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ing and was preparing to seat herself in
little saddle-like place the limb.
Go .on 10 the limb above that one 1t s
easy as falling off a log
Whether Frankie's comparison had any
thing TO do with it or not, the words
falling off a log had scarcely left his
lips when Edith toppled and fell head
long into the water beneath She screamed
as she descended so rapidly, and thought
her time had come TO die. How many
ing that short moment could hardly be
told. First of all. she thought of her dear
papa and mamma. Then she thought of
death. OH SO horrible to be suffered in
this way-by accident! Then she thought
of Nancy's having too readily given con-
sent to her going with frankie to play
by the creek. She should have made in
quiry and found out just where frankie
was going to take her. And then she hit
the water splash.
As she fioundered about in water the
depth of her own head. she strangled,
screamed and coughed in succession, bat
Ting all the time to reach the shore
only few feet away.
Frankie seeing the accident was fright
ened into silence, but not into inactivity,
for he went down his tree like a cat.
rushing to the waters edge and extending
his hands toward Edith. But not being
able TO reach the frantic little girl, he
waded out till the water reached his arm
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An take that as you go. TO remember this
place by. And through the air can't
flying an old shoe. which hit poor Black
and-Tan square on the head. Wildly
crying. the little dog fed, going under
the fence into the alley, the great black
cat i'm hot pursuit. Another stray cuI
got taste OF Blackie's claws" said the
masculine voice at the window. Il ten
you that cat is a fighter
Yes. she keeps the dogs away" a..
sented a feminine voice. How do
hate stray cats and dogs about"
And little Black and-Tan, not knowtns
which way to turn. crept into a nook be.
hind some bushes and lay there tin
morning. As the milkmen were going
and-Tan standing disconsolately in the
alley, looking forlorn. 'Ah, ha,
answers the very description" chuckled
the milkman, looking over an advertise.
Then he got down from his wagon. held
out cup of milk to the starving dos
and said: 'Huh-huh. dogsie. Come. you're
worth $40 TO me. for that's the reward
they offer for your return"
Black-and-Tan knew a friendly voice
when he heard 1t. and liking the looks OF
the fresh milk. he went up TO the milk
man and partoox of the food offered
MIN. IEst as he had finished the miih-
man took him up into the wagon beside
him. and. strange as IL may seem, Black.
and-Tan was happy to be there Some
how he felt that he was to see his hons
once more. ind he did see IL, too within
the next hour. for Hughes house was
just few blocks away from the spot
where Black-and-Tan was found. And
as Hughes mother gave the miIkman
the reward-sl0 as advertfsed-Hughie
took the doggy in his arms and hugeed
him lovingly. And had Black and TIA n
been able to tell of his adventures he
would have done so, most certainly, and
would have finished his narrative by say
ing: All that thing called alley-freedor.
where stray dogs and cats prowI and
fight. is not all il Is thought to be. Happy
am | to be back i'm a home where food.
drink and shelter are provided me. and
not foraged from sour old garbage bar
rels. | am not made for tramp. after
all. And l love quiet. respectable life.
No more adventures for me-
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following interesting descrip-
ton of most peculiar cere
mony which takes place in
Florence Easter eve Is quoted
from Rarinp-GouId's hook en-

titled lin Troubadour Land:
Il was at Florence Easter eve. A cere-
mony of very peculiar character takes
place there on that day at noon. In the
morning a monstrous black structure on
wheels, some twenty-five feet high, is
brought into the square before the ca
thedral by oxen, garlanded with flowers.
This erection, the caro-, is also decorated
with flowers, but is likewise covered with
fireworks A rope is then extended from
the caro- to a pole which is set up in the
choir of the duOmo, before the high
altar. For this purpose the great west
doors are thrown open, and the rope eX-
tends the whole length Of the nave. Upon
it, close to the pole, is perched white
dove os plaster.
and In the nave of the cathedral. Peas
ants from the countryside come in in
bands. and before the hour of noon every
vantage place is occupied and the square
and the streets commanding it are filled
with sea o. heads.
