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Dufterin: A True Dog Story.

The Scotch superintendent of a straet
railway In Maine city owned a splendid
ana valuable collie. which he named Duff
1erin, in honor of his illustrious country
man. The new theater in THIS city was to
be opened by a popular actress Every
seat had been sold two weeks in advance.
On the night of the opening there was a
fierce storm. The snow was several inches
deep and the railway company worked 10y
ally until all the people had been conveyed
to their homes.
Before leaving home that evening the
superintendent told his wife not to expect
MIN until the blizzard was over; and. turn
Ing to the dog. he said: 'Dufferln take
good care OF your mistress and the baby,
and be sure to watch the house while l am
at the office"
About IL o'clock that night DufYerin rush
ed into his mistress room, which was full
OF smoke, and, jumping upon the bed
licked her face and barked furiously
Al last his mistress recovered sufficiently
I'd realize that the house was on fire She
arose, snatched up blanket, and wrapped
IL around her little baby Then. closely
clasping the child. she CROPPED her way
through the suffocating smoke out of the
Hereby burning house, followed by Duff
FERN.
The tempest tossed her thin garments
ABOUT her. while her bare feet were almost
frozen as she stood in the deep snow and
watched their pretty home burn to the
ground. Dufferin had obeyed his master
and had saved two lives.
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time the nurse turned her back to cut
new piece. Frances or Eliza beth had
squirned round in the tub until Frances
was where Elizab beth had been left vice
versa (Which means just the other way.
Mother was so worried about the alike
ness of her little girls that she imagined
all sorts of strange things might happen to
them because of 1t. Wont it be dread
full" she would say. IF when Frances
grows up she isn't Frances at all. but Eliz-
aheth. Grandma Marks is going to leave
ali her house to Elizabeth. because she was
Frances to have her silver. II will mix
things up dreadfully.'
Papa laughed and said. Then let them
divide with each other and If there is any
left over it should go to you for having so
much trouble in telling who is who"
AS the babies grew from long skirts into
short ones and saw how foolish it was to
creep when one could walk as well the diff
ference in looks grew no less. but their dis
positions were not in the least alike.
Frances was much more gentle and yield
ing than Elizabeth. If the former were
more generous. the latter had the happy
faculty of settling their arguments in the
most satisfactory fashion. OF course all
presents came to the house in pairs. Silver
cups, gold pins, rings. bonnets were exactly
alike; their friends no doubt arguing II
twin is a baby it is double, so a present
fer twin should be double also Mothers
troubles grew as the twins grew. Besides
having to determine whether Frances was
Frances or Elizabeth there was the uues-
ton whether the ragdoll Trottie was Trot-
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minutes when Shrek after Shrek came from
the piazza No, not from the piazza, 1t was
from Elizabeth. Louder 1t reached moth
ers ears and as Frances always did pre-
cisely as Elizabeth her shrieks Joined in
those of her sister, producing such a sound
that Fritzy the terrier ran as if he had been
shot and crawled under the porch
Its mnei screamed Elizabeth
It's miner echoed Frances
Mother got as far the front door when
she thought she would wait and see how
the twins would settle the matter for
themselves She found they were quarrel
ing about the rag doll, as whether 1t was
Irotte or Tottie. Each child insisted 1t
was hers, and mother stood for few mo-
ments as puzzled Solomon of old. Solo,
mon. you remember, was the king who had
to decide to which of two mothers one
baby belonged. Before mother decided in
her mind what to do a thought came to
Elizabeth.
We're twins, aren't we?' she argued
Twin sisters. Why can't we be twin mud
ders? Then, you see, the dolly can belong
to bofe of US, just the same as to one OF
US. She'll be dreadfully glad, for If one
OF her mudders forgets to bring her in
when 1t rains, her udder mudder might re-
member 1t. She'll have two people to love
her and have ever so much more fun Don't
you want us both be your twin mudders
Trottie dear?" asked the little judge bend
ing down and gazing into the face of the
rag doll.
From somewhere beneath the frill of the
dolls bonnet weak little Yes" squeaked,
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charming today! The last time master
took me out II was rather cloudy and | ad-
vised him to take Miss Umbrella instead
OF me. But you know men don't under
stand our language. so he took me any
way. When walked home that night
the rain came down in bucketfuls and |
got soaking wet. Next day l had such a
cold | sneezed all day long"
Yes. | remember" said the gun while
they trotted through the garden. II never
heard a care or gun either sneeze so In my
life"
Yes. sir said the cane. and then they
entered the woods.
1t was nice and cool there, but the cane
was very much afraid that he would step
on snake. The gun laughed and said: Il
am not AFRAID of anything. snake lion or
bear"
Then the cane gathered courage too. and
cried; You watch me when anything
comesi"
just then gruff voice asked: who is
coming there?' and great big head with
an enormous mouth full of long sharp
teeth looked around large oak tree The
cane nearly fell on his back with fright
but the gun remained perfectly cool and
asked: Nv ho are you. Mr.. Bighead?'
The animal now came out of his hiding
and they saw that II was the bulldog. He
had broken chain around his neck ana
looked very vicious.
AS he came nearer he looked at the moor
frightened cane more closely and barked:
Wasn't that you who wanted to strike me
the other day."
'oh, no. SIR" cried the cane. trembling.
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Helen's Verse,

