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Evening journal., 1914-04-09
PUBLIC SALE


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nUBIfo SALE HOUSEHOLD GOODS
on Friday April 10. at o'clock. Mrs.
Hannah A. Dolson, near Montchanin' on
DUPONT PIKE. apr'-ol
- SIX COWS FOR SALE, TWO
RSwyn with calves. one close spring
y4NaE er. Bankable mote accepted.
I'm endorsed by responsible party.
'essls.se1h KIMBERLY FARMS, Centre
vile. Del
aprs.tf
-. PUBLIC SALE or 600
f5NZsSn CATTLE AND HORSES
tfkN At our stoclyards. Kennett
Square, Pa. on TUESDAY,
NSrsstazAn APRIL H. 1914. We will
oell live stock for you on
s0i1misi'Sn apro.io'is. W sINcLAIR KLAIR.
- PUBLIC SALE AT
AZ KLAIR S BAZAAR,
M5 ~ SATURDAY,
M s.Eb.f APRIL IL, 1914
NI At ~ o. clock.
.NNneN HORSESi HORSESi
100 head Of al kinds.
HARNESS. HARNESSl HARNESS
200 sets OF all kinds on sale at all times
WAGONS WAGONSi WAGONSi
Two carloads az an times on third floor az
private sale. Ono three-ton express wagon.
Sale every Saturday az
W. H. KIAIR's BAZAAR.
Wilmington, Del.
All goods sold for cash. apro-2t-
ID UBLIC sALE-wILL SELL AT PUBLIC
i sale on Saturday, April il, 1914, Ut
o'cloclz, a. m, on the premises. all that certain
piece Of land known as No. 915 Washington
street. % l-2 feet front. more or less, and
$50 feet deep, more or less with three-story
house erected on same. containing thirteen
rooms, bath. front and back porch, steam
heat. cement cellar. Conditions to be made
AMANDA GooDI.EY.
sTIDHAM & son, Auois. spr4-et.
ID UBLIC SALE or HOUSEHOLD
L goods---Furniture, Rugs, Bedding, Etc,
sTIDHAM 8 SONS AUCTION STORE.
No. III East Fourth Street
FRIDAY, April. 10TH. 1914,
At i clock, p. NJ
Observation-Disclosures, 90 inches long.
very massive, cost $50; Extension Table 10
natch China Closet, SIX leather seat Chairs,
Oriental pattern Rug, 9x12; Dishes. silver
we're, Table Linen Of fine quality, Pictures,
Etc.
sud Table, Easy Rockers, Davenport four
Axninster Rugs, 27 In. by 5a In. one VII
ton Rug. 9x12.
PARIoR-5 piece Suit. claw foot gold
leaf decorated Table, Pedestal. beautiful
noral Rug, 9x12i Pictures, Lace Curtains,
BEDROOM-Threo heavy Brass Beds. cost
s4s $3.50 and SOS, with Springs and Felt
Mattresses; 2-inch Enameled Bed Inlaid
Cireassian Walnut Dresser and Chifonier.
with cane trimmings; White Enameled
Dresser and Chif0nier. Curly Birch Dresser
and Dressing Table, Mahogany Chifonier.
Brass Costumers five handsome Rugs Of the
best makes and sizes; Sheets, Pillow Cases
bhams. scarfs. Bureau Covers Marserles
Spreads, Lace Spreads aud many other arti
res not herein mentioned.
NOIICE-These goods are in the best of
condition and worthy the attention Of par
ties looking for good goods Everything
will positively be sold to the highest bidder
and nothing Withdrawn. Come and see~the
best lot Of furniture that has been offered Tor
sale in a long time. Goods win be on in
ct 1 o'clock p. n.
sTIDHAM & son.
lpr6.7.9. Auciion.ers
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To Cure Corns, Callouses 2
Bunions and Aching Feet

The following Is nbsolutely the surest and
quickest cure known 10 science for all foot
ailments; dissolve two tablespoonfuls OF
Calocide compound In basin Of warm water.
