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Show BOOK NOTES. Frank Danby's new bio'- - "Piss in Clover," is altogether unique and t "ost fascinating. The sale f this itfi ha 43 SbkssbJt' been something phenomenal. Eve edimany tions having been printed in '3! .mIkv"' months. It is considered by able critics such as The Bookman, to be tha most powerful novel of the year, certainly none is more popular. Had ona never heard of the book, their attention must needs be called to it by the ill never More Sunshine n t too much excited away the first number lie thought of remarkable and striking cover. It is Did you ever feel the suns! Ine s!:.g iver it. 1 ;.n't study so well after it. (14), and the answer will be 5. But most elaborate and expensive. By the s " through your soul .) here .! And he flung the you must tell him what the answer J. B. of ortutif. When some Messed boost Llpplncott Co., rbiladelphia. iiook in' He was Ficbte, should be, and then ask him if he has river. goa, : yos.r toward you spinning Is Sv same. some The the Star. the got explanation j Morning Did you ever have grat .llosopher. "The Golden Windows," very simple. The answer Is always sinner sigh and say: "Do not b too sure, my lad. .e. too A half the number originally added, Richards' new book ' of fables fot Expedient. Spider's confident, too gay. v summer a large spider had Its which in this case was 10, so the re- old and young, will prove a charmFor another day Is coming ki ien -well you iu the top of a decaying peach sult will, of course be 5. Whatever ing source of delight to those who lovs be changed, may a Thus ha wreathes your joyouf spirit n with so few leaves that it was in number is chosen, half the number you the best In WOe. literature, and parents wiU 1.11.,. hel of uin view. I caught sight of her first tell him to add will always be the find on Its pages much that will be Spurn i an; a hile watching some birds with my answer. hun the in helpful shaping their children'l i.g Know no trouble till It strikest. you glasf. She seemed to be climbing from lives. Tho stories are simple and of sunshine when you ca Clever Ants. the top of the tree on nothing to a Dr. Flagg tells an Interesting story graceful, and each one has Its lesson away When the troubles come and im'iB us telephone wire some fifteen then 'tis hard enough to brr 'Mien an! somewhat higher than bar web. of some ants he had observed: "A and moral. The book is handsomely He who seeks for clouds is foco.h A lien she reached the ire she went pie was placed on a shelf in a cup bound and illustrated and is without his sky is hlue and fan; around it and then bio k. In studying board, with a wide ring of molasses doubt the p Jesting, your from bitter the leading story book of the Keep the situation foun.! ut the web encircling the plate. The ants discovtha sting from out your Brown & Co., Boston-Pric- e, By an Little, day. of le ' for woiry breakfast, as so located that it reuuirod a ca- ered It and, wanting pie And the weariest weight laugh. $1.50. first your lightened by They a tear ble to hold it up, and the spider had they set out to get it. doleful duty ' Sing a while-- no in some way got one over the wire bo marched about the ring, leaving an In every line; The Real Latin Quarter, Funk & soulful Kor.net with sucfar away. This cable was, of course, ant here and there at places which Sing a while-- no cessive sob and whine-Si- ng the wide than lie less to a slender silken thread which evident were seen Wagnalls Co., New York, is a recent a song that sends the sunshii,, 1o Then carefully of the rest they she had ring. publication whose author Is F. Berkthrown ly man; on account and out, the soul of striving n so of its lightness it had floated to the selected the narrowest place; and, ley Smith. It gives captivating and Laughter lets love linger longer-jolly while you caj.. rigiit place and became attached there going to an old nail hole in the wall, realistic glimpses of the manners, of by its glutinous properties. It saems they formed an endless stream life and character of the famous Boeach bringing a grain of plasporters, adremarkable should it have that Urn. hemia of Paris, contains more than Bits of Silver in Magic hered to the wire firmly enough to al ter. They built a causeway through 100 original drawings an4 snapshots If you hold a stick at an angle of- low so lime of bits of these the molasses an insect to climb over large of by the author, and caricatures by fa about 45 degrees, and thrust the lowtime from the hours in and three it, which she did every day. discovery, they were eating the pie." mous French artists, it is a bound book and one of absorbTallest on Earth. A Pet Antelope. In a comparative table of stature, Interest ing throughout. Most of us