Show i + 1 i FJ P READ 1 i Sunshine 1 know tho whole crowd of young fcl lows a Who travel tlm 11111 Ihroiwli our town And some nn nil InUKliln unil umllln Wlillo others are inliril In 11 frown L + tutNn the ono that ilorx MIIMPKH I notice u No mutter what may he rile line t Is the man that pours out with each nWIIBllr A IJOIIIIH of bubbling H1I1I8hlll Im not imirlt for roiiilln nor lenrnln 1 f Nor muck wliilom from book I nlnt H lick on now fads nor fimhlonii L J Nor nvnrlM tight Hliors for their look Jnnt JntmnliiK jour house full of mutiny i MnV HCOIII to this age n good nlK Hut I hllevo In the olilfiiHlilonnl doctrine doc-trine h Of lining you i heart with Hunnhlne t Kenneth lliupo I In Four Track Nims t Ants Cowsheds One of the most Interesting studies t of Insect life Is the relationship between ji be-tween nntw and plantlice or nphldH Itt sayH St Nicholas These plantllco supply honeydew from tho juices which they lako MS food from plants Tho ftnts tire very fond of this sweet substance and caro for tho aphlds In a manner that seems to us surprisingly ll surprising-ly Intelligent They somctlnuH carry thorn bodily to a better feeding fd ground and drlvo away certain oft of-t their enemies It Is clalmod tlmt thoy even build sheds of mud in the crotches of Khriibs and small trees On account of thin Insect relationship + ono may truthfully call thin ants farmers far-mers the aphids cows and these protecting mud ensue cowsheds GEOGRAPHICAL PLACES IN 0 R II 1 t l 1 l i I 2 I 1 3 etL < > r tr a 1r Turkish Girls Debut t Until a Turkish girl Is 8 I years old she Is free to run about and play the same as her brother After that time she Is regarded as a grownup She leaves school and puts on a veil Sho forbidden to run about No man except her father or husband Is allowed ra y al-lowed to look upon her taco and sho is not permitted to go Into her fathers a part of the house Her parents begin to arrange for her i a marriage she has nothing to say in i the matter Sho must bo married by k f the time she Is 11 ana her husband Y will probably be about 17 In Turkey an unmarried man or woman Is unknown J un-known Such a state Is looked upon + Th as disgraceful v When the wedding arrives the ceremonies cere-monies last a week The wedding dress Is a most gorgeous affair often 1 + costing 1000 being embroidered In r gold and pearls i The prettiest part of the ceremonies takes place ono evening when the girl friends of tho i youthful bride entertain her family ill Each takes n lighted candle and forming form-ing a procession with the bride as leader march about the grounds among the flower beds through the t trees tAll are In bright colored S F dresses their hair hanging over their shoulders Songs are sung sweet musical chants are heard and tho scene suggests nothing so much as a bit out fairyland Itself t The Bakery Tree Franks father being obliged tot to-t make a business trip to tho West Indies In-dies took Frank along too They YIv took passage In a steamer at Boston and sailed away south Into the regions c Id where It Is always summer amid J Islands where palms and orango trees yRj 1 and many strange sorts of plants 3 nourished Leaving the steamer at Kingston Jamaica they hired a carriage and drove several miles out Into tho country coun-try through a world strange and beautiful beau-tiful and all new to Frank until they came to a plantation house long low and rambling with wide verandas t around It and beautiful gardens filled With tropical flowers and ferns It belonged to Mr DIxon and that nightS S as they sat at dinner their host said ar I will now give you a taste of something some-thing which you Frank have never J eaten before and can eat only In the II v tropics for It wont stand transportation l f transporta-tion u t t iU HUD u auituin imicuu oil tau in r a d f hlo a platter sin which were thick golden 1 gol-den brown wedges cut as a watermelon 1 water-melon Is cut and looking as It they I were pieces of some fruit ns large asa tt Ol as-a small pumpkin or a large musk Lit nation They wero smoking hot from lc l i the oven and It was easy to see that k t their golden brown color had been given jt giv-en to them by their baking Frank took ono of the pieces on his r1i plate broke It open buttered It and f began to eat Sly how good It was j i3 It was like the finest wheat bread r r only that there was a slight flavor of i f artichokes about It u Frank thought ho had seldom tasted a 1 ii anything no good In all hid life and i he asked for more There said Mr Dixon What I IOU i I-OU think of it The best bread I ever ate snll 1 I f rank Yes replied the host 1 SIIUSM It IB And the beauty of It IH that the bread you are eating grown on trees all ready to be put Into tho oven No yeast caked no kneading of dough When you want a loaf of bread here you just go out of doors and pick It That Lents going to tho bakery for It said Finn and besides no bakery sells such good bread ns thin No replied Mr Dixon Vhen nature takes a notion to do anything of this kind situ generally does It up In style Tho next day Frank was taken out to lieu the trees big trees they were with hick shiny leaves and the I loavcH l of bread hanging everywhere among the branches like small hairy football each loaf neighing about four pounds A Jolly Game I A game that requires no material and no preparation but may he played offhand Is sometimes Just the tiling to kn6w particularly at a party Here is one tho older boys and girls would enjoy Let us cant It Alphabet Trips Any number of persons may take part In the games The first thing to do Is to choose