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Show F? J', : O' - V'" O "y C.: c C V, o ,0 P oP Z ft'. Vl'r o -- ' OX) Q s Had Waited Long, and Mas. Others Wait. Col. Henry Cochrane, fomier mandur of the marine barracks League island, tells a new story 0n Rear Admiral Charles D Sipsbee Until recently Admiral Sigsbee, a0 president of the board of naval iuers in Washington, was commandant at League island Speaking of slow promotion in the haw," said the colonel, reminds me of the retoit the rear admiral made to Captain ei. u. Promise A "Oh1 I uitili -t (ml it now ' slit tiled As I tht simhiIs into j,l k t Ar d thestipitd unlUn! light ut knowlclgo shone Ox et the dim huh fine Somt li ssons ait tast to me hut nuijt hot a I think me ml nnd a algti I Ctepl out turn tin titniiihus lips thought Onee Id just to irj And now how glut I im it Is right Ik sr tt m tu i Im gong to hi Ins Form tlowiis to w ti to mm row l,ood lni night And bw tj like a I i d on tin wins lut pern ils t ml pin thinks tin dimpl'd hint Found Yet life m ill too tit n to hold tin sin h ssons alit now undt i stands As slu pins Ip tht sttei ts of gold And I windt-it Unit in t the morning land SI ould I n t li tht it lint of light Slu II gm t no with w Jiomiiik wine of I a ml And tin night F m Cm in jiomN'd th it roj Slit Ids in ( hit igu Inter flow 1 t sin A Race on the Heels Bt looking at the plot ire ton will sie just what is noetic tl to pn pare for a ' hooling match " A stout hioom stick for what jou might approi riate ly call jour lit el bit and two lengths of strong clothesline or light rope se curely knotted to eaeh end of the slick for the reins . Grasp the reins firmlv in your tltnched fists and draw the heel bit' taut so that the tails of jour feet are off the ground and vour weight resting entirely on jour heels The course must be short, as the race must be run entirely on the competitors' heels This would not seem at all hard, hut the heel bits" must be Kept in place, and It Is this condition which makes the race much more difficult than It "appears. The second ta from the vtrv sta.t nqiiestei to each a is gue-- t bung an oiange, whith request, being acco npanied lij no ex planation is quite pu!ing ami there fort- gives an added utuest right at the hi ginning I shei ea h aiilval into the dining roon, where they aie reielved bj the whose first (range aid committee fluty is to aid you in registering our oral ge and tying a ribbon marked a letter aiottnd it, so you ntaj iden ify it inter lien all the guests assemble in th' dining loom whi e the committee con t'rueh wnh its work winch is to count t'e seels Fanli orane is cut in ,a!t the see Ik are evtra'ied and after he leg countel and tmlj credited to th owier as enteie on the register tev aie i ut into a luiit-- i arent class howl Now the guests jartake ot a repast coniostd of every toiceivable foim of orange j on tan think of sliced 1 oranges oiange Ice tiangevde oiange flavortd randy ttc after winch you Si pounce that a pure will be offere to the one wlo guessts nearest to the number of seeds In the bowl ami a hot by pilze given to tl e poorest g er. Also two prizes will be awarded lo the two guests having Ihe most number of seeds and the least nun ber In their respective oranges Ap proprlate prizes are an order for a dozen orange sodas at a good oda fountain for the grand prize, and a small Jar of orange marmalade w.ll provoke a good deal of mirth when it is given to the winner of the booby prize And by the time the party wit da up you will find the bowlful of orange soeds have sprung up Into a splendid crop of fun. Yet, If you prefer other fruit, jou may call the party after almost any variety containing a amount of seeds, although we would not advise a watermelon party, as then the committee would nave to spend a week or so counting the seeds 1 moJ-erat- At the Start of the Match. lift your heels from the ground jou there is a great chance of jour heel hit slipping out of its position, which Instantly disqualifies you You are also .disqualified If you let the ball of your foot touch the ground, a ruling that will compel jou to proceed slowly and with care if jou want lo show vour competitors 8 clean pair of heels How Animal Turn Robber. Animals some, of them have a curious way of joining together and robbing other animals. A traveler tells a good story of a highway robbery committed on a heron by three black rogues, aided bv s couple of dishonest followers In hlack and white The heron had gore a fishing and had caught and eaten an eel and some On his, way home he smaller fry was accosted bj a carrion crow ard two hooded crows, and requested to stand and deliver his hard earned supper, Ihe magpies waiting to see If they could get any profit out of the neferl ous business .They were sleep. rg partners In the firm. Driving the heron to an open space between two woods, the crows came to close quarters with their victim One struck at Is head from above, w hile another 'pecked at hls side. The third seized him by the feet, which are thrust out behind when fljing, and upset him so that he turned a complete somersault At this the villains cawed hilar-- ; ously. Unable to stand their treatment, the heron disgorged a fish, which the mag Anpies seised and made off with other somersault was turned and a second fish fell to one of the crows. 