have seen an antelope, arranged according to nationalities, a was one that see ever did but you the United States Indian stands high"Marjie of the Lower Ranch," by er than any other race in the world, Francis Parker, published by the C. runs him very though the Patagonian M. Clark Publishing Co., Boston, close. Tim white citizen comes next. takes prece lence over almost all tha The United States negro ranks four latest fiction. The theme of the teenth in the scale, and of all the coun tries In the world considered the Porstory Is evidently laid somewhere In tuguese are found to be the shortest. the mountains of Montana, as that It has always been proverbial among state waa once the home of the auanatomists that blond nations are thor. Frequent reference Is made to greater than their darker neighbors. Salt Lake and points in Idaho which This is due to the geological positions give the book special local interest It of the blond races. They are charac4- (W Is a ranch story written by a real teristic of the north, and on account of the lower degree of temperature are ranch girl who has woven Into her The Magic Urn. er end of it into water to a depth of induced to take more exercise, which breezy western romance pictures of 10 or 12 inches, that end will seem to throws them more in the open air. ranch life from the viewpoint of a At the top of the list of the coun "Tiddlums," the Pet Antelope, be bent upward from the point where girl who has lived on Montana it enters the water, so that the part tries, arranged in order of stature, the pet? In London there Is a little ante- ranches from childhood. Marjie, the under the water forms an obtuse angle first seven, after the United States lope named "Tiddlums" that travels heroine, is a natural, warmhearted with the part above the water. This white men, are Norway, Scotland, about with his master everywhere, whom everyone will love. It !s due to what the scientists call the British America, Sweden, Ireland, Den- and which likes above all things to girl all northern ride on the top of an omnibus. And is a thrilling story and will meet and Holland, refraction, or bending, of the rays of mark nations. he answers to his name just like a with a hearty reception, especially In light that come from the submerged It Is handsomely bound end of the stick as they pass from dog. He is every bit as Intelligent as this locality. Fun with Nuts at Dinner. a dog, too, only he can't wag his tail; and Illustrated with full page four the water Into the air. When the main portion of the din and that's unfortunate, because he A pretty and puzzling experiment color Illustrations. Price, 11.50. ner has been removed ana aesserl cannot show w hen he is glad as easily be may based on the same principle, in the humor as a folks are little served, can. dog made with an urn, or similar vessel, Some of the best of recent fiction to appreciate some entertainment of a But why, do you suppose, he cannot and three pieces of money, say three but appropriate character. wag his tail? Simply because he has Is being published by the John Lane simple of be must urn The silver quarters. Here is one that is fun for every one: not got any to wag. Co., New York. "The House on the some material that is not transparent; Pile some hickory nuts or whatever Tiddlums runs along after his mas- Sands," by Charles Marriott, is entitannot a glass vessel, therefore, would nuts are served with the dinner, into ter in the strtet, not seeming to mind led to a swer the purpoiKr- r- ' tup place on the list Mr. a great heap on the table cloth. Each the crowdH at all. If you saw him. Is the author of "The In preparing for the experiment, a in as fork, coat proceeds guest taking with his beautiful reddish brown which you may call a bit of amateur Jack straws, to dislodge one at a time Column" and "Love With Honour," nicely brushed and his little black magic, you privately place the three without disturbing the rest. Each one nose and this latest work again by never would the you air, sniffing quarters in the bottom of the vessel, thus stealthily removed, means five think that only a year or two ago he proves himself one of the greatB and at A, as shown in the picture, of the points; if a single other one trembles was running wild in the African for- est writers of fiction C, respectively, and arrange so that it is five points for the rest of the est But that is where he came from, day. The story Is a powerful no one shall then look inlo the vessel company and the turn passes on to and that Is where his brothers and political one, and yet brings the read Then say to the spectators that if sisters are now. so that his er, In its lyric moments to the point eye one of them will sit Tiddlums Is not much bigger than a of nature. It Is