a leader who stands In the middle of tho loom with tho players seated around him Then ho tolls them that they are each to take utrlp somewhere and must announce to him In tirn whore they aro going and what they Intend to do when they got there Now the oddity of this game consists con-sists In lib fact that every word in each individual answer toilet begin with the sjatno letter If a player for example says that lib Is going to a plnco tho name or which begins with G every additional word In his answer an-swer must boglii with G The game Is really a trial of wits for the better the answer and tho more quickly It Is given the more credl n player deserves de-serves A prize may or may not he offered to be awarded by tho leader or by a vote of tho players to the ono who makes the best and readiest answer The lender begins tho game by the announcement just given and then asks tho first player where he Is going go-ing For the sake of Illustration we will give a few answers In alphabetical alphabeti-cal order rho pln > or answers therefore there-fore that he Is going to Athens and when the leader asks him what ho Is going to do there tho player says Advertise athletics D goes to Boston o buy baked beans C to Cincinnati to collect curiosities curios-ities D to Denver to defy dentists E to England to entertain Edward F to Franco to fry frogs G to Glasgow to gather guineas II to Halifax to hold horses I to India to introduce Idols J to Jericho to jostle Jerseymon K to Kentucky to keep kindling L to Louisiana to lie low M to Montana to make money N to New York to negotiate notes 0 to Oklahoma to open oysters P to Philadelphia to pll for pennies Q to Quebec to quote quinces R to Homo to read ritual S to Savannah to sell sauces T to Turkey Tur-key to tell tales U to Utah to use umbrellas V to Vermont to vend vermilion ver-milion W to Washington to waste wages Y to Yazoo to yell Yokels Z to Zanzibar to zoutch zebras A Decorated Dog A lieutenant of the Coldstream Guards In British Central Africa In 18919C was tho possessor of probably the only dog that has ever been awarded a medal for gallant conduct I on the field says Golden Days This was a sable collie named Flora sent out from England as a companion for another collie named Don These two dogs were known respectively as The Fox and Tho Lion by tho natives who bad never seen the species before and greatly feared them In the various engagements which took place both animals wero very useful marching at the head of the column and on going go-ing Into action Invariably undertaking their share by barking and showing their teeth to the enemy Don died of fever and was burled at Zomba but Flora subsequently returned to IQn don where she might frequently 1 lo seen In the Foreign Ofilco wearing tho silver medal which was presented to her by private subscription A Game of Sneeze Hero Is n little game you might try boys and girls when you feel like befog be-fog noisy Any number can play It A leader being chosen will tell each ono to Hiieeze one after tho other to see who makes the queerest Bound Then let him whisper words like hush ka hoosh elm chee choo ono to each l child or group of children if the party Is large Toll each to say his word as loud ns possible when you count four Keep It as a surprise that all say their words at once and the result will be the nolsest funniest sneeze you ever heard The leader may vary tho game by giving different words that sound like sneezing A Sensible Move rt4 1 There Isnt any use my dears Old Father Lion said In staying on these des irt + sands Whero we were born and bred For over all of Africa The white man now holds sway And urns his railroads everywhere From Tchad to Table Bay We cannot get away com him And so Its Just as well l To boldly make tho lifnt of things And go midst men to dwell They have a charming place Ive heard For lions called the Zoo Come let us pack our things at once And buy our tickets through So all the lion family Dressed themselves out In style It was the best they had and bo You really need not smile They took the train they took tha ship rhoy reached the Zoo and there They dwell today In happiness Far from their native lair Sunbeam How Bees Embalm Bees nays Horbls can embalm as successfully as could the ancient Egyptians It often happens In damp weather that a slug or snail will enter en-ter a beehive This Is of course to the unprotected slug a case of sudden death The bees fall upon him and sting him to death at once But what to do with tho carcass becomes a vital question If loft where It Is It will breed a regular pestilence Now comes In the cleverness of the Insects They set to work and cover It with wax and there you may see It lying embalmed just as the nations of old embalmed their dead When It is a snail that Is tho intruder he is of course Impenetrable to their sting so they calmly cement his shell with wax to t tho bottom of the hive Imprisonment Imprison-ment for life with no hope of pardon The First Buttons I wonder how many children ImO when the hutton and buttonhole came into use Along with many Inventions and important Im-portant things the button and buttonhole button-hole wero introduced Into England when good Queen Bess held sway The first buttons wero made by needle over a wooden mold 0 Cats In Church Most of the churches In Naples havo three or four cats attached to them Tho cats are kept for the purpose pur-pose of catching the mice iiiilch In lest all the ancient Neapolitan build lags The animals may often ho been talking about among the congrega I tlon or stretched before the altars |