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at the aver pc ri which they red heen
coming over nights for the PREV o"s two'oE,
three weeks, Mr.. Elinx ig'rcd tNfti it would
take him ahout a yefr to coDfct thft nrm-
Der in this wav ard in thTt time the bricks
thrown might do considerrt )e drUrre int.
bis VT I'd and rarten ard so he Thought he'd
put IN a little Trctection for them. AZ IT,
WIS there wrs lust p rect HT,d Foil feroe'
running long the rear Of Mr.. fliry,s rrnp-.
ertv, between thet and the. hrick rneh's
vrrd end Garden plot a six foot hoard fierce,
getting it hrck abort ak feet. 50 that
when the bricks struck it they would fall on.
his own lard,
rarGen over this still the new fence served
it's purrcse very web. But this was soont
lest 81 uht of comrletelv in two other most.
remarka' lie results which the new fence.
brought about. results which Mr., Blink
had never even dreamed OF. -
"All cats everywhere, lie to walk on the
tops of fences and al rats seem to welcomec
meeting othcr rats there as an amrlv, sufS
fciant renovation for ella wing and, sritting.
f-h'irg and bowling; and no sooner hal
hr Biz got his fence up than AL the cate
in Storkville Centre, ar arently. lame
nights to walk OF II; AID what hal seemed
the frightrul hoTli1g Of Bin g c te seemed
row To the sounds rroduced nv MS new,
great | and Of Cats as | ut the feel lie turing
III Of a few scattering meRhers OF an or
ffl' : Ia ~ wv ; ulV UNS 'ONS~f N-tA
the whole outfit g"ts goirg :
"The J rick men were stirred accort nRly;,
aid night after right when they caine home.
from work they rolqht yaisos a1d-car' ct
a~s full OF tri rEs; AID when the cats 3
started IN thov did. With the first spueak
OF a cat you'd hear a ! rick land a-ainst
the board fence. ard when the, cats got
goi-g-why, humphl I've heard what.
SINE rers0ns Thought was qVite some.
ra ket il ! ack wards here in the Ci'y, when
cats were (a'arv aulirC and peoFle were
firing revolvers out Of the window to scare
EN- off and throwi lg various .odCs and
ends at EN- that Clattcrrd morn or less,
but all that would be- chi'd's Ilay to what
you could hear out in this qrl9t country.
p'aoo when the | ncIs were numbering
on B'inx's heard fence and forty cas- on top
Of it were vailiag and aoreechinG and
scr aiming above the VI rear. "
IAN this vas music 10 Bhnv. why he
told me that on a nurnler OF mcrrtngs-
he used to get up carly to carry away the
a nun err Of mcrr iNgs he carried away
five whcclrf rrow lCaIs OF | ricks, and one
mcrrirg he got seven. And in less than O
month he lad Iricks enough for what he
wanted and to 81 are. {
Then he tore down the fence and drove
away all the cats, his own included, and
rave the neighborhood peace, and gave
the mi son orders to go ahGa al with the
o,l!ar foundation; and he had ricks enough
Tor the walls and pretty near enough left
for his %chimneys,
sBlinx is dead now, but the old house
still stands, the first aud the only house.
with top cellar walls Of Lriek ever Lult
in Storkville Centre
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HOWLING DOGS.
Efforts OF Legal Minds TO Devise q Remedy
for Disturbers OF the Peace.

TOT DiSturDers OF tne peace.
The devising Of adequate remedies
against disturbances of the public peace
by bowling dogs and meowing cats has
never been regarded as an easy proposition
The framing of a legal provision to do away
with the cause of such disturbances taxed
for a time the minds of those who drew up
tine present Sanitary Cod The last clause
OF this code, section $50, is as follows:
No person owning. occupying or havin g
charge OF any builling or premises shall
keep or allow thereon or therein any animal
or bird, which shall by noise disturb the quiet
or repose OF any person therein or in the
vicinity. to the detriment of the life or health
Of any human being.
The disturbance Of the peace caused
by an animal or bird a dog, a cat, a
parrot OF a crow, may justify legal inter-
vention if detrimental to tine life or health
of any human belng"-which it seldom Is.
Sleep may be prev ented by the disturbance
caused by a dog without its being directly
detrimental either to life or health, and it
is this clause OF the Sanitary Code which
gave the most trouble to those who de-
Vlsed It,.
