna felt, when
murely sat down In the front row of chairs
between her mother and Aunt Mary.
Once inside. Edna was forced to admit
that the shop was very interesting. 1t
was lighted with hundreds OF japanese Ian
terms perfumes were waited from flowers
and sweet smelling incense, and the most
beautiful articles were being sold In a way
Edna had never before seen-at auction.
Have you ever been to an auction? Edna
never had until this beautiful autumn morn
ing and she was seven years old.
The man selling asks, How much am I
offered on a certain article?"
Some one names price, then those want
ing it raise the price until the article is
sold to the highest bidder. II was not
necessary to even speak. When the auc-
tioneer said, Am 1 bid S20? All one had
to do was to shake his head, up and down,
not from side to side. This means yes"
at an auction as Edna soon found out
You think all this has very little to do
with a Japanese doll do you? Well, the
doll is getting ready at this very moment
to make her entrance upon the stage In
one more minute she will hear her cue
which means her time to enter. 1t is late
In the morning and the auctioneer. who Is
japanese, is saying, ''One more sale, ladies
and gentlemen, and this will conclude our
morning. Edna was sorry to hear that.
The morning had been delightful. All the
buyers well the Japanese helpers had
been greatly interested in the curly-headed
little girl IN the front row. The auctioneer
had allowed her to start many of the bids.
He would whisper to her the amount to
bid, and didn't Edna's eyes dance as she
would say, "rn bid So" or whatever the
auctioneer told her. She had gotten enough
pleasure out of the sale without what
quickly followed
"A handsome ivory-inlaid screen had just
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Every Inch a King.

Great men can afford to seem little, but
1t is hard for an unimportant person to
understand this. The king of the Bel
CLANS, who Is also the private owner of that
immense tract known as the Congo Free
State in Africa, is big man in more ways
than one and shows to very good advan-
tage beside pompous member OF the
Paris city council.
On a recent visit of King Leopold TO
riarrItz he had an encounter which great
" amused the world at that fashionable
watering place. The King oathed there as
maII as any other visitor. One morning
as he came out of the water he accidentally
bumped into a fat man who did not rec
ognize the king in his bathing suit.
''What do you mean, sir, he snorted
savagely. BE more careful. | would have
you know am member of the Paris city
council"
'sThen / offer a thousand apologies, re-
piled Leopold, humbly; Il am only the
king of the Belgians."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-30
ToYland.

Until few years ago all the toys the
American children played with were
brought from Europe. Now every toy that
can be made by machinery has it's starting
place in the United States. Tin and pewter
toys and all those that have clock-worls for
moving power are manufactured in Con-
necticut, New York and PENNSYLVANIA. All
the drums used by our American boys are
made in Massachusetts. Music boxes are
the product Of the people living In Swift
erland. Harmonious and jewsharps come
from Austria, while all wooden toys are
of German make.
The peasants OF Germany are very poor
much poorer than the very poorest people
who live in America. They work for al
most nothing and live on what they get.
They seldom get meat of even the cheapest
sort but live milk and vegetables
In the summer these peasants work out
of doors trying to wrest a living out Of
the ground. When winter comes and the
snow lies deep on the earth they make the
toys which later come TO US. All the fam
lily, men, women and children, some the
merest babies work at this. They carve
the wood by hand with small knives or
simple tools. Thus are all the Noah's ark
animals, jumping. Jacks. wooden houses,
doll furniture, in fact, all handmade
wooden toys, fashioned. These peasants
work for few cents day, from to 20.
All dolls-with the exception of the finest
and most expensive ones, which are made
III fTdHCe-iTS HdiluldCluIeu III 1eTuldlS
The wooden-jointed dolls come from the
Tyrol. but the others as well all false
faces and masks are made in Germany.
While we feel a pride that we Americans
can do everything better than any other
people, we cannot help from feeling sorry
for these poor patient peasants. who year
by year see their making being taken
from them. American manufacturers tell
US that in a very little while all toys viii
be made right here at home. Perhaps by
that time some other industry will come
up that will demand the skill of these clep-
er Germans and at better prices than
they ever got for making our loved toys
for u.s.
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Jerry's Strange Advs INJURIES at
the Country Fair.
BY JOSHUA F. CRowELL.

