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youngpolks th land of sod there a beantilnl land that the children know i 4 where its summer the whole year round where chocolate drops and balls and tops lie thick on the grassy ground where the treei grow tart and banbury hearts and bullseyes pop from the pod and yon never do wrong the whole day long they call it the land of nod when the clock strikes eight and ach curly pate lies low on the pillow white when tho small moute iqueaka and the wain vy soot creaks and the shadows dance in the moonlight- streaks and the star- lamps jewel the night when the soft lids close on the ripe cheeks rose i and the tiny feet that trod the nursery floor are heard no more hurrah lor the land of nod 1 there they play in the puddles and steal from the stores they joggle with matches and knives and they poke such jokes at the grownup folks mo who darent say dont for their lives 1 all the persons who teach are deprived of speech and whipped wi h a pickled rod and fed upon dates through dark dungeon- ilii grates in tho beautiful lind of nod 1 when the dock strikes eight and eaoh curly pate lies low in the darkened room when the small mouse squeaks and the wain scot creaks i and tho shadows dance in the moonlight- streaks and the cricket chirps through the gloom when the soft lids close on the ripe cheeks ifjjj rose ij lijiji and the tiny feet that trod the nursery floor are heard no more j hurrah for the land of nod i all the dear old dollies are mended there that were broken in days that have flown all tho kittens that died in their early pride to beautiful cats have grown all the pleasures upset by the wind and the wet smile out in the sunshine broad and the meaning of dose not a youngster knows i in the wonderful land of nod i when the clock strikes eight and each cnrly pate lies low en the dainty bed when the shadows dance in the moonlight- streaks and tho dull fires core glows red when the soft lids close on the ripe cheeks rose and the tiny feet that trod the nursery floor are heard no more hurrah for tto landof nod and its oh 1 for the dreams of theold old days i that have fled for ever and aye 1 for i watch and weep as the dull dawns creep up the oold gray cliffs of the sky gould mine eyelids close on that blest repose would the hearts that he under the sod rise to greot the glad bound by my feet and beat on my heart in the land of nod when the clock strikes eight and eachcurly pate lies low in the curtains shade when the small mouses squeaks and the v wainaoot creaks and the shadows dance in the moonlight- streaks and tho hearthsparks glimmer and fade whenjthe soft lids close on ontheripe cheeks rose and the tiny feet that trod the nursery floor are heard no more hurrah for the land of nod illustrated london news tommys advbnttjke by bessie clark tommy was not always a bad little boy bnt sometimes a spirit of naughtiness would prevail and he would be sure to get into trouble just now he was in disgrace for he had a quarrel with his little sister and had liken her prettiest doll and thrown it into tho are and before it could be rescued it had burned to ashes as soon as it was done the little boy was sorry hut it could not be helped nor woud it reconcile susie to the loss of her favorite doll his mother bad given him a severe talking to and he had run out and thrown himself on the gras j wishing so muoh that he was some plaoe where little boys were not always being scolded he looked up at the blue sky ana watched the soft white alouds floating lszuy by and was thinking how nloe it would be if he might be a fairy- he was sure fairies bad no troubles just then he heard a voioe close by and turning his head behold a little man about four inohea high standing on a flat rosk beside him ha was dressed in brown and green and was altogether a comical- looking little chap so said he you think we fairies have an easy time of it do yout suppose you just oome with me and see what we do then maybe you will not be so anxious to exchango places tommy was startled at first but by the time the little man had finished he had de termined to see what he could of fairyland tne little man touched him and he found himself growing smaller and smaller until be was the same siza as his companion tnen the fairy said coma with me opening a tiny door on tho very rock he was standing on tommy followed feeling vory queer and saying to himself what if i never get out of here agalo they went along a narrow path cut out of uie earth for quite a distance and finally same to a large room where he saw mtny little fairies who all seemed to be doing something whtoh he could not make out this said his compaoion is one of our work rooms we have a great many of asm and we make all the pretty toys you see in the stores he took tommy into many other rooms and showed him how they lived at last bringing him to a room where dolls were made i dont tried telling you now that 1 am not a fairy but a grome fairies de have nice times as