1t was at one time proposed that this
provision of the Sanitary Code should
include the protection of citizens on life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness" but
wnlle that had a patriotic ring, It Tell short
Of tulnlilng the requirements OF courts
that a pro, ision Of law lnvoly ing a penalty
snould be at least reasonable. The Sanl-
tary Code fails, therefore, to cover what
is perhaps the m)sc frequent cause OF
complaint over the disturbance of the
peace by animal or lLrd-a noise which
interrupts repoSe, without being at the
same time detrimental eltner TO life or to
health,
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way about tho circle and when she had lns
lshed her breathless path the children all
applauded Taking the edge Of her pink
apron In both hands she. made her way q
second time about the ring, bowling low to
right and left as a princess might in royal
progress. 1t was a charming scsne and Its
attraction wal dependent on the swiftnass
of the weaving and the grace OF the salute.
London Bridge, the game OF the Anglo
Saxon, has its counterpart in "Sur 10 Pont
d'kvignon" Of the French children, Nine.
Crenier's pupils formed in a circle while they
sang a song beginning as follows, with the
refrain after each line, @Sur lie POM d'Ario-
non" "73
This Is the way the gentlemen 20.
This Is the way the ladies' walk,
This Ia the way the soldiers salute.
This ls the way the seametresses sew.
While the words were sung each Idea
wa acted out In pantomine. "'af
Another funny little game was Selling
the Chickens" The oaild who stood In the
centre of the circle announcelin a sing-song
voice that he had Chickens to sell, both
black and white, four for a osntime. Over
and over the lines were repeated, and as
each little chickens name was caIlet he
or she turned about and hoped, tile scheme
Of the play apparently being 10 have as
many Of the chickens in motion at a time
as possible and TO re luire them to Keep
from colliding with one another. .'1'
Still another was planting the C~abbages.'
and the motions Of sowing and gathering
were gone through. Then a small boy
stood on a low chair and with appropriate
gestures recited the story of a boy who was3
told to pray every night for his daily bread.
The boy of the story recised the "Notre
Pere" and then added his own little request
to the effect that he was very tired of never
! having butter like other children, and he
asked the good Lord if some day when he;
got his daily bread might he not have just
a little butter.
This story had been told the day before'
by the teacher and, according to customI
one of the children retoll it In his own
words. rs. ff@
At IL o'clock precisely the Children formed
for the great event OF the day and IN
single file marched to the base nent, where
long tables were spread ready for them.
Each Child had brought a basket containing
sometimes a roll, an apple, a bottle OF milk
or OF vtn ordindire and water mixed. The
lucky ones had eggs. BUTTERFLIES bread
was the usual fare. 10. a. >
A big tureen was brought in and the odof
Of savory soup filed the room. No re-'
s~triotion was put on appetites. Even II the
children had no other meal throughout the
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Over on West Nineteenth street there is a
house with a sign reading "L'Ecole Mater
ralle.P This institution, OF which Miss
Fl .abeth Marbury is the president and
Nine. Charles Polheme the vice-president.
SIN lies a place in which the children Of
Working women may find care and educa-
tiol.
A few wears ago it was started under the
,~us9lces Of the Alliance FRANCHISE. Then
4 va, given up. Then it was revived by
me r,5ars of the alliance who regretted to
observe the fact that the language Of their
fath Rand was slowly being superseded
nv that Of the land Of their adoption, espec-
cislly among the poorer classes.
1t vas more than a year ago that the
'Ecule M~aternelle" came into existence
agaln. Asum of money had been promised
nv its friends ard with this promise and u
small starting fund a three story house
was taken and Nine. Crenier was put in
charge Of it. Now she devotes her day
from ! in the morning until ! at night to
the care and instruction Of the little boys
and girls Of whom she invariably speaks
as mes enfants."
The purpose of the school is not only to
keen alive We ltIlCU tongue buI dleo W
helpthe hard working mothers ofthe French
colony. The daily Charge is 5 cents for
each child, Don't suppose that the charge
is regarded as "A mere fol mality.
Sometimes" SAYS Nine. Crenier, "the
mother are very Tarticular, very particular
indeed. You would not think tibet they
would lie, perhaps, for s cents a day, but
perhaps YOU have noticed that the less
the price the more e%xacting? Yes, IL
seems that it would be an migrate who
would expect ore for 5 cents than twelve
hours care Of the %entdnt, a hot, healthful
broth at noon, teaching and instruction
in two languages, and great care as well
that they must be little ladies and gentle-
men. but so it goes, nest ce pdt?"
the fathers, it is learned from Nine.
Crenier, are equally fastidious when it
comes to the question of allowing their
children to enjoy these privileges. Some
tines the father on his way to work stops
at the school to investigate matters. He
usually asks, rather fercely;
There are PRAYERS here?'
