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HEATED ARGUMENT IN HOUSE.
Location of Proposed s15,OOO,OOO Naval
 Station in Philippines Criticised.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-The fortifica- tions appropriation bill held the atten- tion of the house to-day, and was the text for considerable heated argument; first over the lax methods of expendi- ture of public moneys, and second over the location of the proposed $l5,0OO,0 900 naval station for the Philippines,
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Railroad shops Burned.

Denver, Feb. 1S,-The Colorado and Southern railroad shops were burned to-day. Loss S150,oQ0.
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4. Way up in tho sky Is the, palace of
Thunderbolt, tho king of all the skyfolk.
This palace Is all colors Of tho rainbow,
red, green, purple and gold. II is said
that the rainbow family painted the
palace and helped to make 1t beautiful.
Rnndrops Is Queen and she has four chill
dren. Fog. her only son, IL a very wild
boy. and will so to earth at night. when
he ought to he In bed.
Snowflake Is n very pretty Girl. who
goes about rs quietly MS q mouse,
Air Is q nice girl too, and { she was
not present no person could live
a white veil Ger the earth In cloudy
weather.
Raindrop's is n gentle mother and her
children love her very much.
Thlnderbolt Ia rough and noisy and the
]chldrentnre afraid Of him.
When raindrop's come to earth she re-
freshes everything and helps to make the
corn and grain grow.
When winter comes snowflake covers
tho earth with a soft. warm, white
blanket so that plants will be comfortable
till sprtng comes again
Spring. summC, autumn and winter are
all skyfolks and only come to earth IN
their season. -
Night and dav. the star family, Lady
Moon, and Old Sol, who Is next toD Thnn-
When night comes TO-. ehrth the star
OF a Il sorts shooting here and there. The
pipper" 'The Three Sisters ",rhe
Bear" and many other names.
FLORENCE NJ. w, WALKER.
River View Richmond. Va,
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A MERRY PICNIC.

One afternoon In May, when the sun
was shining, and the grass was green.
Lucille and Virginia Kent thought that
1t would be great scheme to have a
picnic under great oak tree in the
grass about half mile from where
they lived.
Lucille and Virginia were first cousins
and great plnymates. They lived In a
city and thought that nothing was nicer
than to rdo in a wagon. Lucile's father
had q, large wagon which would hold
about q dozen or more children, so they
went as fast as they could to ask him
to give them picnic next day. He at
once answered Yes" and said that he
thought 1t would be very nice, and would
take them himself.
The children went straight to invite
their friends, who were Henry, Harry
Bessie. Hazelle. Ella. Fannie, Maggie
Mamie, Lilly. Lewis Annie and VlrgIe
BY the time that they had finished 1t was
almost dark, so they had to part. feeling
happy and resolved to tell their mothers
tho wonderful plan. The next day 1t was
still nrettler than tho day before, and
ftcr tlinner Mrs. Kent had to fix their
lunch for the picnic.
BY 3 O'Clock the wagon and children
were ready; 50 lucille and Virginia with
their friends hoped In and started on
the pleasant picnic,
They ate their lunches and had n hne
time. When the children got home they
said that was the incest picnic that they
EVELYN TuRNBuLL.
7 Ia Va .
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.L0rena's Birth
day Party.
III.