The gates opened at O'Clock. but Jerry
arrived at Z. He wanted to hang around
the outside OF the gates for hour, and
fool with the other boys and speculate on
the wonders within. This was the best
part OF the whole show. and nothing could
have induced Jerry to remain at home
quietly until the opening hour, in order to
march in properly with papas and man.
mas, and-little girls. No, sir, Jerry was
real boy.
Jerry was not first at the gate. When he
arrived there were seventeen boys already
assembled. He sized up the crowd to him
self as follows: -Four black heads. six
brownies, three sandies, one red one tow
head and two Niger woollies
I've got a dollar over he announced
calmly, but boastfully.
'Huh!' said one of the niger wooIleys
Use just got ma gate money: dat's huff
for me-"
All the boys were at once Interested. and
perfect volley of questions ensued; but
Jerry voiced the general sentiment when
he said. How are you going to buy bal
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slab OF ice their table made
On which snowy cloth WAS laid.
The sideboard was frozen ledge
While In a cfevice at its edge
The pantry was; and all the chairs
We're soft with coats of polar bears
The Wnmpties ate, the Wumpties drank,
With now and then a quip or prank,
Cntil the leader all addressed:
"A toast TO mortals l suggest:
Those hardy men who know no rest
But year by year go bravely forth
To penetrate the frozen north.
The frozen north. the pole, is here,
Els melted some by Wumpty cheer
But not enough the way to clear
SO | propose. before we go,
We leave some good things in the snow,
On which that man may proudly dine
Who gets here first. Here's some of minefs
And then each Wumpty laid away
In buffers pantry, sideboard. tray,
An icy cupboard, frosty shelf,
Some things he would not eat himself
Then they removed the tablecloth
And left for man the frozen north.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-30
Shepherd Dogs Who Are Also Life
Savers.

The shepherd dogs OF South America have
an extra duty to perform. The vuitures
are very cunning birds and the dread enc
mics to all sheep owners. The sheep are
SO heavy and fat that when they fail down
and roll over on their backs they cannot
get back on their feet. They lie down ana
Kick and the watchful dogs know this sig
nal as one OF distress. They run to their
assistance and help them up. Otherwise
the vultures would swoop down upon them
when in their helpless condition. pick out
their eyes and torment them In other ways
until they die.
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BIZ A. II. FoLwEIL.

