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~GINGHAM" ANNA

me for particulars concering Bingham
Anna. and l gave all the information 1
could. She was a daughter OF very
poor parents. her mother being an in
valid. Anna was obliged to perform
most of the homework in her home of
evenings after school. Also. she assisted
her father in his small business by writ
Ing his business letters for him. as he
poor, unfortunate man-waS wholly I'M
educated. 1t was said of her that she
ran both home and business by the time
she was fifteen Well, as my GRANDPA
ther pointed out: Suppose the girl should
devote an hour each morning to her
dress and hair. as he no doubt knew 1
did. Would not her household duties suf-
fer-ard her poor mother be taxed with
additional worries? And suppose Anna
should rebel against wearing cotton
frocks and cheap shoes and hats. How
could her poor parents provide better for
her? And on account of her poverty
should she remain away from school and
grow up ignorant like her father. and
be unfit to face the world? Then my
grandfather-blessed, noble, charitable
man.-asked me to take him to call
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ture. OF her noble sacrifice to her par$
ents. who adored her In return.
We'll. the high school term ended and
Bingham Anna carried Off the honors OF
the class. Her graduating dress was NOT
of gingham, though. for my mother.
whose interest in the girl was reused by
good old grandfather, presented her with
a sweet simple frock of white. just like
my own commencement dress. And we
sat side by side at the graduating eNer-
cises, and | must own that / felt bic
honored TO he the best friend OF this
valedictorian. who. with plain hair and
earnest eyes. acquitted herself most ad-
mirably''
Mrs. Graham paused as her anind re-
verted to those old days when she, like
Marjory. had been a bit vain, but whu
had learned her lesson and had repent
ed of her fooishness. She was brought
back to the hour by Harry asking, in
subdued tones, Whatever became Of
Bingham Anna. mammal"
Mrs. Graham smiled pleasantly. for tho
question called up happy recollections.
Well. Anna-who was no longer called
Bingham Anna after became her clos
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A Hoop Tent.
CAnORs and tailors sew. then why

9 AhORS and tailors sew, then why
- shouldn't boys If they want to make
tents for their play hours? Around a
large. strong hoop, such as the girls roll
along the streets, sew old quilts. or pieces
of canvas, tapping the sides or gather
ing the parts sewed to the hoop. In
this way the bottom part Of the material,
which is sewed on, will be much wider
around than the hoop at the top Of the
quilts or canvas. Cut two strong strips
of wood so that they are about three
inches longer than the width of the hoop
Nail these two pieces of wood together
so that they cross each other at the mid
die points. Drive heavy piece of wood
such as an old joist or post into the
ground at the place where you wish your
tent. At the top of this post nail the
crossed wooden strips.
On this little framework, which may
be left standing all the time. you may in
few minutes build a tent by placing
the hoop with the quilts sewed to 1t over
the two crossed strips Of wood s.. they
will support the hoop. Fasten the bot
tom Of the tent to pegs, which may be
left in the ground from time to time.
The top Of the tent may be left open, or
it may be covered with paper to let in
the light. If you wish you may cover
this open space by tying the handle of an
open umbrella to the long central post
of the tent. This tent may be put up
or taken down and carried away with
very little trouble.
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How Desert People Travel.

"HE Arabs and Turks have a queer
kind OF ship. which crosses their
seas of sand 1t hasn't sails nor
engines, but four long, strong legs You
have guessed that 1t is the camel, for you
know that no other beast is called ship
Of the desert" Each foot of the large,
hairy-necked camel has two toes, Joined
by cushion of flesh. which keeps the
beast from sinking into the sands The
riding camels of the desert people are
rapid travellers. but the patient animals
that Garry the burdens do not travel
more than three miles an hour
When the loads of dates figs rich silks
and fragrant spices are packed on the
came]s and all Is in readiness for the
caravan to start. the camers master
commands his beast to kneel upon the
ground. Then the merchant mounts upon
the hump. After this the camel springs
upon his feet and the start of a long
journey is made. Sometimes there are as
many as 200 camels. all loaded with goods
to sell at a distant city. The servants
and camel drivers are usually dressed in
white robes, belted in at the waist On
their heads they wear turbans with cur
tainike cloths, which they let down in
front of their faces to give protection
from the cutting sand, which is blown up
ny the nedVy WINGS. instead or wearing
heavy shoes the desert people wear light
sandals. Rich merchants do not dress in
clothing like their servants: for they have
costly robes, which look very gorgeous in
the bright sunlight.