Soak the feet in this for fully fifteen minutes,
gently rubbing the sore parts. The effect is
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mrs. BEIDEL
TELLS WOMEN
How Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etabIe Compound Kept Her
in Health for IA Years.

Shippensburg, Pa" II was several
years ago that / started taking Lvdia Z.
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DTNINGROOAf-Buffe 90 inches long.
very massive cost esOi Extension Table 10
Oriental pattern Rug, 9x12; Dishes, silver
ware Table Linen Of fine quality Pictures,
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u UBLIC SALE OF HOUSEHOLD
4 goods--Furniture, Rugs, Bedding, Etc,
will be sold ut
sTIDHAM Is SONS AUCTION STORE,
No. III East Fourth Street
FRIDAY. APRIL 10TH. 1914
ID
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100 head Of al kinds
HARNESS. HARNESSl HARNESS.
200 sets Of all kinds on sale at an times
WAGONSi WAGONS WAGONSi
Two carloads az al times on third floor az
private sale. Ono three-ton express wagon.
Sale every Saturday az
w. II. KLAIR' 5 BAZAAR.
Wilmington, Del
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~ 17RI10 sAI,E-uOUsEHO GOODS
on Friday. April 10. at 2 o'clock. Mrs
Hannah A. Dolson. near Nontchanin, on
Dupont PIKE. apff-ot'
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pUBLIC sALE or 200
CATTLE AND HORSES
Al our stockyards. Kennett
Square, Pa, on TUESDAY,
APRIL II, 1914. We viii
oeli live stock for you on
'erms. cash.
SINCLAIR & KLAIR.
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LIBRARY-Nfission, 3-piece leather Suit
and Table Easy Rockers. Davenport, four
ASrHinster Rugs, % in. by ID in; one wil.
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AMANDA COOLEY.
sTIDHAM & son, Aucis. apr4. 0t
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OF her baby and, jumping down, ran
10 the edge of the wharf and peered
down at the swift-fiowing river. A
moment only she hesitated and then
dived overboard
Selling Kitten in her mouth. she
swan to one Of the piles sunk her
sharp claws into the soft, wet wood
ana managed to scramble up 1t to the
wharf without assistance from anv-
one.
foor Kitten! His little lungs were
half-flled with water and he coughed
and spluttered and strangled until he
nnally managed to catch his breath.
Ihen Tabby showed him over on his
side with gentle tap of her paw
and proceeded to lick him dry.
What with the ministrations of the
mother and the kindly rays of the
warm sun. Kitten soon revived. And
now he is frolicking around the sta
ton, none the worse for his wetting.
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forehand. They had decided not to
try to take the pole" at first-not un-
til quite near the finish. But they
were to keep up among the leaders
all the way.
In other words, there was to be no
outstanding of strength for final des-
perate dash for victory. Each pusher
was to push his hardest from the very
moment his pole took up the burden.
To be caught in the crowd Of cars
that would be trailing along dozen
yards or so behind the leaders was
to run the risk of being "pocketed."
since a car that cut across in front OF
another, without the proper interval
between them, was thereby disqual-
ihed.
SO Bud, Pete's first pusher, dug his
toes in the dirt, so to speak, and ran
at top speed from the very start. In
deed, SO fast was he, that there were
only a few times in his quarter that
the Swallow was running out of reach
of his pole. And-best of all-but
seven other cars were up with them.
Then came the change in pushers,
a. the first relay station. Much de-
pended on the speed with which the
relief pusher caught up with his car
and added his impetus to its speed.
But Red Spillman, his flaming hair
bristling and his Irish up" lost not a
moment.
And by the time he turned over the
task to Nick johnson, they had out
stripped all save the two Jenkins
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as South Carolina.

as South Carolina.
He Is a little fellow. much larger
than rat. yet not as big as a full
grown cat, for he is short and squatty
and thick-set, with short, stocky legs.