1t was Helen's first visit to the Sunday
school. She was placed in the infant class
and kept very close watch of everything
that was done. 1t pleased her to see the
little ones all around her taking part in
the exercises and she felt little neglected
at not being asked to help.
Toward the close of school the superin-
tendent asked for Bible verses. One after
another boys and girls rose and recited
beautiful texts. Then there was a pause
and the superintendent, looking over toward
the infant class, asked If any of the small
people would recite verse.
This was Helen's chance. Jumping UP
quickly, she said, in a clear voice, such as
mamma had taught her to use when speak
ing pieces:
Jack Sprat could eat fat
His wife could eat lean;
Betwixt them both they cleared the plate
And licked the platter Clean
Helens older sister felt very much
ashamed and every one else was ready to
smile, but the superintendent, who knew
Helen had done her best, looked very much
pleased, as he said:
THAT was very we'll recited and the verse
contains a good lesson. Jack and his wife
did not like the same kind of meat yet
they got on very well together and wasted
nothing"
Helen delighted, and on the following
Sunday had real Bible verse to recte.
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tie or her twin, Tottie Mother thought
she had solved this difficulty when she got
some indelible ink and printed Trottie on
the band Of one petticoat and Tottie on the
hem of the other. When the twins were
old enough to undress their dolls this plan
became worse than none. The name told
to which doll the garment belonged. but
was of no use in determining which doll
which
One day when the twins had been in
doors all morning because it had been rain
ing mother promised to take them to the
village In the afternoon when 1t cleared
She tied on their best bonnets and buttoned
up their whitest coats and told them they
could wait for her on the piazza. Both
children insisted that 1t was going to rain
some more Not because the clouds looked
threatening. but because they had both
been given the cunningest little pink para
sols-alike, of course. Mother tried to eX-
plain that parasols were for sun and not
for rain. Her explanation did not seem to
satisfy the twins, Elizabeth in particular,
who said: Amy way. I'm dom to tend it
is a numbela.'
And so am t. echoed her sister.
The ''numbella' question being thus set
tied. out trudged the two to wait until
mother was ready. All was quiet for few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-10
The Story Of the Gun and the Cane
BY G. l.. DROSTE.

1t was just twelve o'clock and the family
at dinner All at once the gun heard
a rappng and when he looked around he
saw that it was the cane. who was dancing
about the room.
Hello" he said, what are you doing
there, young MANI"
Oh the cane replied, II an just stretch
ing my legs. Come on, let US take a walk
to the woods,''
The gun. however. shook his head and
said: No. If they catch us they will put
us into a dark closet and then we can't look
out of the window any more"
'Pshaw." said the cane. you are an old
scare-crow. Master will not miss US.
Come on. let US go!''
The gun looked out of the open window:
when he saw the blue sky and the green
trees. and felt the warm sunshine he be-
came reckless, jumped down from the stand
and cried: "All right. my lad, let us gor'
They took each others hand and stamped
together to the door. but when the cane
tried to open 1t he found that It was locked
from the outside. He hardly knew what TO
do. but the gum who was now determined
to take walk. said: Never mind. know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-10
An Odd Fisherman.