AT II 80 the archbishop. the canons
and the choir go down the nave In pro-
cession and make the circuit of the
duomo, then re-enter the cathedral take
their places in the choir and the mass for
Easter eve is begun. At the Gospel-at
the stroke of ia match is applied to
fusee and instantly the white dove flies
along the rope, pouring forth tail OF
fire. down the nave, out at the west
gates, over the heads Of the crowd,
reaches the caro-, ignites fusee there,
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OE was the raggedeSt little chap
of the village. Yet at times he
was the happiest. for did he not
have a roly-poly little blue-eyed
brother at home waiting for him
to return every evening? Though one
could hardly call it home, for there was
no loving mother nor kind rather 10
care for the little Ones only old granny
Handy" who had taken the two children
into her humble cottage to do what she
could for them. No, the good old lazy
was not rich, in fact, she hardly had
enough at times to buy simple food for
her charges. Joe was twelve, years old
now, so earned many dimes and nickels
doing odd jobs for the neighbors, run
ming errands or holding the skittish
young horses which fine ladies drove to
the country town. Though all the boys
money was cheerfully given to old Gran
ny Handy, all of the coins put together
were not enough to pay for what was
needed by the two children.
Joe had heard about the big city where
men did all kinds of work. He longed to
go there, for he thought that there must
be some way in which boy could earn
money in such place. 1t did seem fool-
ish. but finally, as matters could not nave
been much worse it was decided that the
lad should try his luck in Yorktown,
city forty miles away.
OF Joe started to seek his fortune so
that he might send money back to his
little home. Granny Handy packed a
rlne lunch for the little traveller ID eat
on his long walk of several days. NO
doubt Joe felt sad when goodbye time
came, but his face kept its bright smile.
for a little voice within him told of better
times and promised happiness TO those
for whom the little man worked 10
ward evening of the first day OF the
journey the boy sat down to rest upon
a fallen tree. I don't know what he was
thinking about when all OF sudden
man, seemingly bent with age ard carry
ing a heavy bag of wood. came up 10
him. The two talked some time. Joe tei!-
ing of his plans and the maj asking
eager questions about the boys home.
Then the Cd man started to trudge or
with his clumsy load, but the young traV-
eler quickly sprang up to bear his new
friends heavy load. 1t was two miles pc
fore tine man and the boy parted Al
though Joe was so tired that ne coulu
hardly put one foot before the other
he was glad to have helped the man VINO
looked old enough to have been tne
father of his father II he had been ior
tunate enough to have one. This was not
the only kindness the little man showed
during his journey. 1t seemed as IL ne
was always finding some creature worse
off than himself One day he rescued
struggling, squealing pig that mad wan
dered into the woods and had become
trapped amidst q pile Of fence poles. An
other day the boy found baby wood
pecker with broken wing. Such time
as its poor mother was having trying to
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pits. Then he. caught her hands and drag
ged her ashore.
Both children were more frightened than
hurt, and il took them some moments to
recover speech, although Edith still made
terrific vocal noises such as Sobs, short
shreks and groans. But pretty soon she
realized that the danger was over, and
that she was sitting on dry land again,
her body whole and unhurt save for the
sudden ducking
frankie was the first to speak. " GU
aren't very good tree-climber, are you.
Edith he asked in a casual way, just
as though nothing of any consequence
had happened to prove his conclusion.
And Edith, her face flushing from en-
barra ssment, replied, Not very, frankie.
But-maybe | might learn-if only-only-
had tree that didn't stick itself over
the water. | would not mind falling in
the grass, you know. But the water-lt
spoils my clothes That's all" She had
grown very calm now, sitting so safely
In the sweet-scented grass, bird over
head singing to her.
Well and frankie shook his head, II
am not so sure that you could learn.
Edith. OF course, if any CURL could climb
well, you would be that CURL But gurls
aren't intended to climb-same as boys.
But they're awfully good at falling off, -
he added. My big sister always falls
off high places. She fell off her horse
once. and again she fell off foot bridge
right into the water. GurlS seem to like
falling into the water. don't they?"
.'Oh they don't mind said Edith, evil
IDENTIFY forgetting the way she had
screamed from fright during the few sec
onds she was battling in the brook. 1T
Spoils their clothes, you know. And
must hurry home and get on dry clothes,
she went on, rising and shaking the wa
ter from her frock. And / must show
Nancy just what happened through her
carelessness in allowing me to come off
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Ruined Cities of Yucatan.

1t was Chichen-Chichen ItZa the mag.
nidcent. the TAI Mahaf' of Central
America, and the building we were gaz-
ing on was the most wonderful of the
ruined group.