The large leather bottles which the
desert people carry are for the water
which is needed on the trip. Although
the hot sun keeps it lukewar1n, yet the
thirsty people are glad to drink it when
on their long marches. The camelS drink
great quantities of water Just before
starting on their journeys. Then they are
able to travel several days without any
more water When a sandstone is ap-
preaching all in the caravan know it,
even the camels, that stretch themselves
upon the sand. while the men pitch their
tents for shelter
or all times in the travels of a caravan
the visits to the GASES are the most
pleasant. These fertile villages, amid
sea of sand, must be like friendly islands
to storm-tossed sailors. The gurgling
water. bubbling up from the ground, re-
freshes all the travellers. The TALL straight
palms with their feathery branches,
throw kindly shade over the tired COM
pany. that feast upon the dates from the
trees. When all have enjoyed several
days pleasure at one of these desert
towns they prepare to journey on. so fill
their leather bottles, water their camels
and pack their tents. After few days
another oasis will be visited and another
rest will be taken.
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Locusts and Tyres.

7ZZZz- zZZZZ-ZZZZZ! Have you ever
= heard the locusts hum that tune
- on a bright summer morning! You
have probably said at the time. Its go
ing to be a hot day. for / hear the locusts
singing" In southern Europe these In
sects travel in such swarms that they
form great masses which look like dark
clouds. Although their bodies are very
heavy they never fall during their flights,
for each of the creatures has two strong
pairs of limbs In foreign lands the To-
Gusts often devour the leaves of the trees
for miles around and then eat the grass
right down to the roots before they Jour-
ney together in search Of more food. In
our country the birds eat thousands of
these little robbers every year, so they
do not live to become destructive. In the
fall of the year Mrs. Locust digs hole In
the ground, where she lays a bundle of
tiny eggs. There they stay until spring,
when the insects which hatch out work
their way to the light. One family of To-
Gusts is very queer. for the insects do not
become flying creatures until they have
lain in the ground seventeen years.
Mr.. Locust has very happy life, for he
seelas to sing all the time. He never be-
comes hoarse. for his voice does not come
from his throat. Oh no, he sings by rub
bling his strong wings together or by
rubbing his wings against his legs. The
Greeks tell a pretty story about a locust
that played on. a Tyre, which was an in
strument very much like the harp.
Years ago the boys of the sunny land
were all anxious to play sweet music
better than their friends. Once two lads
agreed to play in contest to see which
was the better musician. After the first
youth had finished the judge said: THAT
bow has done so we'll that surely he will
win the prize Then the other Greek
took his Tyre. His music was beautiful.
Suddenly a string broke. Such bad luck.
vet the boy kept on. In an instant a large
locust alighted upon a part of the broken
string In order to continue the song the
boy touched the broken string, expecting
it to he silent and thus spoil the music.
To his surprise he heard the note. for
Mr.. Locust buzzed just at the right time
and in the right tone to take the place
of the sound of the broken string. Every
time the note was wanted the creature
sang his song. When the boy had finished
he was given the prize for he had won in
the contest. In his joy he did not for
get to be thankful to his winged helper.
Years later he made a statue Of himself
playing the Tyre, on which his little friend
was perched, singing to help with the
music that had charmed the Judges.
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PADDY AND
THE HOTEL LIFT

A Irishman went up in a hotel lift
Z and. not knowing what it was be.
came terribly frightened After re-
covering from the shock he related his
experience to his family in the follow.
ing manner:
II wint into the hotel and asks of the
man wearin' the sojer cap: is Mr..
Smith in?' says 1.