To where the bright aurora shone.
.,h hal" the leader seeing cried.
SO here the northern lights reside.
lis we'll, for by their brilliant ray
Wen eat our fill ON New Years day"
And more arose another's cry.
Wen cook by them our cake and pie
Our vegetables, soup. and then
Onr noble turkey, twelve pound ten
With happy hearts and furry clothes,
That made them feel fiRe Eskmos.
Each Wumpty then, by day and night.
Worked hard upon his appetite.
At Skinny the ice they played:
splendid fort OF snow they mace:
They taught the polar bear the trick
OF moidirg snowbalis round and thick
For sieds they used the friendly seals,
And steered them deity with their heels
In Fhort the frosty out door fun
Gave added zcst TO every one.
TIL New Years day soon found the band
The hungriest land.
Twas then the Wumpty cooks eScclied.
While one some rubber tubing held
The northern lights another turned
Beneath the range. And how they burned
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AS mathematics exhausted breath
Gave warning of the old years death
The Wumpty Bumps conceived a plan
As daring the schemes of man
Now, New Years day is near" said they:
We shall, of course. observe the day.
Let every Wumpty cogitate
And name place to celebrate"
With that they set each Wumpty brain
To work at once with might and main
The sky to me seems just the place"
Said one lit offers lots of space
To spread a feast" Another said:
I'D like table-land instead
And then the enterprisng elves
Discussed the scheme among themselves,
TIL one exclaimed. I've hit Il, friendsI
Before this dull December ends
Well journey far ard make our goal
The cold and distant northern pole.
Provisions we snugly stow
In some cold storage plant of snow
Until we're hungry. VIII you goT'
And not a Wumpty answered no.
No steamer swift ship with sails,
But massive icebergs pulled by whales
Conveyed the bard from middle zone
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WORD SQUARE.
/. A measure of land. 9 A kind OF fuel {.
Rodents. 4. Otherwise.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
Ny whole is composed Of nine letters and Is q
federal republic in South America.
My 1, 9, is large moving wagon.
My s, 6. g. is for the moon.
My 8, 8, 8, is to idle
My 8, 2, 0, l, Is to desert.
CROSSWORD ENIGMA
My first Is In little. but never In big;
My seconds In horse, hut never in pig:
Ny third Is IN hobby. but never In ride;
My fourth Is IN snowy but never In slide;
My fifth Is in glggle, but never in smile;
My sixth is In gaudy, but never In style;
My seventies In arrow but never IN CULVER;
My eighth's in splinter, but In sliyerj
My whole is the of a great deal OF fun
On long. snowy hill where no carriages run.
CHARADE.
My first is proposition, my second is river,
And while lawsuit doth my third the heirs have
time to SILVER;
My fourth may be depressions small my third and
fourth are hanging;
My whole subject oft discussed with tears or
lond haraDguiDg.
HIDDEN FLOWERS
1. hope never again to terrible sight.
2. Come, put that brie-a -brac, love. right back
on the table.
g. Look at the pans yellow with cream
4. He must be great hero; the medals
his coat.
DIAMOND.
1. A consonant in yelling" 2. part of the
foot. g. Not old. 4. The last. g. eonsonant in
yelling
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Children's Jokes.

Mary announced the other day that she
was hungry. Her brother, to tease her,
inquired: How do you feel when you are
hungry" Mary promptly replied. Eek
actly as IL 1 had corkscrew in my stom-
ach.''
The same little girl had just been intro
duced to a visitor named Mr.. Hunter. At
ter dinner this visitor said. "f you remem-
Der my name you shall have these bon
bons Mary" and IN her eagerness to get
the bon bons. lost. by exclaiming: ITS Mr..
Shooter"
Willie had just started to kindergarten.
The terms horizontal and perpendicular had
been explained The next Sunday Willie
said: Mother. l don't like my Sunday
school teacher?"
WHY" asked mother.
WELL, replied Willie, She's all right
for a school teacher, but l don't like her
for a Sunday school teacher. She's too hor-
izontal, and they ought to be more per-
pendcular."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-30
A Statue of Washington.

You wouldn't expect to find a statue of
Washington In Caracas the chief city of
Venezuela. would YOU? Well, one Is there
In park-a big. bronze statue of our
George Washington. Near 1t Is one of
Simon Bolivar. the hero OF the South Amer
leans. He was their Washington. and or
ganized the movement which resulted In
the Independence of Venezuela. Colombia,
Peru. and the founder of Bolivia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-30

WORD SQUARE.
/. SWIM
2. WADE
8. ID e
4. MEET
CROSSWORD ENIGMA.
Generosity.
HIDDEN TOYS.
1. Doll. 2. Drum. 3. Ball. 4. Top.
CHARADE.
Termination term eye nay shun).
RIDDLE.
DIAMOND.
I.
). p3PER
& TEN
g. r.
J0HNNY'S SLATE
Rattle Of Yorktown. CORVALLIS, l711.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