CHAPTER III.
Out Jumped n large spotted toad. re
them. Lorena uttered u piercing screan,'
and, catching her skirt up In both hands,
she sprang upon the sofa and stood loo <,
ng down Tfs wds Trs Ala eyeS
and far and near the nlr was rent with
screams. The girls sprang upon chairs.
s s4 s setsss and il ae eae S sana t iss
brought mamma and host Of servants
to the door, and above the din was heard
Dicks mischIeyous laugh, just outside the
laugh. "oh. mamma. / don't, see any
thing SO very funny about that mean ca
said Lorena half sobbng. II would just
teeth rattle-l would" AS soon as nam
ma could stop laughing she told me !.l.l
little fun. We'll. I wish next time Dlck
wants to have some fun ne would tr ,yo,,
on somebody else. piked Lorena ~ y. en-,
9Ssed q HhaTSn 10 Esuf saa
room. How pretty the snow white dam
ask spread! How bright the red straw
corn and tea cakes: end in the centre u
the table was the cnke, thing OF beauty.
With ten candles lighted, pink and white
rants in the centre OF the lighted candles.
and with the apples and peach cream ana
cream candy, cakes, bananas and rals-
ms and red plums, besides lot3of other
things, the table looked very pretty, and
lying at each plate was a tiny. bunch OF
tea roses, tied with pink and white ribbon,
which mamma pinned on each little girl
dress Every one enjoyed herself, and
when dinner was over every one went 70
the pnrlor and played games and tod
stories and played dolls till 1t was dark,
and their escorts came for inc young
ladies, and every one said "GoQd-bye
with happy face, each declaring thut
they had perfectly lovely time.
After the guests had gone Lorena Went
upstairs and looked once more at ner
presents. There was a beautiful dressed
doll from Doris Browne: locket ana ma
chain, large box OF Don bons' p.s
bunch OF American Beauty roses, PIC DC,
ture OF the Raymond girls, beaullIui
little engraved purse, With gold BEADS so.,:
books, bracelet and necklace. oh. /
do wish my birthday came every day."
sighed 1orsna. Come on. darling. you
must 80 10 bed now" AS mamma tucked
her in bed for the night. oh: mother,
darllngi" said Lorena. putting her arms
around her neck, II had the bestest time
I ever had this morning, and, on. 1ust
wish my birthday would come every day,
Mamma smiled and said she wished
Lorens many happy returns Of the day.
Just as mamma was leaving, the room
Lorena said. u did have the bestcst
time OF my whole life, except that mean.
hateful Dick and that awful toad.
~. (The End
BY LUCILLE F1RESHEETS.
South Boston, Va. Box 232.
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Kindness to Animals,

me wagOn WAS heavily loaded with bars
oftiron. II looked too heavy for n single
horse to draw. The patient creature had
strained strain and tugged until he succeeded u
reaching the top of the hlll, Now ne
door OF the barn. "Back. Jim, back"
said the driver pulling lightly ON the
reins. The horse braced his fore-feet and
pp,nn GOT down from the seat. went to the
back OF the wagon and pulled
"Rack," he cried. The horse strained
every muscle Back" cried the driver
least a foot. Once more the driver pulled
and the horse pushed together "Baek: :
With the, last command the Urea great horse :.
snund Of spiintering wood and the wagon
rolled back, Not blow had been struck.
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THE SOIL.
Dlsputanta

Soil is made from decaying rock which
is below our feet. Before the rock Is
made into soil It is solid rock. Another
way that rock is made into soil is that
one rock and another rubbing against
each other so many times It grinds into
fine dust and this called soil. Soiol Is
very useful in many different ways. 1t
gives us food, 1t Is very useful to animals,
also plants. It furnishes animals with
food and 1t gives food and water to
plants. Without soil very few people
could live. In cold weather the water
creeps into the tiny holes IN the rocks
and when a very cold spell comes 1t
freezes and breaks UP into little pieces.
and some time afterward becomes soil.
In some places the soil is very deep and
rich and this IS called fertile, while in
other places the soil Is very poor and
this is called sterile soil. When rise
farmers take up their crops they are very
careful to pay back. In swamps the soil
is rich, for as the leaves fall from he
trees and there comes hard rain the
rain burics the leaves in the ground, for
dccayed leaves make rich soil. The rock
becomes decayed also by tiny roots Of
weeds growing into the little cracks, also
by earth worms. have learned very
much about the soil on which live:
CELESTE %DUFFEL.E&
Hohen Solns p. O.. La.
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LOUISE'S DOLL PARTY,

70. mammal" said Edith, as she came
running into her mothers room breath
less and seated herself upon the sofa
Louise Reed is going to have a doll party
next Wednesday and she wants me 10
bring. all of my dolls and help her make
her dolls some dresses O. can't | buy
my dolls some new dresses and hats?'
When Edith got all Of her things ready
It was Tuesday before they finished. Then
they began TO write the invitations
Louise went down to her fathers store
and 80, some red Ink md gIlt paper
tons they sent them to their little friends:
The next morning they got up early a anl
the children came and each child brought
her best doll, They played games unit!
The evening they played al Kinds Of Of
had played Il, the morning. AZ 3 o'clock
the children had to say goodbye, much
to their regret. Every one said they
had had a good time. That night Edith
sat up until 10 o'clock telling her mamma
about the party,
brakes Branch, va, r. r, D., No. I.
VsnolVl Spp elo.lM eVl 'lueuIou AZ ausu
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WILLS DREAM.