AS we looked upon 1t in the moonlight
we could not help feeling how awe-inspir-
ing this colossal temple rearing itself a
hundred and twenty feet into the air.
must have been to the ancients. On the
top of the pyramid still stands the crum-
bling ruins of temple. 1t is reached b.
a stairway on each side OF its four sides,
having 10 steps apiece and, contains
three rooms. the doorposts of which are
carved with the figures of priests, except
the one facing eastward, which has large
pillars carved into the. forms of serpents.
The heads Of these are turned SO that
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her own to pay attention to Ediths re-
quest. said: Yes. run along And away
ran Edith. happy. Together she and
frankie hurried down the broad country
road toward the creek which ran across
the meadow half a mile from their reSpec-
tive homes. The day was an ideal one.
and as the little ones went along they
were highly entertained by the flying but
terfies, the humming insects and the
songs of birds. ''Oh, isn't it fun to be
had never gone from home without her
mother or her father accompanying her.
Yes. it's like Africa down by the
creek" said frankie. Then he began to
dilate on the dangers and the excitement
that accompanied a trip to the creek.
especially il one climbed a tree or waded
in the shallow water.
I'm so glad Nancy permitted me to
come. said Edith. She thought that if
any danger should befall her she would
in no way be responsible. The fault
would be Nancy's for having allowed her
10 wander off on adventures.
When they reached the banks of the
creek frankie picked out nice big tree,
with limbs growing conveniently close TO
the ground, for Edith to climb, and an
other tree, not so easy of ascent, for
hlfnsen being you are SlTl, ii
give you the easy tree" he eXpla ined.
Then he demonstrated TO Edith the meth
cd of climbing a tree. After he was Sc
curely seated in top-most branch of the
great tree he called out to Edith to go
up her tree" Edith did not make out
very well. however for her apron caught
in twig and impeded her ascension.
After freeing her apron from the twig,
she succeeded in reaching a low, wide
swinging bough which extended directly
over the waters of the creek. Once there,
she decided going no higher,
All. go up higher called out frankie,
seeing that Edith had halted in her climb
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9OURpUZNE

State-Letter Puzzle.

StaCe-Ietter FuZZle.
the states mine letters, and from them compose
the following words: ~ A place from which
valuable matter Is taken. u, A drunkard. 49,
The home Of birds. ~ An adult. % A cheas
metal 20, Part Of flower. ~ To. devour.
Isl That by which known. 49, lifa
anything. n2) A hard substance. t13l To con-.
NIT wrong. tlf) feature OF the face. 0S)
Something over ladies' hair. 16l very
industrious insect. 10 A weight OF large guam
tity. tiSl pair Of horses. t19) light color.
Conundrums.
Why is a school boy being nogged like yous
eye: Ans.-Because he is pupil under the
lash.
What is the difference between a woman and
parasO? Ans.-You shut the paraeol mp
Why is Sunday the strongest day in the week
Ans.-Because the remaining six days are week
DAYS.
Why DOES an empty purse suggest const aneya
Ans.-Because you find change in II.
Diagonal.
This diagonal contains eight words Of eight
and written below another their disgona
letters beginning with the upper left-hand let
ter and ending with the lower right-hand letter
viii spell the name Of a month. The cross
words are. III Something see AZ night. ~
To make longer. f3, One without luck. -
Transient. ~ sweet-scented shrub ~ =
receptacle for holding money. 90 small in
strument Of ivory wood used by the Span
iards TO accompany song and dance. ~, !
transverse bar used in many forms Of structure
Find Three Mistakes.
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dearly as Hughie loved him. But for all
that Black-andTan sometimes yearned
for adventure. He so often saw great
common dogs running in the alleys I'M
collared and unowned and very proba bly,
unloved. And sometimes the foolish no.
ton came into his canine head that he
would like to be just a common cur
owning the freedom of the alleys and
back streets.
One day while Hughie and Black-and-
Tan were walking through the park
they met one of those stray ours that
Black-and-Tan envied so much. AS the
common cur made a friendly advance
toward Back-and-Tan the latter paused
| to speak in dog language to him. Hughie
who had seen some of his school friends
on a bench not far away, did not notice
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they lie fiat upon the top of the pyramid
their eye-sockets still bearing traces of
the rich green jade that once filled them.