Tomorrow. take your ruler and meas
ure off about 16 inches in a straight
line and you will have an idea of his
length. He is covered with soft
brown fur which, however, is grizzled
or blackish on his back. His head is
broad and fiat and seems to be set
on his body without any neck at all!
Sticking out from either side of his
jaws-much as with cat-are long.
stout, quill-like whiskers. He has a
furry tail that Is quite bushy and
pretty.
His looks do not belle his disposi-
ton, Dorothy, for Mr.. Ground-H Hog
isn't a pleasant fellow at all. He has
a perfectly horrid temper and he will
bite you quicker than you can say
Jack Robinson But he is a brave
little rascal, at that. Why, do you
know, very frequently, when attacked
ny uOS Ho Will lSHt DdCk VlCIOuSly
and kill him. And there are a good
many people, aren't there, who are
afraid Of dog that's trying to bite
them.
Now, Mr.. Ground-Hog lives un-
derground. Yes, indeed, and he's very
happy and comfortable there, too. He
digs deep holes, or tunnels, in the
f1elds-always at slant to keep rain
water out-or in the side of hill or
beside big rocks in the woods When
Mr. Ground-Hog has dug his burrow
deep enough underground to be safe,
he constructs at the end of this tun-
mel several little compartments or
chambers. Then he's ready to begin
housekeeping with Mrs. Ground-Hog
and all the little Ground-Hogs.
"All during the warm months they
scamper about the fields and enjoy
meals of fresh red clover and vege-
tables. Then, when autumn and the
cold weather come. Papa and Mamma
Ground-Hog and the boys and girls
now grown to be quite large children
indeed-crawl down the tunnel to
their underground home and go to
sleep. Until next morning? Why.
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Took It For Granted

77uILLIAM was not exactly a had
~ boy but, it must. be admitted
he did need spanking once in
" whiie' NOW. it so happened that
MS new Third-grade teacher. who
was very frail. found 1t almost i'm
possible to turn him across her knee
and make him feel it." Indeed. ha
would almost laugh when she had n.
ished, for the spanking hadn't rsalls
hurt him at all.
SO, at last, she appealed to the lady
who had been his teacher the previous
year.
Send him to me-" said the Second
grade teacher, when you want him
spanked and I'll attend to him, you
may be sure! He remembers my
spankings, all right"
Imagine. then, poor williams
amazement when, one morning sew
eral days later, he walked into the
Second-grade room and, without say
ing a word to him, the teacher grab
bed him by the ear and led him off to
the cloak-room, where she spanked
him thoroughly.
That old, familiar task ACCOMPLISH
ed, she yanked him to his feet and
asked sternly, We'll. young man. what
have you been doing that you were
sent to me?''
P-p-pul-lease. Teacher" answered
William between his sobs. my teach
er sent me to ask you if-if-if you
would lend her piece Of chalk!"
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Pete glanced, quickly, sharply over
his shoulder at Bart. Then he knew;
then he knew he was right For he
read 1t In Bart's eye 1t was not
steady determined eye that he gazed
INTO; but a faltering, half frightened
sly one that plainly bespoke the guilt
oehlnd Its wavering glancei
Pete caught and held the craven
eyes for a fraction of a second and
they quailed before the fire. the cour-
age the hatred in his own. And then
then the yellow streak appeared
A wayering, cowardly thought. an
unsteady hand, a quick swerve and
barts car keeled over, spilline him
yards away from it, But. YOU see he
mad swerved in the other direction to
MS right, not to his left Tn sheer
desperation and fright, the contempti-
BILE lad had lost his head and pulled
on his steering wheel-but In the
wrong direction!
More than that simultaneously
with Its overturning, his car had
caught in the rear wheel of his broth
ers pushmobile. And he, too. over
turnedl
Pete. OF course, swept in across the
f1nish line. an easy winner.
fortunately. neither of the Jenkins
boys We're seriously hurt. Though
they We're plentifully bruised and
scratched, there were no bones bro
ken.
Too bad, wasn't IT." said some
one in the crowd.
How unfortunate they had to up
set! added another. 'It would have
been such pretty race!"