NO says Nine. Crenier, gently. "No
prayers. 1t is the rule Of the school tfat
We hurt nobody s feelings by teaching the
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have the children before bedtime. There
is one case hero which illustrates how much
these women appreciate what is done for
them.
Naturally, we have to limit the children
to those between the ages of 8 and 7, which
rule takes in those who cannot go to the
public schools. There is one who
pays us 81 a week so that her little boy can
come in here after he leaves the public
school every day and stay until she finishes
her work, He plays with the children,
gets the benefit of instruction in the French
language and is taught good manners
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indian Prodlgal's Rctura.
From the hdns.s Cip journal,

TTOWt N' huIS'o ' w uDHEHui'
Solomon Homer. the brilliant Choctaw
Indian, said at his home in ado that he
needed TO be a very Intelligent and indus
trious Indian who would 80 out into the
world nLd make a name.
~ any j. dams, he said, "Eo out into the
world ard some of them, Of course, sue;
Geo d. Thos. who fail return home: and
that Is a ad returnin". for every one snecr'
al the yotLg man y h,m Tho world has con-
QuerCd and driven back.
at Is not much of Il welcome that the re-
turr"d Indian gets, even IN his fathers house.
There was PlaCH Earl. a thoctaw: He
went 10 thicaEo. fail d ard cam" back home.
Brl he was afraid 10 go 10 his fathers house
till an old man said;
"'re you going to your fathers, Black
Eagle
"'Co there, said the "a man, for. You
will be very welcome. Th"rc is no doubt
"fisartcncd a littl'. TlrcE, EAGLE did 20
70 his fa,hor $, and the neE, day he met The
OLD van a~air.
d" ~ III" prod. II re rIu a., hn eatd, And
did your lnih flll ~" faitcd Cal'|,
NO 1lack Ia alswcl,d, h. didn't
kill n" '".tfd calf. bat he nearly killed the
prodiCal."
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stopped at a ford where he was, with some
sheep and game chickens. arranging that
the captain should bring the whole con-
signment to me.
When my friend returns I will know
more about the breeding and uses of the
dogs and will ask the American Kennel
Club to extend recognition to the breed"
Mrs. Fldherty and her little daughter had
charge Of the two N~orwegians at the show.
and the ohild's f~avorite resting place was
in the straw beside the dogs. The type
Of the dogs is 80 different from the usual
species Of the northern countries that
convincing proof will lave to be furnished
with the application to induce the A. X. c.
TO accord the breed a recognition.
There are eighty three different recog-
nized varieties, of which eleven are grouped
as foreign dogs. Four in this lot-the Lab
rador hound, Esquimaux husky. Esqui-
maux mailimuth and Boxers hail from
the Arctic circle. They are Of the one
sharp nosed, wolfsh bodied species, Of
medium weight, and utterly different from
the dense coated and huge dogs sent from
Norway to Mr.. Flaherty.
There is not much to be found in the
books regarding these Norwe g'ans. Tie
latest special work on dogs, that Of Count
Henry de Byland, contains the pict ures
and points of about 1000 breeds. the de-
~scriptive matter beir g printed in three Ian
glages, Er g.ish, German and French, but
he does not mention the Norwegian sled
dog, He shows a Norwegian hound and a
sheep dog, the latter of the dwarf collie
order. but nothing else. Travellers and
| sports en in Norway only lrentiontwo sorts
of DO gs. one used in huntir & the reindeer
and another in corra!lirg tame reindeer.
The Laps, who keep tame reindeer, find
the dcg as useful on their journeys to and
fro witt the herds as the shepherds do the
collie. The dogs get little food except the
mea gre scra Dir g Of rots and PANS and
| have a gaunt and ra gged appearance in the
different illust rations.
All visitors say these guardian dogs are
| as saglci us as Erg'tsh sheepdcgs and
that they can distil & Iish their special
, charges amor g the reindeer. They do not
resemble FlaEerty's brace, vet the latter
may he a variation of his tyre.
Shedding with dol leans has not been
generally considered as an established
no le Of transportation in Norway or
! Sweden. John Dean Cation, a former
Judge OF TIE Illinois Surre'~e Court, wEo
published an account in it7i of "A Summer
in Norway" males a stror Z roint against
Flaherty's dogs. Jutg, Cation mentions tie
reindeer deg and adds:
Il could learn Of nc case where dc = arc
worried in harness, as is the case with our
Esquimaux."
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the words of the song, and then, by George,
l can half close my eyes and just lima CINE
that we're on one of the Thousand Islands,
sure enough. You've no idea how one OF
tfese little play trips up Ground that beau-
tiful region-at least, the booklets say it's
beautiful-cools of the atmosphere of our.
somewhCt warm little sitting room. "
Next evening it's my turn to suggest a
trip.