AS we sat we pictured to ourselves the
strange and barbaric scenes that had
here been enacted. For, il legends are to
be believed. it was on these fiattened SER
pents' heads that the tyrant priests Of
the Itzas majestic in their bejeweled and
befeathered robes, tore out the palpi-
tating hearts of their sacrificial victims
after slicing open the breast with a slick
knife.
These sacrifices were probably per-
formed in view OF thousands Of Worship
ers of the sun deity, congregated on the
plains below, the heart, after ii was torn
from its membranes, being burned as an
offering in the inner holy of HOLES, while
the body of the victim rolled down the
stone steps to be sacramentally eaten by
the people.
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Newspaper as Textbook.

A n experiment is being tried in the
public schools of Danzig of teaching
the children by making the daily paper
the textbook. The teachers exclude all
politics and crime, and the reading is
confined to scientific and literary news
and weather reports. and even stock ex-
change information is discussed. This
new mode of allowing the children TO
know what is going on about them Is
very popular, and has been so far found
to give good results.
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Powerful Windmill.

THE largest and most powerful wind
mill in the world has just been COM
pleted at Willesden. England. 1t will be
used to generate electricity. supply
power TO run crushing machinery and
work the pumps. 1t is claimed the wind.
mill is able to generate enough electricity
to run 500 lights, to crush oats and grind
maize. work an electric lift, heat a room
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you knew 1t was not right for you to go
to the creek to climb trees, even though
the thoughtless Nancy did give her con-
sent And l shall have to talk with Nancy
as soon as l reach home. And-you must
never be willing t." do naughty things
just because you have some one else on
whom you may throw the blame. You
might have met with a very serious acct
dent. and all through your doing that
which your better-self told you was
wrong. And that hiding frankie shall
hear from me. too. He was equally to
blame with you and Nancy
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A Monument to Aviators.
ris Letter to London telegraph.

Paris Letter TO LONDON Telegraph
The French parliamentary group for the
encouragement of the conquest of the air
has held meeting, in which it was dec.d-
ed to erect a funeral monument in honor
of all the victims of aviation and aero
nautics. The resolution states that they
must be looked upon as heroes and VIC
Tins CT science and progress. A resolu-
ton was also passed of sorrow and regret
at the death of the unfortunate NJ. wach-
ter, and the. members proposed to lay a
wreath of flowers on his grave.
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|NH, the Glum-Glum Land is
~ an awful place.
There every one wears a scowl
on his face.
The Boys and Girls, and the
Grownups, too,
Just scold and fret and are al
ways blue.
No laughter echoes in that
strange land,
Where Grouches and Cranks
make up the band;
No games are played, no lessons
learned,
For Joy and knowledge by all
are spurned.
Oh, woe to the Child who joins
their band,
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BLACk-AND-TAN
was the name of
the dearest little
dog one could wa mt
TO see. And Black
and-Tan belonged
to the dearest lit
tie boy one could
wish to knew. In
deed. Black-and-
Tan Low d his
young m a S I e r,
Hughie Banks, as
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rated their fathers lawns. Edith on her
own home side and frankie on his
"Oh. I'm going down by the creek, :"
replied Frankie. I'm going to climb a
tree"
"Oh-o-o'' exclaimed Edith. How /
should love to climb tree. Do you sup
pose ! could. Frankie
Sure" asserted frankie. "A girl can
climb as well boy-if she only thinks
so. Run ask your mamma If you may
co.
Mamma went to town in the auto this
morning" explained Edith. But she left
me In Nancy's charge, and I'll run ask
permission of Nancy.
So away ran Edith TO ask the house
maids consent to go 10 play with Frankie
The maid, too busy with some affairs of
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And goes to live in their awful
land
For as sure as Fate his face will
become
Sour and ugly as the meanest
Glum-Glum.
And soon no loneliness can he
see;
And his heart will shrink as
small as pea;
And his smile will vanish on the
very day
That he with the Glum-Glums
goes to stay.
So avoid those People who al
ways frown,
Be they in village. city or town;
Who Hate and Envy and never
Smile,
And who live in Idleness all the
while.
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O you want to go
play with me,
E d i [ h - asked
frankie Strong of
his little playmate
and n e i & h b o r /,
Edith Bowers.
wv here are you
going?' a s k e d
Edith. The two
C n i ] q en- were
standing beside a
fence which sepa-
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The careless artist has made q pic.
ture of an elephant In a dense jungle.