Just plain luck for that Pete Gra-
ham, call it," exclaimed a third
But Pete said never a word po+o
knew-what he did know-and so did
Barneyl
The crowd. remember, had not seen
barts eyes! And therein the ewes
SHINES the yellow streak" everv
timel
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ADJECTIVES IN PANTOMI,fE

This game played by bright vonno
people is very amusing and hr,nas
forth roars of laughter when ve',
acted.
A number OF ad1ectives are written
upon slips OF paper which are slipped
into bag and passed around. each
player taking one. Such words as
beautiful, horrid. kittenish, dirty
slow, quick are examples. Each plav,
er in turn must stand and act in dumb
show the adjective written upon the
slip which he or she draws.
The rest of the players must guess
the word. The one who guesses cor
rectly the largest number of adtec-
tives gets the prize.
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L
- couldn't even imagine Pussy go
Ing in swimming like dogs do, could
you? Well. this is the story of one
cat who conquered her fear Of the
water and dived overheard to save
her drowning kitten when she heard
1t cry and saw it struggling and
splashing around. Moreover, 1t is a
true story. The cat is alive today in
Washington, ID. c., and is much pet
ted by the policemen at the station
mouse where she makes her home.
Tabby-for that is the name they
gave her-wandered into the station
which Is near the waterfront. one
DAY and proceeded to make herself at
home. Policemen, you know, are al
ways fond Of pets; SO they made no
objection to her joining the family.
Now Tabby isn't fancy cat: she
is just plain black and white one.
Moreover she is very shy of people
and scurries away the moment any-
one tries to pick her up-that is. any-
one whom she does not know to be
a friend.
A month or so ago, Tabby appeared
one day with fine young family of
kittens trying their best to open their
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theirs as Pete's.
The only fellow who's got even a
chance % beat us out" said Barney
Mc3ee tie biggest and strongest of
Pets's pushers, rs one or the other of
the jenkins boys. and that's only be-
cause they have good pushers. Both
of them have splendid cars but"
But they've both got yellow streaks
in 'em!" put in Red. Not the push
mobiles, but the boys. 1 mean!"
Pete looked up quickly but said
nothing.
Yes" Nick Johnson chimed in. "I
think you're right. Barney I've no
ticed them in practice and, somehow.
K seems that they just can't keep from
putting on the brakes a little when
they make the turns. 1t takes nerve
to do 1t on two wheels, you know, for
there's danger of nasty spill. But
well, we shall see what we shall see.
Come on now, Pete, get aboard and
we'll take the Swallow out for a Spin"
1t was the day of the great racel
The starters-some twenty in all
were lined up at the start waiting for
the signal to "goi"
mile long-over the city's smooth as
phalt streets. There were many turns.
at corners and around the public
square in which was located the big
memorial fountain. and then came
the finish for three blocks straight
down broad Commonwealth avenue.
The entire course was lined with spec
tators and the streets were closed to
all traffic.
With the crack of the pistol, every
pusher exerted his uttermost and
they were off,
Three of the cars collided right
there and upset, thus putting their
drivers out of the race, according to
the rules.
Each pilot was anxious to take the
pole" that is, the inside track And
so. with the spectators cheering the
swift-fying cars shot forward and on
ward.
Pete and his four pushers had
worked out their plans for the run
ming OF the race days and days be-
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strong as when Barney had first taken
up the race.
But there. too. just to his right.
were the Jenkins boysi The yards
reeled by beneath the flying Swallow,
but still they stuck
Suddenly Pete became conscious
that Bart Jenkins, the younger of the
two brothers, was gradually-slowly
but surely working nearer and
nearer to him. Two yards separated
them-then yard and a half-then
but a yard-then but a few feet! And
all the while the car of the older
brother, Frank, was running smooth
ly, swiftly along yard or two to the
other side of Bartl
Though he felt certain he could not
be heard, Pete shouted to Bart to
keep Off But to no purpose, for
nearer and nearer, inch by inch, came
his pushmobile
What could it mean? Was Bart los
ing his head? Was ne becoming rat
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didn't it? My, I'm sleepy still.' And
and see how the weather is. You all
get up out of bed-but don't come
outdoors until you hear from me. '~re
may have to go back and sleep six
weeks longer, you knowl
And with that he scampers up the
still bare and cold. He looks around
a moment or two and then either calls
merrily down the tunnel for Mamma
Ground-Hog and the little Ground
Hogs to come on out or scampers back
to tell them that they must 60 to bed
again and sleep six weeks longer.