LOOK a-here, my 4ear, 1say to my wife,
I'm becoming tired of the unconventional
trirs that we've been making every sum-
mer. I'm tired Of Atlantic City and Bar
Harbor and Newport and Nara gansett
and the st. Lawrence and Lake Champaign
and all tie rest Of those places where we've
had to Gerry around our forty and odd
trunks. Tell you what sugget we do.
Let's go Up to a mild part Of TIE Adiron-
Cacks and teke a nice, big, comfortable
lodge there for tho summer and nave a
good. downright rest .
well. my wife puts a finger to her lip ana
! pretends that she is a bit disco ncerted by
the suggestion. $3.50.
"'Oh. If YOU wish it very much she re-
Plies, a bit reluctantly, Just to impart real
ism to the situation. But, really, II ] had
known that you would want TO bury me or
the who'll summer IN such a VIA, cul-oi ,Hls-
way place, why, I certainly wouldn't have
begun to've hid summer dresses mace
away last February-'deed ] wouldn't
"'Oh, don't let a little thing like that
| bother YOU. my dear | say to nor '.Iou
can get more next year, The A~dlrondack
trip'l do us both a world of good. Like to
| start right awav-T lnow a fellow that | can
. rent the right lodge from Immediately
Now, do you know, the idea OF ths lodge
inthe AdirondacIs seems to grow upon M,
says my wife. and then skip out to the
room where the summer resort literature Is
kept and grab out of the compartment set
apart for that purpose the big bundles OF
booklets abCdt the beauties OF the Adlron-
dacks region. Then we sit down cross
legged on the mating and Just go 90 the
Ad%ironddcks, see? We loon at all those
pictures Of the splendid enormous log
lodges, with their fine nteriorS--shins and
antlers and things all around, and fine rugs
on the floors, and all that-aud then my
wife rretends to shuddor slightly.
My! she eXcidimS, drawing he, house
jacket closer around her-althougn in. real
lty it's hotter'n Topll.t in oar little sitting
room-'Aly, hut it's getting chilly IN here!
I'm afraid sc picked uu; Il lodge IN too hlgh
an altitude. Perhaps You had better throw
another log or two on the CRATE in the hall
Great scheme, old man Some o these
days, if things ever happen to CONS my
way, | hope to give tho little wife the sure
enough, honest lniun trips to all OF those
places. But, until that time comes, / guess
we don't have fun just playing going away;
that ALL
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"PLAYING GOING AWAY"
There's OTIS OF Fun Travelling by the
ToO!Ilet Route, Says a Flat DwCIler.

y notice they're beginning TO advertise
thc summer resort Observation-Disclosures, and
suca like-alrea w." observed tho book
kee0er. I'm have to he writing for my
usual bunch If it-always replenish the
stock OF :. every season, SOS wife and l can
keep ur to date in our little warm weather
gate tL'' Se call Playing Going Away
You ley. | only get two weeks vacation
q year, generally the last two weeks in
SEP ember. and then wife and / go up to
her folks ic IN in Dut chess county and climb
hln' and drink milk nd eat and sleepa good
Goa - the time. THIS isn't saying, though,
that we wouldn't like to take in all of the
~ l'ner resorts; but it's not in the cards
and so we just play taking EN- all in as soon
as warm weather sets in. That's why |
always send for such a stack Of summer
resort literature.
First real warm evening, Mister Man,
gays my wife 10 me, after all the dinner
d4shts have been cleared away and I've
got my pipe a-going, '~supposing we take a
little rm up to the Thousand Islands? ]
think both OF us need a change
Very we'll, I reply to her. When would
you like to start?'
Right away, says wife, seriously.
20. H. says L, I'm agreeable. Any
thing for your pleasure suits me, All
aboard and then / slip out to the back
room Of the fat where she's got our STACK
OF summer resort literature oil neatly filed
away and | pull out the three or four pound
OF booklets and maps and things from the
drawer that she's labelled: 'Tnouslnd
lslands.'
y take the stuff and dump it on the floor
eno then we both sit down on the floor and
begin to look over the pictures in the book,
lets and play that we're really seated or
the grassy sward of one of those fairy islets
with the cool woody evening breeze in our
faces and the low whispering of the cleai
emerald waters in our ears. We know
mat the evening breeze up around the
thousand Islands is cool and woody and
that the clear emerald waters have the habit
81 whispering, because the reading matter
In the booklets tells us SO.