with the knout without discomfort.
otherwise woe was in store for him.
He was smart enough to do his busl.
ness without fear of detection. The
authorities could not find proof
against him, and the convicts feared
him. But as they could at least bar
gain with him, they considered him a
convenient man in the executioner's
Office.
After the expiration of his penal
seryitude he became a settler. He
started a small store and knouted only
occasionally.
For a year they had no execution
err in prison. Many judgments &C.
cumulated, and they called me to
execute them. Well, l knouted so
men for three rubles.
Say. Tolstych, is it true that you
knouted a convict to death for Is
rubles?"
This is Sakhalin, your honor"
grinned the torturer
An understood, hairy little man makes
his way cautiously under the windows
ofthe prison office atAlexandroffsk. His
very walk is peculiar, and reminds
one of the attitude of a mongrel cur
sneaking around the kitchen door
and keeping an eye on the windows
for fear of boiling water. 1t is Kom-
left, the oldest executioner of SAX
halin, but now retired. He heard
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days later without regaining con-
sciousness. Komleff had been bribed
to do this by convicts who hated
Gubar.
Corporal Punishment.
Ivan Grusdeff, sentenced to 80
lashes with the knout for giving an
offense, was brought into the office
of the doctor at the Sakhalin prison.
your name" Ivan Grusdeff."
The doctor throws glance at the
documents, and gasps.
'Merciful Heaveni Eighty lashes!"
"The devil!" exclaims the in
spector.
Eighty" repeats the assistant,
like an echo.
Eighty" whisper the clerks. Every
one looks curiously at the man who
is about to receive 80 lashes with the
knout. The doctor examines the con-
vict. The minutes pass very slowly. The
physician shrugs his shoulders. Are
you well?" Yes, sir, quite well, your
honori"
quite well, you say?" Eyes, sir"
Have you no pains around the
hearth"
mo, sir; none at ALL"
do you know where your heart is,
you idiot? No pains in the side?
Never? Don't you understand me, you
fool? Don't you feel pains occasion
alIy?"
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Russian Wheat Crop.

The following item will prove inter
esting to the Northwest:
From an authentic source it is repor-
ted that owing to lack of transporta-
ton and storage facilities in Russia,
the grain shipping situation is in a
precarious condition. This spring
transportation at st. Petersburg was
blocked. At all times tens of thou
sands Of cars were at standstill.
Recently large number of cars were
received at st. Petersburg in fer
mented condition and were condemned
to be burned. The blockade not only
effects the grain now in storage and
in transportation, whereby thousands
of carloads will be lost, but the safety
of the present crop is also jeopardized,
as the outlook at present is that the
way cannot be cleared to handle the
new crop.
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news OF minnesota.
Our Population.

st. Paul,-Minnesota's population is
1855, 900 in round numbers.
This is an increase of 2O3, SIC COM
pared with the population of 19O0-a
betterment of 11.6 per cent.
The above figure is prepared from
complete returns from all counties ex-
cept Ramsey, and that county is esti-
mated in making the aggregate at
1875, 600, generous allowance.
The returns, as whole, show some
thing of falling off in population of
counties in southern Minnesota. The
census bureau hoped to bring the
states total up to the 2, 200, 900 mark,
but it has fallen $4,000 short of this
amount.
Ramsey county is now going over its
figures for third time. A second
count brought the population Of the
city of st. Paul little over 16O, 900, with
thirty-eight out of theforty districts
reported. An estimate ION the missing
districts brought the total population
of st. Paul up to 175,5 Allowing
for proportional increase in the
country districts of Ramsey county,
outside of the city, and further gains
from the rechecks, brings the county's
population, on generous estimate, up
to 1885, 600
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Fun at the Fair.

Hamline. Pike" will be one
of the features of the Minnesota state
fair this year. Like everything else at
the coming fair the ''pike" will be
much improved. 1t will be the liveli-
est place on the grounds; there will be
something doing every minute.
One of the results of the recent trip
of President Cosgrove and Secretary
Randall of the fair into North Dakota,
will be the increase in the exhibit of
marketable stock in car load lots.
This is new feature of the Minnesota
state fair and the officers were plea
sanity surprized when they got out In
to the cattle country to find much in
terest and probability of good entries
for, these prize. The car lot premiums
cover cattle, sheep and swine aud in
addition to the offers made by the
state agricultural society there are
several special prizes given by the 1.-Two
stock men of South st. Paul.