you thought they fcid bat rooinsa dont and yon are a gnome now my business is to punish little boys who spoil pretty toys especially if they belong to other people now you will have to work on wax dolls for spoiling that beautiful one this mtrnlng you will have to stay here for ever may be for very few bscem e so good that we allow them to go back poor tommy 1 what could he do a stranger in a strange land and uot even a gnome for a friend someone rudely tapped him on tho shoal de and said to work with yon we can have no laggards here then taking him by the mto he put him in front of a table and told him he was to put eyes in the doll faces lying there oao little gnome kinder than the rest told him how to do it and to have great care as the master was coming on the morrow and woe be to the one who had any thing wrong tommy went to work and succeeded better than he expected to but a good deal of his time was spent in watching his strange com panions and seeing how neatly and taste fuly they did taeir work oa the morrow tommy worked hard to make up for the day before about mid day be master camo to inspect each ones work when he reached tommys table ho turned each face over and looked at it carefully here what does this mean he asked as he picked up the last face holding it so that al might see a loud laugh followed from every one the room and no wonder tommy in his hurry had pat in one dark brown eye and one blue eyr what shall be done with him said tho master many were tho methda of punishment proposed bnt none seemed to be severe enough i know said one at the last make him swallow one of those wax dollb that- spoiled in the making yes yes said thoy all that is just the thing get the largest one you can find said the overseer soon they brought it a doll twice as large as tommy in vain he protested against it and said he would not do it they held him forced his nouth open and tommy in sooae unaccountable manner found himself back on the grass right where he had started from the first thing he did was to feel his throat to see if he had really swallowed the doll but concluded that he had not then he found he was his natural size he got up and turned over the rock where he had seen the gnome but unearthed nothinc but a big black oricket by this time he was fairly awake for he thought he must have been asleep though it was a wonderfully vivid dream as he told his mother afterwards he went to the bouse hoping all the mornings work had been a dream but he knew by susies looks that her lost doll had come to life and being thoroughly sorry by this time ran up stairs where ho kept his pennies took them oufrmd went to a store and bought the big gest doll that could be had for the money tommy was a changed boy after his visit to gnomeland and though it was only a dream he was careful of susies playthings lest h e might have another trip there beautiful swiss custom as soon as the sun has disappeared in the valleys and its last rays are jost glimmering on the snowy summits of the mountains the herdsman who dwells on the loftiest peak tkea his horn and trumpets forth praiie god the lord 1 all the herdemenin the neighborhood take their horna and repeat the words this often continues a quarter of an hour while on all sides the mountains echo the name of god solemn stillness follows every shepherd on bended knees with uncovered head offers his seoret prayer by this time it is quite dark good night 1 trumpets forth the herdsman on the loftiest summit good night 1 is repeated on all the mountains from the horns of the herdsmen and the clefts of the rocks a woeful building two gentlemen walking together came by a stately new building what a magnificent strnoture i bald one yes replied the other but i cannot bear to lok at it often as i pass it that is strange why not because it reminds me that the owner built it out of the blood the aches and groans of his fellowmen out of the grief of crying ohildren the woo of wailing women gracious i what is the owner a moneylender or a pawn broker or some- thiiig of the kind oh no he is a dentist wasp cohpobal pubkhmeht at school a woman editor thinks that bad girls should be birched the question as t the proper mode of in flicting corporal punishment is i one that has been tuoogly debated there is no donbt uat it should never be placed in the power of pupilr or assistant teachers tle head matter or mistress should alone have the power to punish tne question that has been raised as to whether girls should be exempt from it is to say the least child ish those who know anything of the work isg of ordinary schools are well acquainted with the fact that when girls are prone to be troublesome they are infinitely more difficult to manage than boys and that there are always in every large school some few who are amenable to no other dicipline they must either be dismissed titheir in evitable ruin or they must be allowed to remain and practice their wilfuldisobedience to the destruction of the discipline of the school