One afternoon VIII had been playing
baseball with the boys of the neighbour
tired. IIe ate his supper and went TO
bed early SO rs to get up in plenty Of
time for school In the morning. He went
to sleep very quick and soon began to
dream. The first thing in the dream
was that he was wandering around in an
immense forest trying to find his way
out. All Of sudden he saw an open
ing through the trees. He FASTENED for
ward to find himself In Il large meadow
with a house ia the distance. sfle stood
there a, few minutes trying to think which
way to go. He soon decided this. So
he started toward the house On arrlv-
ing at 1t he was met by n man. AS VIII
was. about to speak something seemed
TO blur his eyes and he awoke to find the
sun In. STANLEY. DONALDSON. i.
Grove Road and West Street, r. Il. D.,
No 9. Richmond, Va.
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The
Easter Dummies
Written and Illustrated BY
Erieda NJ. Diefz.
Erieda NJ. Diefz.

Grace and Annis were twin sisters who
lived few miles from the city. They
lived in a small red house with large
grounds around it and large barns IN
the back. Their home was about FL ty
feet from the road SO they had large
lawn to play on. They had a very nice
rope swing and plenty OF fruits for playing
parties.
1t was now the day before Easter and
everything was being busted and cleaned
while their Aunt Marion dyed eggs In
corner Of the Kitchen.
But what we're the little girls doing?
Annis was in tile barn watching the
gardener clean out the wagon and put
benches and stools in it, while Grace
was up in her room packing thetieggss
In large basket as fast as her aunt
dyed them, for these little girls were
going to have all their little friends ride
in tho big wagon to the woods, where
their aunt was going to hide the eggs In
the grass forethem and let them hunt for
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You have all heard stories about the
camel-how patient and useful he Is on
long, hot journeys, 50 that he is often
called the "shlp Of the desert"
But he has one very bad fault, Ie likes
to 'pay back" and If his driver has In
jlred him In any way he will not rest
until he has gotten even.
The Arabs people who wander about
tho desert, and 50 use the camel n great
deal know about this fanlt of his and
have a o,iecr way of keen!ng themselves
from getting hurt. When y driver has
out of sight. Then. choosing "A place
where the camel will soon pass he
throws down some OF his clothes, shakes
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,em. They were going to have reg

i IL ! u. u. Il
them. They were going to have a regular
picnic.
The next morning the twins ran out
in the yard to see II the horses were
hitched to the wagon.
But what should they sec? Two little
white rabbits with black feet nibbling
on bunch OF leaves right In the middle
of the patch. Grace sat right down by
the smallest one and began giving it
leaves and stroking 1t, while Annis stood
looking at the other one with wide open
eyes.
oh! Aren't they just darling cried
Grace. picking the little rabbit up and
hugging It. T8
III wonder who put them here?" said
Annis.
Just then their grandfather came down
the path.
"Do my little girls like thcm," he said,
laughing to SEQ the two carrcssng the
rabbits.
"oh! so very much wo cannot thank
you enough"
s F (To be continued.)
III .g q FT1IEDA MEREDITH DTETZ. Z
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THE SMALL HUNTER.

II do not like to play with girls and
dolls" said Charlie.
III will get my bow and arrow and 80
hunting. Father has killed a hear and
i can kill one. too a bear cannot make
me run" Charlie got his bow and arrow
Went With him. So they went to find the
bears. They had not gone FIR when
Charlie saw four little white rabbits play
ing, There are the bears, boys! They
cannot catch me, / will run"
Charlie let his bow and arrow fall and
ran home. Tho rabbits. ran. too.
JAMES FOSTER.
Goa South First Street. Richmond va.
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ALEXANDER
THE GREA Z
Alexander the Great was born 1856 years
before Christ. His fat her was Philip, King

OIL Macedonia. .t.ags FlS LF1j .I
Alexander was twenty years old when
he came to tho throne. He was chosen
by the Greeks as their generallissimo
against Persia with his army and reached
been an enemy to Greece. He started
against Pcrsit with his army and reached
the river Granicus. He there found his
passage disputed by "a large army. a
great battle was fought and the result
was n victory tor Alexander.
Alexander had many moro battles with
the Persians after this, but the decisive
battle OF Arbela gave him the empire.
Alexander, having conquered Persia. turn
cd his arms against India He defeated
and captured Porus, the indian king, but
he afterwards restored him his Kingdom.
Alexander having completed his cons
quests went to Babylon. intending to make
that city the seat Of his empire, He did
not live long after that, his death being
brought on by excessive eating and drink
ing. T1e was thirty-two years old when
edled. During his reign Of twelve years
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WHERE is MOTHER.