'Seeing he could not get rid of the remaining thieves, the heron at lat jtelded up the eel, and went home supperless, while the crows had a tug of war with the fish 1 What a Boy Did. Jamie Pettigrew was the smartest boy In our class Willie Hunter was a real good fellow, too, and Willie and Jamie used to run neck and neck for the prizes Either the one or the other was always at the top of the class Examination day came round, and we were asked such & lot of puzzling questions that, one by one, we all dropped off till, just as we expected the first prize lay between Jamie and Willie I shall never forget how astonished we were when question after question was answered by Willie, while Jamie was silent, and Willie took the prize I went home with Jamie that afternoon, for our roads lay together; but instead of being cast down at losing the prize, he seemed rather to be mightily glad. I couldnt understand it Why, Jamie, I said, you could have answered some of those questions; I know you could." "Of course I could, he said, with a light laugh Then why didn't you? I asked. He wouldn't answer for a while. I kept pressing and pressing him till at last he turned round with such a strange, kind look in hls bonnle brown eyes. Look here." said he; how could I Hls help it? Theres poor Willie. mother died last week; and. If It hadnt been examination day he wouldnt have been at school. Do you think I was going to be so mean as to take a prize from a fellow who had Just lost his mother?" Sunday School Advocate. An Orange Party Plan. Have you ever give an orange party? ft le curious and amusing Coin Trick. . Begin this trick by remarking how very easily a wetted sliver dime will adhere to the forehead, and say you will wager anyone that after you have applied it to their forehead thev can not "wrinkle" nor shake It off with out touching It with their hands You may give a little illustration by damping a coin with the tongue and sticking It to your own forehead then making a great fuss of working your face to dislodge It, naturally it falls off after a short time Someone is sure lo take up your wager Start by putting the dry coin to their forehead, then taking It off to damp, instead of doing so you (unperceived) wet the tip of the middle finger of your right hand, and apply it to their forehead as if It were the coin you were sticking on Now take away your hand (carefully concealing the coin The fun then commences Your friend imagines the silver Is on THE ii vwi il -I-- k SIAMESE A Scrapbook of Real Value. To devote a scrapbook to one sub j(ct makes it much more interesting ard valuable and when you begin to gather material on any one theme you will be surpiisef at the amount whice will rome lo hand Suppose that you want to know all about soirte famous eitl er in the j ithlir eye at I erson. times piesnt or someone of past sources Horn magazines and other ran bo collided tie sdapbook maker may ropy il rally with a pn irto her book Te a a look as the soietlnrg woith while as will satisfaction of having gat r rid one se'f so muih informal ion on a single subjet t elmational value of such Held by a Toothpick Here is a tea table Iritk that will You will need two astonish evervone In torks, a pitch r and a toothpick terlace the tips of the prongs of the forks, so that thty hold firmly togeth er In V shape Then insert a tooth ft a uav of u a gtea' i j it i lilstotv ttiativ to Hints in hi woid-its origin is tr n ( il b it 'o lhf Kotna l feshv tl tl intis ttti tit tMnblisb unit of til m in Tut ol Homans n moi Mis onlv c' i v th d tl e ' ar n t Niitna Iontpi ms at' I t lira it y and dt d lantis 71? Ii C tl J tints comes in I In tw i ft tv Ik it ami 1 av ti - In n I ! v J I i i I t I !t w I i wth I r si n lr in i IIh sj urn'? tht g mI I ut rnih s up n tin with rt I w th ml now unto k i V IM n I kev HUNGARIANS CROSS THE SEA. dwells especially upon the gieat ball given at the Governors, old Irving Town in Wisconsin Founded by Them in 1841. A work on Migration from Hun gary in the Abrege du Bulletin tie la Societe Hongrolse de Geogi aphis shows that, while the history of Hun garian emigration reaches back into the fifteenth century. It has never at talned such dimensions as in the last few decades. .In the two decades