and the corruption of the other pupils to say that such girls should not be sub jected to the only treatment that can avail for their reformation is simply pirt and parcel of the maudlin innane sympathy with the wrongdoer that is characteristic of a small tection of people at the present time much outcry has been made against the degrading effect of corporal punishment as often inflicted the outory is uot without cause but that a boy or girl can be degrad ed or injured by being caned aoross tho shoulders is a fiction all impulsive puni tive aots should be interdicted boxing the ears is a most injurious mode of puniehment it often causes sovere and permanent inj jry to the brain striking tho hands with a cane muoh more with a hard wooden poin ter is objectionable as being liable to ivjure severely the tendinous tissues and numerous joints of the wrist and hand bnt birching across the bhculders where the broad flat bones and ribs are good bulwarks protecing the vital parts is a power that should be in trusted to every head teacher in every school a power to be most rarely used bnt always to be held as a nemesis that is ready to overtake the evidosrs it may be said that such sentiments are unnatural and not in accord with the highest philosophy but to take example from nature pain is to be regarded as an institution ordeied by a higher than humin intelligence that pre vents us from injuring our ewn bodies and so tends to our preservation toero is no law human or divine r that prevents our utiliziog it for the benefit of our children the loudon queen bounced a friend of mine is the mother of two fine boyb aged respectively three and one- half and one and onehalf years the elder a fair speoimen of the enfant terrible type had just been forcibly suppressed by his mother in the midst of a circus performance and having been calmed down sufficiently to assume the role of host was reviewing his recent acquisitions for my entertain ment he was intently engaged in explain ing some pictures in a new book of whioh he was very careful when his baby brother toddled up and began patting his little fat hands over the page quick as thought junie caught up the intruder and with an inimitable little nod and souse me a mo ment please tugged the unresisting offen der off through an intervening room to his mother mho had been called out to superin tend soma household matter and thrusting his burden almost as big as himself upon her with heie take the baby mamma please rushed back to my entertainment with an inexpressible air of relief n y world pansy points the way threeyearold pansy asks her mother to read a story mother replies my eyes ache i cannot read today pansy dont read wif your eyes read wif your mouf angel cake littledot mamma wnate this oake call ed angel cake for marami meaningly because little giis who eat too muoh of it become angels dont angels get this kind of cake to oat no angels never get anything to eat well dess 1 dont want to be an angel untilu get old and lose my appetite an insane corpse- some years ago as a lot of fishermen on the new jersey shore just below dslanco hauled in their gill net they were surprised to find it contain the body of a drowned mas the coroner was notified and a jury empanelled who aotually brought in the verdiot that tho deceased came to his death by being drowned and when discover ed was found insane they meant to say the body was found in the beine she was forgetful- well mary ald the boarder to the faithful old chambermaid during a oold snap somebody must have left the door of the north pole open this morning well maybe it was me im so forget fa replied mary why he wanted twins- a small 7year old was one day informed of the advent of a new brother the seventh son much to his mothers dismay the next night a supplement to his evening prayer was oa lord please send as twins next time you know it takes nine to play base ball and weve only got seven his hatred of st- john a sunday school was opened jast fiur years ago in a western town where tho boys knew rather mro about politics than the bibb it was after the presidential election of 1s84 the sanflaysohool teacher gave eaoh of the boys a few verses from the bible to learn by heart during the week one sunday she told one of tho boys to take a certain chap ter of st john i wont do it said the youth- angrily why not 1 asked the surprised teacher thats the feller that beat blaine i wont have anything to do with him re torted the lad who was a good republican she wasnt an oyster mr graspall there is a dandy girl up at the ohuroh fair she lets you kiss her for a quarter cymoal friend i suppose she finds yon a good oustomer mr graspall i dont think so i tried to get two kisses instead of one last night and she tosssd her pretty head and said yon would like to take my mouth home in a box for a quarter wouldnt you the postage stamps old man if that idiot in the pirlor aint got sense enough to make shorter calls he might as well be of some use ask him if he