There are three serious mistakes In
this sketch. Can you hnd them:
Letter Enigma.
NV first is In war. but not In peace:
NV second is in aunt but not In niece;
Ny third is in snake. but not In toad;
MY fourth is In heavy. but not in load;
NV NTH is in ink. but not in blot
My sixth is in drunkard. but not in Sot:
Ny seventh Is IN glass, but Dot In clear;
My eighth is in terror, hut NOT In fear:
Ny ninth is In stone but not in bricks:
Nv tenth is the same you found in my eixth;
Ny whole spells the name of man who was
great.
And OF him our histories have much to reate.
Answer to Last Weeks Puzzles.
Hidden proverb-A wise mans mind is dess
well.
Diagonal Beauty. Croes-words: a, Barley.
", Letter 80 Flames. ~ Fiaunt. (5) Faults.
t6, Pretty.
Beheadings-O Thread, read. e, Proof. roof.
Curtailines-n finder. tin. e, stocktns.
stock t3, Pumpkin. pump.
Rebus-With rings her fingers and bells
her toes. she shall have music wherever shs
goes. So the old saying runs.
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on the limbs and shook them till #
sounded like hall storm below.
Soon they had SH they could carry.
and started back through the woods for
home. The recent rains had washed
the earth away from the roots of some
OF the trees, and Dorfy started step
ping from one root to the next without
touching the ground.
Lets play game on the way home. -
she said Let's see who can walk the
fartheSt without getting off these big
roots and of she skipped. hopnine
from root 20 root like a lively little
squirrel. the others hopping merriIy
after.
Hold on c:ied the Ticklsmouse
all Of a sudden. Which way is north p
The twins stopped and looked about
them in the dark shadows. They shiv-
cred when they saw how strange every
thing looked They were lost in the
woods
Hour after hour they wandered. and
they might have beea there vet but for
Willy, who Skinned UP a tall tree. scut-
tied down, took them by the hands and
led them straight through the woods
70 where old Prince stood waiting IN
the moonlight
What did you do. anyway asked
Davy- You couldn't see Prince from
there, could you?''
Hardly" grinned Willy. But I
could see the Moon, and-weli. I l1sIlsllv
know my way arVuad SO longs there's
any green cheese ~ sight"
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Daily Horoscope
@The stars incline, but do not
compel"
Wednesday, October 70, 1870.

Now doth the moon command 1he reluctant
sea:
And many men likewise shall governed be.
THIS day the Moon. in an earthly
sign, is in perisee and exerts a
powerful influence over the salt sea.
OF mankind il is held in astrological
lore that the Moon in today's sign
makes for fckleness and waverinC de-
cisions. Indicating that I'm this period il
will be we'll to cultivate all available
hrmneSS. perseverance, and industry in
the task of the time.
BigCted and obstinate persons are
likely to get into qUarrels, or else annoy
one who is about to confer a favor.
Saturn this day ceases to an extent
from affecting great wealth and estate
His best power is exerted over the
simple things of earth. leaning toward
the greatest favor for those who labor
directly IN the land or with products
from it.
This is held to make a highly for
tunate aspect for smiths, carpenters,
builders, metal and mineral workers,
railroad emloyes, gardeners and far
mers.
There is usually a good tendency for
real estate dealings and all = alters per
tanning TO houses in this sign.
Mercury today is held TO favor ad-
vertising letters, documents and lee
lures.
The sign is good also for schools, and
SHOULD make II a good day to select
schools or courses of training for chill
dren.
Witty persons must curb their tongues
lest thew heedlesSlv say something that
viii rankle and hurt
Travel is under good sign.
Employees must avoid quarrel and
fault-findinC as we'll as tale-bearing.
A good sign rises fO~ hiring men and
women
In the kitchen there is good augury
for anything connected with waterfowl
Aged persons should benefit. and IL is
likely also. according TO astrological be
taf that they Will be exceptionally good
N counsel in these hours.
Speculation, betting gambling and
sport involving money are under malig-
nant signs.
Persons with this birthdate are under
aspects that are held to make an ideal
coordination. They must avoid undue
influence in the pleasures Of society
Children are horn TODAY under aspects
that often rule for great ambition and d
high sense of justice.