How does he know which to dor
Why. Dorothy, here is where the su-
perstition comes in. If the day Ia
bright and sunny and Mr.. Ground
Hog sees his shadow on the ground
he concludes that Spring will be six
weeks late In arriving; so he goes back
to sleep. But If the day be stormy
or the sun obscure, he smiles: for
then he knows that Spring is here. 1t
seems as though it should be the other
way round, doesn't it, Dorothy?
So my dear, when you get up to-
morrow morning look out your win
dow and imagine you're Mr.. Ground-
Hog. If the sun is shining. then
goodness me, child OF course vo~
can't go back to bed and sleen "a
six weeksl Besides. my dear. 1 have
an idea you would become mighty
urea OF staying In bed by the end of
the first day. You would have to ha
little girl Ground-Hog to really on
10Y II, you know! Goodnight-sleep
tight!'
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brothers and little Frank Laffertv.
who, because of his age, hadn't been
figured to have a chance at all.
On and on they flew! Around cor
ners and down the level stretches like
the wind The public square was
reached and Pete, firmly braced in
his seat and his wrists aching from
the strain of steering, took the pole"
around it, Then the racers shot off
again into the straight stretch Of Elm
street.
Conscious every moment of the
cheering, yelling crowds along the
way but afraid to even glance at them
lest he thereby swerve, Pete kept his
eyes fastened on the roadway Just
ahead of his car.
The rush of the wind was bringing
tears to his eyes despite his automo-
bile goggles. And always, right beside
him, the cars of the two Jenkins
brothers, one a little In advance of
the other. kept pace with him. Poor
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bless you, not only until next morning,
but until the second day of Febru-
ary!
Just think of sleeping that long
Tor months and months Goodness
me, when you wake up on a cold win
ter morning and rub and rub to get
the sleep out of your eyes, don't you
almost wish you were a Ground-Hog?
so, the whole,family curls up in their
underground bedrooms, close their
eyes and-maybe Papa Ground-Hog
snores! This long sleep of theirs Is
called their Information.
'Then--and from here on. Doro-
thy, much that 1 will tell is mere su-
perstition-when February second
dawns Mr.. Ground-Hog opens his
eyes precisely at noon, yawns a bit
and stretches his cramped legs and
body.
We'll, well, my dears,' you can al
most hear him say, L guess it's time
to get up. Whe-e-e-ul but the sec
ond of February came quick this wear.
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731e GrOund-hOg
HE ground-hog likes the wealth

~ HE grounding likes the wealth
~ He loves to bask in bright SUM-
shine.
When winter comes. with ice and snow.
Into his burrow he doth go.
And there he hides himself away
And sleeps until the ground-hog day.
When every grounding wakes from
sleep
And ventures out to take peep.
But if his shadow he should meet
He turns. and beats a quick retreat.
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and not man on the force but
what admired the new arrivals.
AS the days went on, however, the
poor little kittens died off, one by one.
Some died because of regular kitten
diseases; others were run over by
wagons; and still others simply dis
appeared. Finally, but one kitten was
left. And a fine. healthy. playful
young rascal he was, too.
One day, not very long ago, Tabby
and her kitten were playing out on
the end Of a wharf not far from the
police station. Suddenly, poor little
Kitten lost his balance and fell over
board. And such a splashing there
was. and such pitiable cries!
Tabby, moment before, had ceased
playing and had curled up on pier
to sun herself. She heard the cries
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tied? Was that yellow streak tha.
Barney had mentioned beginning to
show itself?