oan spare me a postage stamp daughter aftet a trip to the parlor he says hes very sorry but he called at the postoffioa today to renew his supply of postage stamps but ho hadnt anything smaller than a five hnndrcd dollar bill in his vestpocket and they couldnt change that eh by jinks well you ninny go baok to the parlor dont yon know better than to leave your oompany alone like that please jdo it again- a gentleman in jumping off a streetoar the other day fell and rolled into the gutter wbilo brushing the dirt from his clothes a little girl ran up to him and said mister please do it again mamma didnt see yon that time latest- from europe the cossack expedition the french sit uation prince budolphs companions- it is not a little unfortunate for the french dreams of an alliance with buoia that col atchinoff a cossack expedition to abyssinia should at the outset run afoul of the french authorities and draw upon itself the fire ef the french r id sea fleet of course i fficial russia disclaims all responsibility for atch inoff and said so in response to french in qoiries before the bombardment bnt the bond between the two countries is one of popular feeling rather than of governmental sympathy and an occurrence of this sort is likely to do a good deal to cool the ardor of the pan savists for a french alliance sve for the uncertainty of the french situation the state of europe continues to be profoundly peaceful on the surface un derneath there is still a strong undertow of reconciliation between russia and england to the beginnings of which i called attention last year but this is purely diplomatic and no incident is foreseen which oan be counted on to lay bare these subtle concealed thift- ings which are at work upon the foundations of the tripartite alliance the czr is newly reported to be engaged in drafting schemes for internal reform and to have aid recently that the bulgarian matter would not be ripe for interference for a long time to come from a private and reliable source i learn that the king of belgium has returned quite broken down and ill with his hair much whiter than when he left his palace tn make the sad journey as far as it is possible the subject of family trouble is never mentioned in his presence in vienna also every moans has been taken to forget the story bratt- fisch the coachman has been bent to russia to buy horses and the animals may reach austria bnt their discoverer will tread his native heath no more all the royal com panions of prince rudolph have been given foreign missions and the emperor never wishes to look upon their countenances again bid news comes too from king otho his hair has become entirely white during the past month he is so weak that he oan hardly drag out his daily forced walk two valets have to prop him up and sometimes fairly oarry him a near climax ia expected m illustrated journalism- foreman of composingroom speaking through tubato managing editor you say you want that article about the woman who killed a bear and three cubs illustrated with a cut of the woman managing editor yes i do forman what cut shall i use editor where is that out of lydia pinkham that we run in the weekly foreman its being used in the first form to illustrate that article on qaeen victoria well then run that picture of harriet hubbard ayer for the woman who killed the bears all right but what are we going to do for cuts for that article about joseph cham berlain and bis bride well supposing you run that out of w l douglas that goes with his 3 shoe ad for sir joseph and that old hand bill out of emma abbott for his bride all right and i suppose that old out of the new colorado capitol will do for sir josephs castle wont it 5f b yes run anything yon oan find for the castle theres a lot of old cuts in the jab room see if you oan fird something there for an article im going to send dowm about the emperor william and his wife i guess that old cut we run a few weeks ago of coqnelin and jane hading will do all right sir hading and coquelin goes lord beaconsficld and his debts it is curious to hear the astonishment ex pressed by those who ought to know about lord benconsfield at the statements in the quarterly rtviw concerning his debts lord heaconcheld was a poor man all his life for the reason that until shortly before his death he had never paid off his early liabilities the fortune lefc him by mr brydgos wil liams cleared them eff and he paid every penny he o wed lady beaoonafields fortune was hers only for her life and she was not able to leave him anything of importance bnt in tho early part of his married life she assisted him with his election expenses and except for his marriage the probability is he could never have stemmed the tide of money diifi initios whioh always hampered him- london world they were in the way idont think muoh of the soenery of this part of the country said a yankee ou a highland railway bound north give me prairie every time whats 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