a novel of brilliant shall be at D, you will, by pouring large Belgian hare, with large brown water Into the vessel, cause three silstrength. at still the that sight get larger eyes, ver quarters to come Ir.to his view, of cake, and two tiny horns on the top one after another, whereas at the The Little Shepherd of Kingdom of his head, w hich look very cute. He time you tell him this they are not Is very gentle, and will sit cuddled up Come," by John Fox Is a novel of visible. Let him see that you do not in an armchair with his master for great beauty and charm, distinguished put them into the vessel after you above all present day novels by Its hours. speak. simplicity and pathos. No serial for Hutchinson Family. Having cautioned him to sit still many years has attracted more enthu A game or trick, played by any numCoaxing a Nut From the Pile, and keep his eye at the place directed, simw ater sounds It in the slastlu comment. The author has picThose who next ber of the know very the player. D, you begin pouring persons. very gently, for if you pour it in suddenly ple, but there is lots of fun in it, and game retire to an adjoining room and tured emphatically boy life among the or violently it will be likely to make it can be played with equal fervor by are supposed to personate the Hutch- Kentucky mountains, life in blue inson family, to whom the others are the quarters move out of their places. both young and old. In the simple days be college grass When the water rises to the point brought In one by one to be introduc- fore the war; class feeling between An Arithmetic Puzzle. ed. The "family," who all stand in a marked F, the quarter at A will come and the "furlner" mountaineer the If you find some one who doesn't row, imitate, as exactly as possible, into view, and the quarters at B and C when the water riss to G and H, re- know how it is done, this puzzle will whatever the guest says or does, until which persists to the present day; Tell hira he sits down, when he joins the family the way In which Kentucky was rent mystify them considerably. spectively. to think of a number, any number he and another person is brought in. asunder by the civil war; and the ro likes, but it must be even (say 14); Sometimes when the guest under- mantic glory of Morgan's men. The Language of Flowers. then ask him to double it CS), then stands the Joke, he ran turn It on whole book Is bound together by a Absence Zinnia. beautiful love story. Charles Scrib- tell him to add 1" to it (38), then ask the members of the "family," by Always the same-Myrners Sons, publishers, New York. him to halve it (13), and finally to take something difficult to Imitate. Anemone. Anticipation a 4E . o-ha Iurs :.- - It was the night b.'fore New Year's. Toe air was clear and frosty, and the moon and stars were shining down on the sparkling snow that covered ttre prairie, like the cloth on a round dining table. Toward midnight, if vou hay peeped from one of the windows Oi Mr. Hlain's farm house, you would Lave seen what would have appeared to have been a shadow, coming up the road toward the house. As it came nearer you would have seen that it was a little animal about the size of a lamb, with great. Ions ears and a bobtail, and so white that at a little distance you could not tell it from the enow. But nobody saw the shadow. Tor everyone in the house was asleep, ex- - bonnet, so that you can play with the other children." Haby's eyes opened wide with wonder, for there were over a dozen other little babies in the room, which was a great large one. "Now Jack," said Grandma Jack Rabbit, whose face was wrinkled up with laughing, all the time, "you play with the children, w hile I get the supper." Baby turned to see the rabbit, but he was gone, and in his place stood a little fat man, with a jolly laughing red face and a snow white beard. "Whay is ne jackrabbit dat hot me here?" asked the baby. "I am he," answered the little man. "We Jack Rabbits just turn ourselves and Suddenly the music stopped Grandpa said: "Come now cAflrtYen and have some supper, Grandma's waiting for us." Then Mr. and Mrs. Jackrabbit lifted each one of them into a high chair and tied a big bib around his or her neck, so that the children would not spill anything on their clothes. And what a feast they had! There were baked apples, ginger bread, doughnuts, cookies, and jam, and afterwards they had nuts, raisins, taffy and popcorn. "Now Grandpa," said one of the children, with a big piece of taffy in his mouth, "Please tell us where you got this new baby "Well," said Grandpa, "last week I was passing Mr. Blains' house and the baby was out playing in the garden. I hid behind the snow man she was building, so that nobody but she could see me, while I told her about the party which we