There are many odd methods of catching
fish, but one of the funniest is employed by
boys in some parts of England when they
wish to catch pike. They use a goose and
in their own words, ito catch the goose is
the hardest part of the whole affair"
Suppose this difficult feat is accomplished;
they then take ordinary fish lire, about
eight feet long, on one end of which is fixed
barbed hook or spoon, and tie it to the
leg of the goose.
She takes to the water right away, and
the line goes with her. For while she
swims about in her usual dignified fashion,
but pretty soon, If the time is we'll chosen.
she starts suddenly, as II awakened from a
dream.
1t is only that the pike has nibbled at
the bait, and has become hooked in so do
ing. This hooking means sharp jerk to
the leg of the unsuspecting goose, which
makes dash for the shore She sputters
through the water, and comes climbing up
the bank. kissing furiously. and dragging
her captive after her.
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how to manage that" Then he laid HIM
self against his shoulder, touched the trig-
ger and '.Ba-a-a-ng.' shot the lock all to
pieces.
'Hurrah.' cried the cane; but the gun
said: Hush! Let us listen if they have
heard us down stairs
The people in the dining room had heard
the shot They thought it had been fired
in the garden; and all went out to see if
perhaps somebody had killed hawk. But
they saw nothing and soon went back to
their dinner.
The gun and the cane laughed in their
sleeves and the gun said: Come on, but
be careful not to fall down stairs"
The cane felt very much amused by what
the gun said, and SO shook with laughter
that, losing his balance. he came down the
steps head over heels, making a dreadful
noise. The gun down as fast as he
could and asked If he had hurt himself
much.
The people in the dining room had heard
the frightful noise. but thought it had been
in the cellar. When they could not see
anything there that had fallen they shook
their heads and went back to their dinner.
When the cane found that he had not
broken any bones he stopped crying rose
to his feet, and quickly made for the front
door. The gun opened 1t and soon they
stalked down the steps into the garden
oh said the cane, isn't The weather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-10
Incident of Our Flag.

An interesting little incident occurred a.
few years ago in China. At Fourth of
July dinner in Shanghai the English con-
sui. In toasting the flag of his country,
said: Here's to the Union Jack-the flag
of flags-the flag that has ioated on every
continent and on every sea for 900 years
the flag on which the sun never sets"
Ii was such strong sentiment that the
Americans were q little embarrassed until
Eli Perkins was called to toast the stars
and stripes. He said: when the setting
sun lights up her stars in Alaska. the ris-
ing sun salutes her on the rock bound coast
OF Maine. 1t is the flag of liberty, never
lowered to any foe, and the only nag that
whipped the flag on which the sun. never
SETS -
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"NONNY-S SENSE
BY JOSHUA r. CROWELL