"'1is. SIR says the man. will yez
please step in?'
so 1 steps into a little closet and the
sojer man gives a rope a pull, and sud-
dent down goes the walls of the build
ing about us. 'Murther" cries l. We're
going through something. What'll be-
come Of me Bridget and childer?'
they'll be all right when we come
down again Down agin:' cries 1.
Thin this amt closet at all. at all,
but a bloomin balloon. Let me out of
it, and may the saints listen to your
prayers, says I.
But Of a sudden the walls stood
stock still and the sOjer man slid open
an iron gate and 1t led right into the
upstairs of the hotel. And he pinted
at door and. says he. You'll find Mr..
him to me comfort. be it said. And
when I tells him Of me comm up in
that bloomin' balloon he laughs, he
does and. says he. Why, Pat, you rode
in the hotel lift
'Begorra. and I thought il was some
sort of dhrop says I. But by the
blissed saints. l niver want to
ride in one agin. I'll nither walk or fall
downstairs says ]. And Mr.. Smith laughs
at me for a bloomin' idiot But not
penny did / care. And whin I got ready
to leave finds stairway, and [ gets
down safe and sound which co,,ldp't l,o
said of goin' down by that blasted lift.
Saints preserve me from lifts says l.
as [ passes by the sojer man, standin'
In the closet door waitin' for victims"
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"Ct1UMS"

he stood right by me, rubbing the water
from my hands and face with his warm
soft tongue, just as you, mamma dear
would have stroked me with your hands
He showed such depth of feeling; he's
not common dog
After the automobile had disappeared
from view the caretaker loosened Roxie
from the strap, saying: You'll be lonely
old friend, for a while Archie was a
pretty good pal of yours. wasn't he?"
Then away he went to the stable to look
after some farm chores, leaving ROxie
to his own thoughts. And what those
thoughts were no one had any way of
knowing, but they must have been of
his departing master, for he stood at
the entrance to the lane, looking longing
ly down the road over which the great
automobile had disappeared.
After remaining there for fifteen min
utes or more Roxie turned about and
went to his kennel But the plate of
food just placed there by the caretaker's
good wife was left untouched. He lay
down his head between his paws. and
would not even notice the chickens as
they ran about him. though it had al
ways been his duty to keep the fowls
from the house yard. But on this day
they scratched about In the bluegrass at
their hearts desire. and old Roxie paid
not the slightest heed to them.
An hour after the departure of the
Westons for town Roxie suddenly lifted
his head, looked quickly about him, and,
seeing that he was unobserved, got up
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eat. which was welcome to Roxie. as he
had not eaten since the early morning.
After his meal he felt refreshed and re-
sumed his journey, going off down the
road at a brisk trot He continued to
travel till late that night, when he came
to the edge of the town, a great, busting
place filed with busy people. He was
somewhat astonished at the noises, and
the number of people, for he had spent
his life in the country But he was not
faint of heart and kept on down a street
into which the country road had led him.
But that night poor, disappointed Roxie
slept in an old clubhouse behind large
building. In the morning he started out
afresh in quest of his young master. All
day he searched about the streets, and
was very lucky not to be taken up by
the dog catchers Many persons stopped
to look at him and to remark: What a
beautiful dog" or What a splendid fell
low!
Another night found Roxie still home
less and hungry. He became almost dis
couraged, but determined to keep up
spirits little longer. If he had been
able to read the town papers he would
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Roxie. for his father had said that town
was no place for q dog. And so the
family, seated In their automobile, turned
down the lane leading toward town.
Roxie in charge of the farms caretaker,
bArked after them mournfully. The care
tsker held him by strap which was
fastened to a strong collar about his
neck; otherwise the old doggte would
have followed his departing chum away.
But as sad q heart was in the autoIno-
bile as was on the farm, for Archie really
shed tears when a turn in the lane hid
the farmhouse from view and he could
no longer look back and wave lovingly
to his old friend.
Mrs. Weston sympathized fully with her
son and said: 81 know it is hard to
mart from a friend, though that friend
be a dog He is a noble animal and will
miss you as much as you miss him. But
he'll have much to entertain himself
Nth during the winter, and when va
cation again rolls round you'll find him
the same dear old chum."