have here every New Year's Eve, and I asked her If she would like to come. When she said she would, I told her not to tell any one, but to be awake at midnight on New Year's night and 1 would come for her then." "Es," said Baby Blaln, "it was drefful long time till New Year's too. I fot it ud never turn, but it did turn and I'm having a gate time. Tan I tome here again?" "O yes!" said Grandma, "We will have another party next year and I hope you will all be here." "Yes!" cried all the children at once, "we'll all come if we can." "Well now," Baid Mrs. Jackrabbit, "come and have a game with Grandma, and then it will be time to go home." "Let's play tag and we'll all try to catch Grandma," said one of the children, and they all rushed toward her, but Grandma was too quick for them and had darted across the room before any one could catch her. Off they ran after her, Grandpa and all, but Grandma bobbed around like a cork in a pail of water, till she was all out of breath, and then Baby Blaln, the littlest one of all, was able to catch her. "Ho! Ho! Ho! You're caught at last," laughed Mr. Jackrabbit. "Well its time that our little ones were going home for it will soon be daylight." The children were all sorry that the party was over, but Grandma and Grandpa put on their coats and hoods and muffled them up warm. Then Mrs. Jackrabbit kissed them and wished them all a happy New Year, and told them to be sure to come again the next New Year's Eve, when Grandpa Jackrabbit called for them. But where was Grandpa? He had disappeared while his wife was kissing the children, and in his place stood the funny little animal with the long ears, which had brought the children there, and which is called a Jackrabbit. Grandma lifted the children on his back, all together, and opened the door, and away the rabbit scampered, up the hole and over the snow. When he came to the nearest house, he let one of the children off and then turned down the road, letting a child off at nearly every house he came to. Baby Blain's bouse was the farthest off of all, and before they reached It, Baby could see that it was beginning to get light away in the East, where the sun rises. The Jackrabbit Baw the light too, and flew along, faster than ever, till the wind whistled past Baby's ears, for if he did not get home before daylight, some one might see Jackrabbit and shoot him for their dinner. But it was not long before they came to the Blaln house. "Dood-by- , Grandpa," said Baby, as she slid down off the rabbit's back, "and sank oo vezy much," and the rabArdent Attacnment arkspur. bit was off like a shot. Beauty and piety Water star. Baby opened the door and then shut and forgiveness Appl Blessing and locked it after her, and she was blossom. soon all undressed and In her little Bond of love Hone suckle. bed. When father and mother got up, Capricious l)eauty I. ttdy's slipper. there was the baby, fast asleep,1 just Cheerfulness Chrysanthemum. .as she was when they w,ent to bed the In Confidence heaven Flowering night before, and they wonderid what reed. made her sleep so late for she was alConsolation Snowdrop. ways first awake In the morning. They Constancy Heliotrope. never found out, however about the Cure for heartache Ascleplas. Jackrabbit's party, for Baby had promDeceitful hope Daffodil. ised not to tell. Baby went again next Despair Cypress. Geranium. year, and every year until Bhe was Despondency five years old, but after that she could Devotion Cross of Jerusalem. not go any more for the Jackrabblts Dlffdence Cyclami n. never had any children over five years Disappointment O.v eye. old at their parties. She Is a big girl Egotism Narcissi)1". now, and her father and mother don't Estranged love lotas. call her Baby any more, but MarguerFalsehood Apo mi'n. Fame Laurel. ite, but she will always remember the fun she had at the Jackrabbit's party. Fidelity-Wallflo- ver. Montreal Herald. Forever thine 'lib Forgiveness - San ill tree. some of the old faces have disappearFriendshi- p- Ivy. - tree. Generosity Orai ed, but love welcomes the one and Genius Plane tf laith still catches an occasional Good night - Mint. glimpse of the other. It Is the day Gratitude Pyramids' hell flower. when we stop for a moment to listen Hatred-Ba- sil. to the keynote of a better life. Dissatisfied with what we have done, the soul bids us be braver, truer and Boys Who Mlte Great Men. A Swedish hoy l out of a window nobler. We heed the warning, and though the cares of the coming days and was badly hurt, but with clinched lips be kept hark the cry of pain. Tba may diminish the force of our resolution a subtle something remains King Guslavus Adolphus, who saw the which points to possibilities unattain-ed- , boy fall, prophesied that the boy while it reminds us of the