from 1881 ta 1900 the migration from Hungary hat amounted to 380,000 aouls, or 2 J per cent of the total population In 1857 there were only 53 000 Hungarians dwelling in Austria, whereas Peter Stuyvesant, New Years night when the good Peter was devoutly observant of the pious rite of kissing all the womenkind for a Happy New Year in the year 1900 there were more than 270,000, 100,000 of them in Vienna alone. The emigration to America has set in only since the eighteenth century, and In 1841 the Hungarians founded in the state of Wisconsin the colony of Harasztyfalu, which now as Sauk City has long lost all trace of the Magyar character. Not till 1877 did the emigration assume large proportions. It was directed especially to Pennsylvania. New York and New Jersey, and that In consequence of strikes among American workers. The volume of emigration attained its first maximum from 1886 to 1892, and Its second In tbe years subsequent to 1899. The Joyous New Year A Frank Admission. Dr. G P. Mains, the treasurer of the Methodist Tract society, was talking about volumes of sermnos that had been profitable and popular Not many ministers, though he said, are able to put upon the market profitable and popular volumes of sermons. Then Dr. Mains smiled. of an I am reminded, he said, Scottish minister At aa elderly evening gathering a certain volume of sermons came up for discussion, and It was stated that the author of the volume had cleared something like sion When Boys Play Minstrels. When you boys want to blacken up vour faces for a minstrel play or any other kind of fun, here Is a good way for you to blacken up Take a few galls, bruise them to a fine powder, and strew the powder nicely uron a towel, then put a little ground copperas into a basin of water, which will dissolve and leave the wat-p- r perfect'v transparent. After any person has washed in this water and wiped with the towel on which the galls were strewed, hls hands and face will immediately become black. 500. At this the old minister's wife leaned over and whispered to him My dear, I see nothing to hinder you from printing a few of your sermons, too. They were all printed lang syne, the old minister whispered back " How to Make a Flute, little flute from which a good deal of amusement may be derived can be made by wrapping a piece ot paper around a pencil to make a tube. Paste the edge fast, and to one end of the tube fasten a triangular piece of paper somewhat larger than the openA Waiting for a Cent The Brooklyn man was taklDg hls friend from Philadelphia home to dine. As they neared the Fulton Ferry the Philadelphian inquired why so many people stood on the outside of the ferry house. Theyre waiting for 5 o'clock, when the fare Is changed from 2 cents to 1 cent, explained the Brooklynite These people would consider themselves foolish if they went in now. Some of them are laborers, some clerks and some millionaires, but not one buys a ticket till you hear th gong. Lota of them stand around with secstop watches and kick If she's ft ond late. Ah, there she goes Come on. said the Well, Ill be blessed! Philadelphian, and they Joined the crowd, surging inward on the stroke of the bell. New York Sun. ing To play the fiute, draw In your breath through the open end of the tube,, the difference In pitch will depend unon how hard you breathe Holiday Magazine. TWINS 1 PUZZLE ? !i non Be calm, Mr Slamm said the new captain, with a tantalizing grin and a look directed at no one In par ticular, Ive been waiting years for the privilege "New York Ttuok and mulled cider, every house was a temple of the merry god, and many a provident vagabond was Intoxicated out of pure economy, drinking liquor enough to serve him the remainder of the y ear On this day the governor also distributed fiddles to the old negroes, who fiddled all night while the young people danced Under Peter was instituted quilting bees, husking bees, and other rural assemblages, where, under the inspiring influence of the fiddles, toil was enlivened by Ihe Romans had two New Years, streets asking for presents, and sing- gayety and followed by a dance the bacred one, which was the 1st of The governor did not approve of March and the civil one of which we ing I wish you a the short skirts worn by the ladles New y Year, hapf 1st the of have just spoken, January. A lull of money a ruffle put at tbe bottom poi k ordered and a sacred and a civil The Jews had And u tel'ar full of beer, He likewise disapproved of of them. And a great fat pig year, the former began In March or To erve mu all the year. some of their steps in dancing, and Ladles .and gentlemen, April, the latter in September or Ocordered tl.at no other step should" be bv the fire Silting" with the lunar tober, varying period. Pity we pom liovs taken but the "shuffle and turn," and The early Greeks had no settled year; Out in 'Se mire " The French make a great uem of the double trouble. when one was finally adopted, they New Year commenced It at the vernal equinox In 1654 Charles IX of The custom of New Year's calling apito The ruby gatm of orient tJi On this day the Homan consuis fol lowed by the court went to the cap ital all gorgeously appareled, where tkey sacrificed two white bulls, never yoked, to Jupiter Capitoiinus How Forks Are Fastened. pick througn these Interlaced prongs just far enough to secure It firmly. Sometimes the pressure from one or at most two prongs Is sufficient for this The toothplik should be inserted from the inside of the V, like a tongue, between the fork handles The ether end of the toothpick should then be lodged in the mouth of a pitcher which is high enough to allow the bandies of the dependent forks to clear the table With nothing to hold it, the single toothpick will then support the two forks without tipping or breaking, a feat most puzzling to the ordinary spectator and a most fruitful source of speculation and animated discus- door to door wnh loud singing and nu trine lit Tbe word is derived from was iiaile the Saxon foi Heres to an expression sail in use by vim n in m lodging each other at sup-in- s The present loving cup takes the place of the ancient wassail bowl. In tome of the country ditncts of Fr.gland old customs are still observ cl On New' Yeais eve, at midnight, the last of the Christmas carols s sung outside of the house, by the y out g people, then there Is a rush for the neatest spring and the first-on- e who fills hls or her glass gets what they call the cream of the well, and w ill be the most fortunate during the coming year In the early hours of the morning, a funeral is held, at some public bouses, over "old Tom (as the old year is called), when the boys parade the Sigsbee strolled cbalantly up. Paymaster Charles w Slamm, who was in charge of the launch, surveyed the youthful commander with critical impatience " Captain, he said, you you hare just been promoted, and you yoa have made a bad beginning You hare kept the boat waiting ten minutes sir NEW YEAR CUSTOMS pirtraits i , i attices When Capt perhaps poems in illation lo the 3tib jert elr When nt liter lb rllfptd e Letter Blanket. In Holland little cakes called by the name of letter blanket are made In the form of letters of the alphabet If these cannot be secured, pin letters cut from paper spelling "Thanksglv Ing on a screen to be easily seen by the company, who stand around them in a semicircle. I.et the hostess point with a wand to each letter. In turn asking the children to name some Thanksgiving "goody" that begins with that letter The first to respond wins some trifling favor. These fa vors will cause a good deal of merri rnent If put In a sack of yellow tissue paper that Is hung bitween two doors Underneath it a white sheet Is spread The youngest child is given a cane and told to hit the sack three times as hard as be can Few strikes hit, but at last the sack bursts, and as bonbons and souvenirs run down on "the sheet below the chlldien merrily scramble to get their share the navy paymaster just after he had been advanced after a long and pn tlent wait, from commander t0 . He kept the launch which was to take him to his ship waiting con siderably beyond the appointed moment Every expected him to be on the dot because it was his fiist order to take charge of a vessel under his new title his foit head, and tries to work it off, tri uds meantime encouraging him to jersevere, and so the fun goes on until it dawns upon him that he has bt en ' fooled " Now is the time to get out of his load. h s 4m a The Mystery of Pain. A moment and the eyes so clear and true Are dark with agonv; a moment more. And like a flash through some door. The seal has gone, dumb, supplicating . you! of pain and loss all our race The pangs knew and to the very core vain hts bonds . he tore The strong Prometheus, at hla heart they flew. The mvstery of pain of loss and painThe mother dvlng and the little child Bereft alone the springtime that died In smoke and flame for others this tee gain O men protesting Of law fulfilled' wild. Of what avail? for Christ was crucified' New York Sun Before our time Palne vulturea went. In ho comes aancing over the snow, His soft little feet all bare and rosy? Open the door, though the wild winds blow, The early Christians also considered the vernal equinox the proper time to commence the New Year The Chinese and most Indian nations com mence the New Year with the first new moon In March, the Persians in June and the Egypt'ans early In the autumn, or the first day coinciding with the rising of the Dog Star. Among the Saxons the New Year was ushered in by friendly