Or-the thought flashed across
Pete's brain like flash of lightning
was Bart deliberately trying to run
into him? So that his brother Frank
might have clear field and win the
race! No! No! Surely they could not
have planned so despicable a thing as
that! Surely not! And yet
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T.
call him Pete. of course
opened the door of the wood
shed and turned to his compan-
ions proudly.
Isn't she beauty fellers!" he
exclaimed
Gee" cried Bud Upton. "Tll bet
she's faster than lightning!"
And she sure is light" put in Red
Spillman, his keen eyes quick to note
that point. why. Pete. there's hard
ly anything to her but the wheels
And even the hood is almost as light
as-well-as paper"
You bet" agreed Pete enthusias-
tically. But you fellers just wait un-
til you see her go, I've tried her out
once-and she's some pushmobile, be-
lieve me. Well win that race. surei"
But perhaps you, little Miss or Mas
ter Reader, have been wondering what
in the world a pushmobile is? Not
many children in the United States are
familiar with them. So, no doubt, an
explanation is due.
A pushmobile might be called the
automobile of boyhood." 1t is made
by attaching four wheels-preferab bly,
from off your little sisters baby car
riage-to light wagon body. or
frame. made of wood In front there
is q hood that must be fashioned to
closely resemble that of a regular au-
tomobile.
Then you must have a steering
wheel placed quite similarly to that
on an auto From the end of the
shaft to which this wheel is attached
are wires, one on each side, which
connect directly with the front axle.
Hence, when the wheel is turned one
way or the other in steering the wires
either wind up or unwind, as the case
may be, and the pushmobile responds
10 the pressure upon the axle.
That in brief, is the pushmobile.
But there is just one thing more
every boy who is really prond of be-
ing pushmobie pilot in big race
builds his own car" 1t is a matter
of principle. you see, and he wouldn't
even dream of letting any one make
1t for him!
And so, as you have probably un-
derstood by this time. Pete Graham
had Just completed his new pushmo-
bile, the Swallow. and was proudly
ulSpldyln2 II 10 the lOul DOy6 WIZ
We're to act as his "pushers' in the
coming grand prize pushmobile race
for boys.
"Pushers?" Oh, yes. the pushers
are the boys who, each with pole
about as long as a broom handle, run
behind the car and push it along.
They are stationed at regular intervals
along the race course and relieve each
other in relays, SO that for the entire
distance the pushmobile is travelling
at high speed.
Perhaps you can't quite understand
the wild enthusiasm that prevailed in
the neighborhood, after the race was
decided upon and a handsome silver
cup offered as trophy to the winning
pilot But that is because you have
never seen or been in one. Pete and
his 'engines"-which is exactly what
the pushers are-had talked of moth
ing else for the past week.
And they were as much interested
as was Pete, for while his was the diff
ficult task of steering the car taking
1.-The turns" on two wheels and avoid
ing running off the track. it was their
duty to supply the impetus to the
racing machine. Husky and fine run
ners, all four of them knew that the
honor OF winning would be as much
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little Frank had been left far behind,
The stretch! Straight down Com
monwealth avenue with husky Barney
MCGEE now pushing! And the vast
crowd that had assembled there was
shouting like mad! But few hun
dred yards more and the race would
be over. the winner decided!
Pete could hear Barney gasping for
breath behind him, yet the push" on
the rear of his seat seemed nearly as
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into a soft spot in the pillow, what
is Ground Hog Day? 'Tain't like
Christmas or Easter-or--the Fourth
OF July, is it?'
Mamma smiled
mo, it isn't. Dorothy" she said.
But people in many parts of our
country are very much interested in
Ground-Hog day. which is always the
second day of February, or the day
on which the woodchuck, which is the
real name for the ground hog, comes
out of his hole.
mo doubt you have seen ground
hog in the fields or woods many times,
without recognizing him. He is
sort of second cousin to the marmot
family of animals and is found all
over North America from way up in
the Hudson Bay which is
cold and snow-bound--to as far south