WHAT HAPPENED

Northern Advocate, 9 December 1893, Page 2

WHAT HAPPENED

To Adelaide Jane Augusta Prout, Ont "Walking With Her New Things On. Adelaide Jane Augusta Prout Thought herself very fine; She had some new silk stockings on, And boots with buttons nine. Adelaide Jane Augusta Prout Had also a new hat; Her hair was hanging down her Habit In a nice shiny plait.

Adelaide Jane Augusta Prout "Went mincing on her way; First at her boots sho looked and next (Thought Of hef hat so gay. Soon from a school she had to pdssl The boys came running out, They saw her airs and laughed at her, Adelaiile J. A. Prout. Adelaide Jane Augusta Pry. _. Whs seized with sudden fright; She tried to run, but slipped because Hex' boots trorfl new and tight. Her hat v. cut rolling far away. Her phut became undone, Her stockings were both splashed with mud. The rudo boys thought it fun.

Adelaide Jane Augusta Prout Went homo in erief and woe. Her mother said, "Remember pride Must have a fall, you know." Adelaide Jane Augusta Prout For nothing smart now cares. She does not mince.as out she walks And gives herself no airs. The Size of the Sea. There are not many people who, if they / were to be asked the question, could tell ' the size of the salt waters of the earth. The figures are so great that they could only say, with Dominie Sampson, "Prodigious!" Any yet some interesting illustrations and comparisons may be given as to the size of the sea, and here is a simple one found in Golden Days: The whole sea is composed of the Atlantic and Pacific, the Indian ocean, the Arctic and Antarctic seas and various smaller bodies of water. It has an area of 140,000,---000 square miles and would form a circle of 13,850 miles in diameter. The relative size of the areas of the whole surface of the earth, of the whole sea, of the Pacific and of the Atlantic can be represented by a silver dollar for the surface of the earth, a half dollar for the surface of the whole sea, a 25 cent piece for the surface of the Pacific and a silver half dime for the surface of the Atlantic. A Doe That Could Spell. A great lover of animals has said that dogs can be almost taught to speak. Captain is the name of a clever dog which, although he had not advanced so far as this, could spell his own name and that of his owner's. The letters used in the names were cut out of painted cardboard and placed upon the grouud before him, and with scarcely ever a mistake he would arrange them in the correct order. I do not know how long Captain took to learn this wonderful trick, but I do know that unlimited patience and kindness were used in the teaching. The years have robbed the luster from Captain's eye, and his limbs are stiff and his frame gaunt with age, but he still living, and if he regards you as a sjj; '•■' friend you may coax him to spell hisuu~.i\ A Bit of History In a Common Phrase. When one says of anything that it is "not worth a straw," one means to imply that it is worthless, for what can be the value of a straw? The older saying was "not worth a rush," and this brii:jcsoutthe origin of the phrase better. In tl;e days before carpets it was the custom to strew the floor with rushes. When guests of rank were entertained, rushes, green, fresh and sweet, were spread for them, but folk of lower degree had to be content with rushes that had already been used, while still humbler persons had to do without any. as not even being "worth a rush."