Bursting in from school or play,
This Is what the children say.
TroopIng, Gro wding, big and small
On the threshold. in the hall
Joining in the constant cry.
Ever as the days go by.
From the weary bed OF pain
This same question comes again;
From the boy with sparkling eyes,
Bearing home his earliest prize; is4
From the bronZed and bearded son.
Pcrils past and honors won
Where's nrother?"
Burdencd with lonely task,
One day we may yainly ask
For the comfort OF her face,
For the rest Of her embraced
Let us love her while we may.
Well for us that we can say
S "Where's nrother? II
Mother, with untiring hands,
At the. post of duty stands,
Patient seeking not her own,
Anxious for the good alone
OF the children as they cry,
Ever as the days go by
where's n1other?"
When the breath has left her. body
And her white hands are ever folded,
Then always was the question
"Where's n1other?"
Then the answer was,
She has gone to heaven.
Far beyond the skies SO blue.
We will miss. oh! how we. will,
Asking her so many question,
Then 1t will still so on
where's mother?"
MINNIE TREXLER. Il
o05 Harrison Street, Richmond, Va.
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MY DoLLIE,

Her name is Nell. She Is not very
Wei without her shoes on, She will so
to sleep IL you lay her down; and she
can sit down and hold her hands as II
she wanted you to take her., and my SIS: SIS,
has pretty light curs and her cheeks are
painted beautiful pink; and when hold
her By the fire the paint VIII get get warm
pretty can nrade OF white muslin and
trimmed with white ribbon, She has
many pretty stylish dresses.
Your little GIRL LUCIA HARNER,4
Skinquarter, va.
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NELLIE's PARTY,

NelHe was a very rich little. girl and
everybody loved her. One day Nellie said,
Mamma, may have q partyY
Her mother said, why, certainly you
can, my Nellie.
Nellie was so happy the rest OF the day
that she was singing all day and when
When she woke up the first thing she said
was, II am going to have my party to-
day All the children brought her pres
cnts and they had a grand time. When
the children had to so home they didn't
want to co. They went home happy.
HI RELY BRlMAER.
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BESsIE's BIRTHDAY PARTY

Besse's birthday would come the last
part of June, so she began thinking
about it. She sked her mother could she
have birthday party. Her mother said
and envelopes to write the invitations.
She wrote very many 1t was going to
be at o'clock. At last the time came,
She went up to dress; she put on her
bell began to ring and the children be-
gan to come. They played very many
games and then refreshm,ents were ere
served. All had very nltS time ana re-
'u'''e" ''0'''' " ELSIE CONT.
o2a0 M street, Richmond, Va.
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them around and fixes them so that the
heap will look like a sleeping man. :.
Pretty soon along conres the camel
Nov I've got HIM" he pounces on the
clothes. shakes then, around and tramples
all over them. After he tires Of this and
has turned away the driver. can appear
~ Poor silly camel! He has been In what
we call a ''blnd ra &C." so angry that he
can't tell the difference between man
aud a heap Of clothes
LOUISE FLEETwOOD. 81
Dtsputanta va.
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Slavery was introduced a year after
the death of Powhatan Q619. English
brought slaves from Africa to the North.
The Climate did not agree with them. so
they sold them to the South. And they
found them useful In the cotton fields,
Some OF them loved their master and
The North made threat that the South
had no right to sell them; but the South
said if the North had a right to sell them
thoy had It, too. and this caused war
and It set the negro free. NOW they nave
their own lives and pronerty -
49," . ETHEL SMITH.
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THE LITTLE CHICK.

And that one does nothing but yawn;
It's mother thinks It must die,
Because It will do nothing but Ito
On the beautiful green grasses;
And when It's mother passes
1t says, lido not go
Said she, ooh the way you do not know.
Now the mother Will surely broad
For fear the chick will be dead:
She was not cause at all
For It was as fat as a butter ball
FANNIE GLOVER HAsklNS,
Buckingham, Va,
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TRUE BEAUTY.

Beautiful eyes are those that show
Beautiful thoughts that burn below;
Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart like songs of birds;
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that Is earnest and brave and true
Moment by moment the whole day
through,
Little moments make an hour,
Little thoughts a book,
Little seeds a tree or flower,
Water drops brook;
Little deeds of faith and love
Make a home for you aboye.st W. }&
4 Selected by RUFUS QUARLES.
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THE CARRIER PIGEON.