Often as not this same text written
around the beautiful photographers CON
'ains some Canadian voyageurs' evening
or boating song, ind when we run across
one Of these, why, my wife gets to ~croonine
. whimsical air Of her own devising to al
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wide, low table. were filed with little French
boys and girls, all busily engaged in OPEN
ing small boxes which had dainty French
pictures on the outside, indicative Of the
wonderful rewards of health, wealth and
wisdom hat will come to the diligent pupil.
Inside were small cubes containing the
letters Of the alphabet. The children
we're taught their letters in both English
and French simultaneously.
The silence caused by the arrival Of
strangers was broken casually by a small
girl in a lark blue linen gown reaching
from her blond chin to her brunette shoes,
who rose from her chair and, with hands
olasped behind, made small, high, kanga-
roo like leaps into the air, all around the
length Of the two rooms after which, with
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TWO NEW DOGS FROM NORWAY
A BRACE OF GIANTS FROM THE
LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT Sun.
They ART Called Sled Dogs and Have Good
Points, but There Is Doubt rs to
whether They Are Entitled TO . Place
in Americas Canine Hall OF Fame.

IN AmeTiCtS SdUluc lfAt VI TaHiC'
Two Norwegian sled dogs that were
benched for exhibition only at the Boston
dog show attracted much attention owing
to their size and beauty. They were the
first ever seen at an American show.
What makes their advent the more re-
markable is the fact that many dog fanciers,
amateur and professional, declare that
no such breed exists in Norway. That
the breed is an authentic one must be
proved before the Norwegian sled dogs
will be recognized by the American Kennel
Club. Until then the canine hall OF fame
Is shut against them.
Failing a registry, the N~orwegians may
be sent to the bench shows for exhibition
only. They Fay an entry fee, but can
receive no prize. If recognized as a dis
tinct breed, the Norwegians could COM
pete in the miscellaneous class until there
we're enough Of them to require a distinct
classification
The brace from the land Of the mid
night sun are much like st. Bernards in
looks, except that they are pure white in
coat. The heads suggest the Newfound-
land more than the st. Bernard and the
red flesh under the eyes, which fanciers
call the nav ana nOVlCeS tne IA" Deel-
steak. peculiar to the monks breed is
absent.
They weigh less than the ordinary st.
Bernard, which averages from $50 to 2o
pounds, yet when full grown the two Nor
wegians promise to reach the 200 pound
notch. The newcomers show comractness
and agility, despite their bulk, and they
undoubtedly have strength and staying
, power.
Their names are JEFF and Fitz. The
owner is Martin Flaherty Of Lowell, for
merly a successful l28 pound pugilist and
now boxing Instructor of Phillips Academy
Ardover, who has sought to honor two
noted heavyweight fighters.
THE dogsGre very kindandfaithful drive
well and will pull quite a load" sid Fla
herty at the Boston show. They were
ye lrlings when | got them, but seemed
% have been alre ldy broken to dr.ught
work, for l had no difficulty when I hitched
them up.
They are presents from a friend who
is hunting and tr 2~vclling eNtor sively in
Norwey. He put them on a ship that
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And what do you do as a punishment7'
was asked, for there was a certain mild
ness about the atmosphere which did not
suggest extreme measures.
ooh, we must punish them sometimes.
You know how 1t lie, perhaps. They cannot
always be good. Then, when that happens,
that evil ways, well-Mme. Crenier dis
armed criticism by her look, and one pre-
pared for an aooount Of bloodthirsty penal
ties-one stands them In ze corner. You
do not think that is zoe severe2'
AS II the scene had beer rehearsed, at
this very moment, a small figure In a
checked apron, attempted to pass the visi-
tors.
"Say, Excuse me- mon dnge,' said Nine.
Crenier.
The small Gallo heels were planted on q
crack in the floor. A rebellious spirit was
manifested in the thin lips, the dark eyes,
the whole rigid body. 1t was quite evil
| dent that the trump Of Gabriel itself might
sound and MY angel would still stick TO
her own opinion In regard to wasting good
breath on something that brings back no
visible returns.
A distant corner was turned into a Ma
CARA of FLASHING tears Immediately. Fur
tive glimpses showed the recreant one in
commissions of grief and shame. It was
too much for the tender hearted teacher,
! who brought back the sinner and soothed
her, while a small boy held her chair until
she seated herself therein. when he pushed
it gently to the table.
you can have no idea what the school
means to women who go out all day to
| work." Nine. Crenier said. THE mothers
| of the children who come here are some OF
them seamstresses, some Of them en-
broiderers, some Of them merely laboring
women who go out to do a days work.