One day Miss Ethel was missed or
course. she had often been missed. that Is,
called Miss, before, but on this occasion
she was missed without being called
Miss. Her distracted relatives hunted anx-
iously for her. they even looked in the wood
box for her, but she was nowhere to be
found.
They began to wish that Mr.. Renest
Theton-Sompson-S ompson-Thet would
come and help them. Gle has a great
reputation for finding wild animals. and
they knew 1t would be an easy matter for
him to look around on the carpets and
mopboards and find little girl tracks,. But
he came not and the relatives were nonny-
plussed-not quite nonplussed, but lust ex
actly nonnyplussed.
Ice cream is good cure for that. but
they had none; of course, there was cream
IN the pantry and Ice outdoors but every
one knows that ice and cream do not make
Ice cream unless they are conjoled-that is
to say, the cream must be concealed until
CONCEALED, while the ice with salts an
nealed.
This Is tiresome kind of work. and the
relatives wanted Ethel more than ice
cream, so they kept on being nonny, hay-
Ing got over being plussed.
Meanwhile, where was Ethel? | will tell
you all about it,
She had been sitting quite still in a chair.
IN the room with the family, when sudden
~, without warning, She was in deem
,.hought How she got there she never
knew, and once in she never thought OF
getting out, but just stayed there
IL was more than brown study she was
IN. III was deep as a well. and went clear
tnro the earth, and made a well on the
otnef side, with no water in the middle
such a deep thought as this made il seem
as II she had no eyes and ears. and she
never once dreamed that the relatives were
looking for her.
II she had known what trouble she was
causing she would have climbed up 1854
miles TO the surface of that thought and
eased their anxieties
1t was strange that they did not see her.
people can generally be seen when they are
IN deep thought, or even In a brown study.
put perhaps the dear relatives did not look
Tor her. That must be the reason-they
We're looking for her ali the time and not
Well. 1t all came out right in the end
everything does If we WILL The trouble
Is we don't always wait soon enough, or
not quite too long.
Please excuse that last sentence. Also,
please excuse Miss Ethel for being missed.
Inc moral OF this. tale is-for q missed
Ethel relatives sholld always go into tho
deepest thought and not get nonny
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NO, sir. really not 1. 1t was master who
wanted to strike you. Really It wasr'
y our master, was it?'' snarled the ugly
oog: Well then, I'll bite his servant,
Ana he opened his enormous mouth but
the gun stepped quickly between them and
SAID: Mr.. Cane is my friend l shall not
let you bite him, Mr.. BulIyr'
You. growled the bulldog king hts
big head furiously up and down tin the
broken chain began to rattle. IF you say
another word I'll eat you for breakfast-
lock, stock and barrelr And he snapped
at the gun
But the gun was too quick for the usly
nulidog' Up went the stock and
B-a-a-an-g there lay the bad dog with
the broken chaint ''
serves him right!' cried the cane
Suddenly they heard a noise. and wban
they looked around they saw that If Was
morse, and on it sat-their masteri THEY
We're both faint with fright and leaned
against a tree for support. When the GEN
tlenan came up he said: 81 wonder who
sGole my gun and my cane. I am glad he
shot mat vicious dog, and l am more glad
still to have them back" eN
men they were once more in their room,
me cane said, rubbing his hands: I'VE had
me time Of 1t, hadn't WEI" And the smn
said: 0 'ue gun
yes sir. And then they both fol,
asleep. '''h ieii
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Chinese Magic Lanterns.

Inc magic laptern, like porcelain. gum
poWder and printing, may have been an in
Vention OF the Chinese. 1t has been used
III emma Tor twenty centuries and in many
forms unknown to us. You know the Chi
nese do SO many things In the opposite way
from which We do them that their country
is sometimes called Topsy Turvy Land.
rms is true of the way they use the magic
lantern Their light and picture is behind
Inc screen, as IN our amusement of shadow
srdpnS Inc commonest form of the lam
tern Is large box supported on a triDod
or four-legged table. The box is about four
ieet wide and two feet high and its front
is made of ground glass or oiled naner
Over the box is a light frameworl or no
DOC and cloth. which reaches to the ground
ana conceals the operator from the audi
ehce. powerful lamp in front of a con-
,ha s,, aelieceor throws strong light upon
the glass or screen. The top of the box and
the sides are half open to permit the intro
duction of the small figures This arrange
fnent gives four distinct classes of instru-
ments. With these exhibitions are given in
the streets, squares and market places.
Iney draw audiences ranging from five to
thlrty and give an entertainment from five
TO hfteen minutes in length. Every spec
edtof Is supposed TO pay twentieth of a
cent. Thus the average entertainment nets
the proprietor about 2 cents This seems
ridiculous to us Americans, but, when one
remembers that full-grown laborer earns
out cents day, the owner of a successful
magic lantern Is looked upon as a wel-to-
do individual.
The little plays written about the magical
hgures are as conventional as our own i'm
mortal Punch and Judy. The wicked
tger depicts the career of bad animal
who, from killing pigs, dogs and buffaloes.
finally eats beautiful maiden and is slain
by Monaghan chief in full armor on
horseback. The cruel magician" the
grateful dragon" and the fairy foxes"
and other bits of eastern folklore afford
brief sketches which are as familiar to the
little Chinese boys and girls as the Mother
Goose characters are to the children of our
land.
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WHO'S WHO?
How the Twins Settled Dispute.
BY ARDEIJA EMERSON