ability would make a man f"" n emergency. to attain them. With the capacity It He did, for he b sine the famous be great, we are still strangely small Gen. Bauer. A boy used io nuh the flowers to of soul, and on each New tear's day we chide ourselves for our weakness. get their color, ai d t ainted the whlu ttage In the TyA sense of shame mingles with the side of his father's consciousness of power, and we an- rol with all sorts of pictures, which ourselves better the mountaineers gsed at as wondernually promise ful. He was the great artist. Titian. things. An old painter wailed a little fellow who amused himedf making drawings of hlB not and brushes, easel and stool, and said. "Thst boy will beat me one. day." He did, for he was Michael Angelo. A German boy was reading a blood-anthunder novel. It pht In the midst of It he sftld to hlniHolf; 'xow lhs 't 're . worry-seekin- g ft ke-- 1 0 "Away He Scampered, Down the Road With Baby Holding on by His Ears." cept the baby, who was lying wide awake In her little cot at the foot of mother's bed. Just as the clock was etriking midnight, there came a gentle tap at the door. Baby heard It, but no one else did, and she climbed out of her cot and ran to the door. "I commin' Bunnie," she called out as she reached up to the handle and let the little animal in. "Now oo wait mlnnit till baby dets on her toat, Mr. Jack Rabbit." Then she ran to the drawer and pulled out her little coat and bonnet and mitts and her little foot muffs. Baby had never dressed herseif before but at midnight, between the old and the new year, babies can do many wonderful things which they cannot do at any other time, but you never see them doing these things, as they will not do them while anybody In the house is awake. It only took baby a few minutes to get on all her clothes. Then she opened the door and she and the jackrabbit went out into the moonlight night. As soon as they were outside the rabbit got down on his knees, and baby climbed on his back and away he scampered, down the road, with baby molding on by his ears. Soon they were far away from baby's home, so far that they could At last they only see the chimney. came to a hole leading down under the ground. Down this the jackrabbit popped, and stopped up before a little round door. He tapped at the door and waited until it was opened by a fat little woman in a big white apron and a white dusting cap. Si into little animals like rabbits when we go out. but w hen we are at home, we are little men and women." Grandma Jack Rabbit went over to the stove at the other end of the kitchen, where she had a big pot of taffy boiling, some corn popping, a big pan of chestnuts roasting in the oven, and some other things cooking for the children's supper, and Grandpa began to play with the children. Oh! What fun they had! They played "Drop the Handkerchief," "Nuts in May," "Here Comes a King Arriving," "Green Gravel," "Blind Man's Buff," and every game they knew. Then Grandpa got down on his hands and knees and took them for a ride on his back all around the room and over to where Grandma was pulling the golden taffy that had been boiling on the stove. "Here's a piece of taffy for each one of ny babies," laughed Grandma. Now gallop away Grandpa, like the old black ram that went to London Tow n, but don't let the little dears fall off like papa and mamma did, while I set the table." Grandpa scuttled off, as fast as he could go on his hands and knees, to the other end of the room, singing: "Papa, mamma and Uncle John went to Londun mi a black ram, "Papa fell off. O dear! O dear! "Mamma fell off. J dear! O dear! "And t'ncle John went galloping 0n, galloping on to London Town." Then the children all scrambled off Mr. Jack Rabbin's back and cried: "Now Grandpa, you play us some music and we'll dance till Grandma gets supper ready." I III II -- A "Dood-by- , 1 if short respite, gather our friends together, recall the past, forecast tha future and with kindly greeting wish each other a happy arrival at the next hillock, then take up our burdens once again and enter the valley that lies It Is a between the two elevations. day of good cheer, of fraternal assembly. The air Is full of happy thoughts and good wishes. The whole world Is brighter for it. for heart goes out to heart, and universal sympathy lifts us for a time to a higher level. Earth The Young New Year. We welcome the, oh, gtnd young prince. And trust our fate within thy hands; Oh, let thy coming to us be A grateful blejultig In our lands. Where pain and sorrow dare to tread, He thou n soothing friend to cheer And though the dear old year be dead. May you a greater friend appear. Mrs Alice C. Whitman In Brooklyn Kagle. . . Is a little more comforting a little dearer. Some new faces and boaven have come and t Price, TYING A STAR IN PAPER STRIP. Tying a Star. Whenever a boy or girl sit down to "draw tliiis" on pa nr.