| Vol. I.—No. 12. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | Price Four Cents. |
| Tuesday, January 20, 1880. | Copyright, 1880, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
Poor pussy comes at break of day,
And wakes me up to make me play;
But I am such a sleepy head,
That I'd much rather stay in bed!
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OUR OWN STAR.
"As we have already," began the Professor, "had a talk about the starsin general, let us this morning give a little attention to our ownparticular star."
"Is there a star that we can call our own?" asked May, with unusualanimation. "How nice! I wonder if it can be the one I saw from our frontwindow last evening, that looked so bright and beautiful?"
"I am sure it was not," said the Professor, "if you saw it in theevening."
"Is it hard to see our star, then?" she said.
"By no means," replied the Professor; "rather it is hard not to see it.But you must be careful about looking directly at it, or your eyes willbe badly dazzle