From the time their blue eyes first saw
this beautiful world. no one had been able
to tell Frances from Elizabeth. Frances
and Elizabeth We're twins and were best de-
scribed in the language of the little boy
who lived next door This boy said: Eli
abeth is baby. only she is double
Exactly the same size; exactly the same
shade and amount of clustering golden
Curls; exactly the same pickering red lips.
and eyes as blue and smiling as cou--s be.
How to tell them apart was the question
which kept their mother and grandmother
and nurse guessing until they began to
talk, when they could themselves tell you
which was Frances and which Elizabeth.
You would have put a pink ribbon on
Elizabeth and blue one on her sister?
That was precisely what was done, but 1t
was of little use when the twins were
spalshing and cooling in their bath. The
ribbons became wet and dragged and every
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FLITTERMICE.
BY MARGARET W. LEIGHTON

BY MARGARET ". LEIGHTON.
All winter long the fittermice have been
hanging, heads down. in their gloomy cave.
Now the spring sun beating on the roof has
told them 1t is time to wake up and fly out
to enjoy life once more. See that big fell
low chasing gnats there over the brook
How he darts this way and that. What a
quantity of the tiny creatures 1t must take
to satisfy one after five months fast,
Whenever you see bats fiuttering about
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women The stars are the children OF the
moon, and the sun at one time had as
many. Fearing that mankind could not
pear so much light each agreed to eat up
her offspring. The moon hid hers away,
put the sun kept her word After a length
or time the moon brought hers from her
hialng place When the sun saw them she
was niied with rage and chased the moon
20 XIII her. This chase has lasted ever
since Sometimes the sun comes near
enough 10 bite the moon. and man calls this
encounter an eclipse. All day long the moon
hioes her children. only to bring them out
when the sun is far away
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A Curious Mexican Custom

If you were child of sunny Mexico and
your brother or sister fell i'll with small
pox or any other contagious disease, what
40 you suppose they would do with you?
No less foolish thing than to put you and
all the other children of the family to bed
with the one having the disease The idea
is that they may all catch the disease at
once and be treated for it in its earliest
stage, not to mention that the cost for
medicine is less than if the children Were
affected at different times
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MHT FILE WOOD F@{L}M

In the twilight you may know that spring
has come TO stay. for they do not venture
abroad till they know winter is over
Mrs. Flittermouse Is a model mother
never leaving home without carrying all her
children with her Now hook on" she
says. when she is ready to go in search of
her breakfast, which she takes at our sup
per time, for her day begins when the first
stars twinkle in the sky. So the babies fas-
ten their little thumb hooks tightly into
their mothers fur and away she darts
smacking her lips In anticipation OF the
juicy midges awaiting her
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Little Miss Flyaway Flipperty Jane
Couldn't sit still without very great pain
(Tho pain TO others as we'll as Miss ]
For she'd hdget and fuss and whine to go pIay)
So father devised plan which he thought
Would teach his Miss Jane what she out to be
taught.
When Miss Flyaway Flipperty Fidgety Jane
Now sits on her chair it's with different pain
She's afraid afraid that II she should fdget
Twill cause a bad fall for dear little midget
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BEHEADINGS.

PRESIDENT PUZZLE.
Andrew Jackson, 1s29-S7 John Tyler, 1s41-zs;
Willard Fillmore. 1s5o53
HIDDEN WORD SQUARE
1. WREN
2 ID
3. L ID 7
4. NETS
CHARADE
BEHEADINGS.
Train-rain 2. Broom-room. 8. EIoss-ioss.
4. PiDk-ink.
HIDDEN INSECTS.
L. Beetle. 2. Wasp. 3. Moth. 4. Flea.
QUEER SEEDS AND THEIR FLOWERS
l. Lark.spur 2. Maiden-hair. g. Four O'Clock,
4. Tiger lily.
PIED. PROVERBS.
l. Tomorrow never comes
:. 1t takee two to make a quarrel
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About the Stars.

There is a curious myth about the stars
which tells that the sun and moon are hotb
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The Largest Flag in the World.

me largest flag in the world was mazda
IN san francisco for Hawaii and is so feet
long and consumed 700 yards of bunting
anu hoats from pole 150 feet long.