The carrier pigeon loves its home so
much that 1t will aways fly back to It.
does not often get lost In coming back.
1t can ny for hours and hours without
stopping to rest or eat. boy who was
going off to school took his carrier pigeon
with him. When he arrived there he sent
his mother a letter. It was fastened
under ono Of the pigeons tnll feathers.
These pigeons are useful carriers
70 FRANCES PURDY.
1414 cambridge Street, Manchester. Va.
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Only gentle words had been spoken, and
the horse had done the rest The man
his hands, patted him between his eyes
and said: Good, old Jim; you ga q! III. i.
didn't you? I knew you would. inc
cheek. 1Ssl45 JOHN o. STEVENS.
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SOME RULES
TO BE OBSERVED
Dear chIldrel, 81 Tie club:

Dear Children OF the Club:
have received several requests lately
for rule books OF the r. D. c. G. 10
those who have asked this / would say
that there re no printed rule books for
The T. y. c. c., but once In II whilo
put the necessary rules IN the pnpcr,
where MI contributors Gun sec.
! Probably the two most important rules
ire: Address MI mall to the Editor OF
sfc r. y. G. c., care Times Dispatch
Richmond Va" and usc only one side
81 the paper In wiling letters stories,
poems or pnzzlcs.' s
The first rule Is very important. be-
cause there nrc 80 many different Offices
Hnd so many different editors Mt Tho
Times Dispatch that II the mail Is not
addressed to me It Is more than apt to
get lost and never reacl, me.
Tho other rule s 20 important that
when I receive letter or other con-
paper am obliged to throw It at once
Into the waste basket. however good It
may be. because the printers cannot stop
10 read two sides OF the paper.
Then the rule about drawing with
black Ink on white paper must be re-
membered by all. who Will, 10 hive their
drawings on the page. J very often
have to throw away beautifully colored
ORA wings or those done In pencil, be-
cause such cannot be reproduced.
Another rne to be observed by every
contributor Is conce rnnE the signing Of
your pieces Each article should be
signed with the name and full address
OF the sender. Otherwise. would not
know how to enroll yon properly. nor
could send you n prize In case you win
one
or course. there are some members OF
the club who observe every rule per.
Yectly, and they are thu ones who get
their badges. prizes and medals safely
and promptly. It never pays to be care.
less about such things, and you VIII md
that those who succeed are those VINO
rcmemhcr to take care Of the little things
as have told YOU often before.
Mildred Mitchell, one OF our contrib
utors, from Green Bay. Va. REQUESTS
that let her know through the paper
lust how long she has keen a men'per.
cannot tell exactly when she joined.
but from my toll-book find that sne
has belonged since the latter part OF
last septcmber She has been con-
slant contributor since that time. anu
d 7 hone she will be for some time TO come.
would like to write some more. pul'
nave already taken more space tna,l w.
$ionrs to me, 80 will save tho other t'''nsS
.,,,noxt week. Yours AS always .8
~ nv TIE EDITOR.
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FoR& THE WEEK.
CONTRIBUTORS FOR 1lF''

Fun - -i7''Is
jenkins, Anne.
Klcbcrt. Annie,
Kelleher, Mary.
Kennedy, Mary,
Kaufman. Henrietta
Kidd. Mary L.,
Luton, Irene.
Luton, Alma,
I1ocher. Lawrence.
Lanca ster. Graham
Lawson, Marye,
Loss. Selma,
INvistcr. Little,
Minor, Virginia s.,
MorrIss, Zela T.,
Morton. Virginia l..
Mitchell, Kate,
Mitchell, Mildred,
Miles. Eme NJ,
Nelson. Bessie,
omohundro, Julia.
Plnnlll. Thenia,
Porte wig. Hazel.
Pannlll, Kate,
Pnnnill, George,
pannill, Stuart,
Panli!ll, Mary. y
Purdy, Frances.
assamaneck. Dora,
Fuller. VIM. T., Jr..
Qunsles. Rufus,
Richardson. Edith.
Robinson, f. NJ.
Reid. Ida,
Reid. Elizabeth.
Robertson. s. t., al
Ramos, Jose b.,
Rean,ey, Sallie W..
Smith. Ethel,
Simpson. VIM. A.,
Starke, Helen,
Stevens, John O..
Station, Lewis,
Smith, B. NJ. Q
SPOTS. Mamie NJ,
Smith, F, D..
lTatum, William p,
Trexlcr, Minnie,
Turnhull, Evelyn.
Terrell, Lotto,
Van Normen, Eta,
Winston. Kathleen,
Walker, Agatha L.,
Walker, Florence,