- or !ate for pure amusement, the the pointed star is almost Mire to be one of the figures attempt' d flrt ami ol'tencst. This general love tor the ptr is probably due to the fact tl at It Is found on the American flag, but H is a pretty figure in itself and a wry difficult one to make, as you inui have learned Any Mraulil I'toi from experience. rat- figure like this . dlfflt u!t to diaw Isfartorily beiauxe the eye Is more exact than the fingers, and at nice de- tocts the smallest error In the figure, the beauty of which Is Fiolcd if it is not correctly drawn. There are rules for making stars, but I hey are hard to learn and harder to rem inber, and e of rulers and they call for the other drawing Instruments. Now I am going to show joii a curious way of making a star without using even a pencil, simply by tying a knot in a strip of paper. The strip should be at least 10 times as long as It Is wide, arid the paper mut be tough, so ti nt t wi'l not tear easily. and thin enough to be nearly transThin unruled linen writing parent. paper, or what Is called bond paper, ar.Hwers the purpose very well. Tie a simple knot in the Strip of paper, as you wumd in a string, and You will then press tie knot flat. have a flveslded firnre with the ends of the paper projecting from two of the sides. I'.y folding both of these ends over ou obtain a perfect or p"titagon, but if yon on th other, an.!. f.'H one r; d by the united ends, h: 'lug tl."'!' t i ;t inward the window or V .' :li"n"-t, tup. Jim will see, Inside of the star, 'in, a pretty pel,: fo! II. by the overlapping of different tl.:oses of paper, 'lie figure must be pressed quite flal and creased at the edges. If there are little gaps at the corners the knot hits not been pulled tight enough. This is one or the prettiest llttt paper folding tricks I know, and It Is sure to surprise everybody who has rot seen It before. With tracing pathe effect is still per or nc.I p five-side- , icr j pref1 ',r r. iir $1.50. "Royal Palaces and Their Memories," by Sarah A. Tooley (A. Wessells Co., New York, publishers). Is Indeed a "palaclal" edition. Bound In royal purple and printed on the very finest of linen, replete with Illustrations, printed on plate paper, of all England's royal palaces, it Is without doubt one of the very finest contributions to a book loving public put upon the market In recent years. Beginning with Windsor Castle, founded by William the Conquerer, It take? up In detail each of the subsequent places of royal residence, recounts the whlcb many events of Importance transpired within their historic walls up to and Including tho reign of the It Is of abbeloved Queen Victoria. Interest throughout and sorbing; should occupy a prominent place In the library of all book lovers. ' So Grandpa took the funniest looking black stick out of his pocket, and put It up to his mouth, but you ought to have heard the beautiful music that came out of that stick. It was magic and any one could dance to it even if they had never danced before, nor even seen any one dancing. ly da-In- g 1 On New Year's Day. It Is a beautiful and profitable custom, this which we celebrate as the cold sun shines on each successive first of January. There are seventy hillocks in the short journey of human life, and as we reach each one In turn we lay our burdens down for a Maj-rio- tle. Gran pa," said Baby. "Ha, ha!" laughed the little woman as she took the baby off the jackrab-bit'- s back, and nearly smothered her with kisses. "Here is another little guest at Grandma Jack Rabbit's T'ew Year's party. Now Jack, shut the door or yon will freeze the little dears. Now baby let me take off your coat and nana-some- A Suggestion to "Cavendish." Major C. is exceedingly fond of th game of whist. On one occasion h was speaking of the way In which luck will some times pursue a man and remarked that he once played a whole week at the White Sulphur Springs and never held a trump. Some one In the company suggested that that was Imixissible, because he must have held at least one trump every But the time he dealt the cards. e major replied: "Every time I de.lt It was a mis- deal." (jetting loo Close Home. socialist, who was once explaining to a friend the principles of socialism, remarked that all possessions should be shared equally. "If you had two horses," said the friend, 'would you give me one?" "Of course," replied the socialist. "And If you had two cows would yot do the same?" "Of course I shrttld." "Well, supposing now," said the friend, slow-It- , "you had two ple. would you give me one of them?" "F.h! Tha's gettln trwer nesr home," sn!d tt e o'ber shyr.lc " ly; "tha knows I've r"t A Yorkshire |