YES" said Mr.. Weston, "a dog has
very deep affection. One might say of a
dear old dog that he is truly a disinter-
ested friend. for he loves you In spite Of
your station in life. / have seen a dog
devoted TO a poor. dirty old tramp. All
: dog asks is companioship. He doesn't
Investigate your purse or your social
position"
kind" declared Archie. He seems to be
possessed of real human intelligence and
emotions. The day he came to me in the
pond-when I thought l was drowning
he looked such sympathy from his dear
odd eyes; and once We were on the bank
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The Water Lady's Invitation
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that the little fellow was nowhere around.
Such a pleasant smile as the water lady
saw as she stepped right from one of the
large waves up to Tommy's side
Are you the boy who has just wished
to stay by the old ocean all the year?'
she murmured in a low shell-like tone.
IF you you must love the kind
old water country. and perhaps you would
like to go down to visit the king
In Tommy's surprise he quite forgot to
thank the maiden, who stood clothed in
shimmering white. but he managed to let
her know that the trip would be to his
liking. Out into the water the two step
ped. Such shiver as the boy gave, for
the ocean was quite cold. Now you must
swim, little man, but keep close to me,
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THE OCEANS BED.

In 1883. depth of p ,36S feet. This great
est depth and large areas of deep water
exist in the western part of the ocean
In the Pacific ocean a shallow area ex-
tends, with little interruption, from the
Malay archipelago southeastward to the
IsthmuS of Panama, soUthwestward to
Patagonia, and southwark to the antarc-
Ito. The deepest parts of this ocean are
also In the western half. One deep area
Is east of Japan; another, south of the
IIadrOnes: others near the Friendly Is
lands. NOrthward in the northern hemis-
phere the ocean shadows rapidly. The
depth in Boring strait is not over Loo
feet, and between Great Britain and Ice
land it does not exceed 5000 feet. and is
mostly under 5000 feet. The oceans bot
tom has no steep ridges like those of Or
binary mountain scenery. But broad ele-
vations exist in some parts, as found in
the soundingS of the Tuscarora between
the Hawaiian Islands and Japan. Besides
these, there are many mountain ranges
rising somewhat abruptly from the
depths, having the islands Of the oceans
as their submits, which rival in length
those of the continents.
4 4
"Along the oceanic borders the sea is
often, for long distance out, quite shall
low, because the continents continue I'M
der water. with nearly level surfaces
then comes, usually at a depth of about
100 fathoms, or 600 feet. rather sudden
slope to the deep sea bed. This Is the
case off the eastern coast of the United
States, east and south of Now England.
on New Jersey the deep water begins
along a line about 30 miles from shore:
off Virginia this line is 30 to 80 miles at
sea and thus it gradually approaches the
coast to the southwark: while to the
northward 1t continues 50 to 100 miles
off from the New England coast, and
passes far outside of Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland.
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hale" where Archie often went to have
Q cooling dip And with him always went
old Rnxie. his fine big dog. And once,
when Archie ventured into water too
deep for him and became so frightened
that he called for help. old Roxie swan
to his assistance and. taking him by
<he collar. drew him to the bank. From
nat day Archie and Roxie became real
ohums- And Archie looked after Roxie's
welfare as though he were a brother in
stead Of q mere dog. Had not dear old
Rookie saved his life? And could hu-
man do more than that?
On the day that the Westons returned
- town, Archie took a sad farewell of
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his life, wagged Eyes, my dear master.
shall stay near you and watch over
you always. Your home is the place for
your old chum, Roxie''
And from that day Roxie accompanied
Archie to school every morning, return
ing home from there and patiently wait
ing till 4 o'clock, when he would bound
off to meet his master as he came from
school. And they were even better chums
than when in the country, for in the
great, busy town they seemed to need
each other more.
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upon Bingham Anna, which I did. but
rather reluctantly I confess, for 1 had
not grown big enough at heart to not
fear the result of being seen at the poor
refuse to do anything my grandfather
suggested, for I knew he was always in
the right in such matters. So one even
Ing after school we-grandfather and l.
went to call upon Bingham Anna.