gifts. Later, this custom of making gifts was carried to am ruinous excess. Henry in. of England extorted costly gifts from hls court. Queen Bess carried it to such an extreme, says Dr. Drake, that ber costly wardrobe and jewelry was supplied In this way. When Henry VIII. was receiving costly presents from hls courtiers, we read that honest old Latimer handed him a Bible, with some pertinent chapters marked, much to the burly Struggling To Get Apart Here Is a lot of fun which some of once and a prize offered to the pair our younger readers have perhaps who first get apart Such a wriggling never tried on their friends. Look at and twisting Into all sorts of absurd the picture and see if you can find out positions as this will result in could a way for the two boys to get apart hardly be equaled by a nest of boa Two small girls who were tied togeth- constrictors. And the problem is, after all, quite er in this manner rode home in a easy of solution. The center of one street car together, slept all night over of the handkerchiefs has only to he it and did not guess the riddle until slipped under the loop made disgust by the after breakfast the next morning. The others handkerchief where It is tied kings Dr. Drake tells us that, in the sixantics which they cut up in trying to about the wrist, and the loop thus teenth century, prince and peasant get apart furnished fun not only for carried over the hand. alike celebrated the New Year with Tie two or your friends together in regularity and parade. themselves, but for a whole room full of people. this way and follow the directions , Much was made of the wassail bowl To make it really exciting, a num- given. You will soon catch the idea at this it was earned from I ber of couples should be set going at of how to quickly separate them. rr-c- take the child in and make him - cozy, Take him in at, nold him dear, He ie the wonderful New Year, France 'decreed that in accordance with the Roman calendar, the year should begin on the first day of Janu ary. Christmas with them is a religious festival, but the New Year is a domestic festival and holiday. The day commences at an early hour, with an exchange of bonbons and visits among friends and relatives. I somewhere saw an estimate that one hundred thousand dollars was spent upon bonbons alone every New Years In Paris. The French revolution brought New Years day to this great prominence. With the first empire it was one of the most brilliant festivals of the court, as it was also of the second empire. New Years day was a great day in New York with the early Dutch settlers. It was ushered In by tbe ringing ot bells and firing of guns. Washington Irving, in hls humorous "Knickerbockers History ot New York," gives a delightfully amusing account of the observance of New Year among these Netherlander. The whole comus, was deluged munity," he tells " with c randy, pure Holland was very prevalent In most of the large cities of the United States for a long while, many gentlemen making as many as forty and fifty calls on that day. This custom has been gen erally discontinued except In Wash- j ington city. Here the president and wife, assisted by the wives of the cabinet members, hold a reception at the White House, all the morning, it is a most brilliant spectacle, as all the Diplomatic Corps and the army and navy are In full uniform. Both houses of Congress also pay their respects to the chief of the nation, and then the general public ar admitted. Charles Lamb, one of the tenderest of English essayists, says: Of all sounds, of all bells, the most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the old year. They take a personal color. Not childhood alone, but the young man, till thirty, never feels practically that he Is mortal." He tells us that every man hath two birthdays, two days in every year which set him upon revolving the lapse of time as it affects d1b mortal duration; his own birthday and the birthday of the Ne I Awaiting Developments, William F. King of the Merchants association tells a Btory of a boy who had a faculty for losing one job and getting another almost simultaneously. Meeting him on the street one day a friend said to him: "Well, Jack, who are you with now?" Im with John Smith & Co." "Is this a permanent connection at last? asked the friend. I cant tell about that yet, replied Jack. "Im only there on memoraa New York Times. dnm, yon see. Reporter Accumulates Wealth. Henry Weber was a reporter on s Denver daily. For some time he had been interested in mining properties, one of which, in Nevada, has proved to be immensely valuable. Mr. Weber has sold hls interest in that mine for 1500,000 cash and holds others which are expected to be worth twice as mneh. He has promoted eighteen mnttnlilM. fnnr of which are doing |