We were welcomed graciously by both
Anna and her half-invalid mother, and
found their poor, confined quarters most
invitingly clean and in order. It deveI-
oped that Anna was preparing herself for
a teacher. and that her mother. to pro-
vide her with extra books, did fine
neediework. Grandfather enjoyed the
call immensely, and on going asked to
be allowed to carry some books and
magazines to Anna. / shall never for
get the look of gratitude on Annals face
when grandfather showed such an inter-
est in her. Tears really cleaned in her
thanked grandfather in well-chosen
words. but her real feeling trembled in
her voice. And her mother, a sweet
faced. patient woman. was so grateful
u.s. she explained. And I know Anna
gets lonely for young company. 1t is so
kind Of your pretty granddaughter to
come to see her
We'll, you may imagine how guilty
felt at the good woman's words. I knew
1t was not ] who should be thanked for
my call. But during the hour / re-
manned in the Graggs' little living room.
listening to Annals and my grandfather's
animated conversation on certain stud
les, l learned many things. One of them
was this: That person should not be
Judged by his clothes or personal charms.
The plainest person may hold the biggest
intellect and noblest heart. Well, L
grew to be fond of Anna Gragg, for I
learned the depth Of the girls fine ma
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When the door opened in response to the
officers ring whom should the happy dog
see but Archie. And the greeting be-
tween boy and dog was really touching.
All, and so you followed me to town.
you dear old chunf." cried Archie WELL
we'll not send you back to the farm. my
good friend Papa has promised that we
may build a kennel in the rear of the
house, and that you may spend the win
ter with us. Ah, you will become reg
ular city dog, won't you, Roxie?''
And ROxie, happier than ever before in
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Answers to Last Weeks Puzzles.

Additions. Father fiat her>. . Tenpips ten
pi"S' >. Curta tcur tail. 4. Bookworm ibook
worm.
Ziyzag puzzle - Mansion. Cross words: ~,
Mask. -, Hare. %, Land. % Lass 80,
Hail. 60 Hole. "a Nice.
Missing words puzzle-MIssing words a, Man.
t2) His. g, Son. "a They. (jl Man. te)
Boy. "a Boy. ts) His. (9) Father. C0l Man.
0D Boy. u2l Man.
Rebus-Reading. writing and arithmetic boys
and girls must study in school TO be smart men
and women.
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tempts have been made to take the GEN.
sus. but none of these has been accepted
varied greatly. The difficulties ir taking
q census of. China are great, bat the gov
eminent has again taken the matter In
hand and will probably reach some con-
clOsion soon
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0HE great bodies Of water called
seas and oceans hold many
mysteries for US. And anything
pertaining to them interests the
young student of geology. The
following is quoted from very able
scientific work on the subject OF the
depth of the sea. and Is Well worth reao-
ing and remembering:
1.-The mean depth of the oceanic de-
nress,on IL about 1900 feet, and the
mean height of the land according TO
Murry) 1852 feet. The greatest depth
reached by soundings (south OF the
Friendly Islands) is 3o,93o feet the great
est height on the land ont. Everest OF the
Himalayas) is 5000 feet. If the continent
tai nlateaus and the floor Of the ocean
were graded to common level, the ocean
would still have depth of about 1OOOO
feet. The mean height Of Europe Is SS9
feet: Asia, $3.50 feet: Africa, 2,O21 feet;
Australia, sos feet: North America, 1,ssS
feet: South America, 2,O7s feet. The mean
depths of the main oceans are: or the
north Atlantic, 5000 feet: north Pacific,
1R OOO feet: south Atlantic and south fa-
cific. and probably the Indian ocean,
about 1900 feet.
4
..The form Of the oceans bed has been
fairly accurately determined. From north
to south. along the middle OF the Atlantic,
there is a wide zigzagf ridge or plateau,
conforming nearly in trend to the Ameri-
can coast It lies at depth Of 5000 to
1900 feet, while on either side the bot
tom slopes away to depths mostly be-
tween 1900 and 10000 feet. North Of
the Island Of Porto Rico. the United
states coast survey steamer Blake found,