Show N the sun rides the sun 11 day h s cour ers run to pleasure me to bring me forms ano des of flowery I 1 love to warm and charm so blight he Is those lovely tints are his that paint the rainbow roses only glow because he made them so and planets wait his s agn to shine for he Is strong and when the black clouds throng to shroud his face still still behind their veil the great sun doth not fall Is or eier cease the while to smile thou art the sun why st thou be undone because of clouds thine own the gen erous flame that lights thee still the same though all the face of day be gray thou art the sun though clouds confront thee none are thine one task thou hast to shine on worlds that darkly pine 11 all the r forests and sing mary howe totten in thorold and other poems children s names in syria in syria the names of children are very odd they suggest those of our indians inasmuch as the child s name is apt to be something which occurred at the time of its birth something which interested its parents for in stance it you were a child of this country your damein all probability bould be stuffed cabbage or hotel or civil war or something akin to these it a child falls sick his name Is immediately changed instead of his parents thinking that a piece of pie or too much pudding disagreed with him they attribute his sickness to the fact that his name did not agree with him when one under stands what these anatoes are one does not wonder that the child have fallen sick because of them when the children get angry they call each other names very much as children nave a hab t the world over what Is strange to us is that they do not heap abuse on their enemy but on his father grandfather or great grand father the farther back tie angry one can go the more irritating his companion finds him THE KELLAR to take thre button molds off two strings take two attle cords of two feet in length double them so that there shall appear four ends then take three button molds the hole ot one ot them must be bigger than the rest and put one button mold upon the end of one cord and another on the other cord then take the button mold with the greatest hole and let the ends be hidden which be both done better if you put the end of one cord into the end of the other then pull the middle button upon the same being doubled over his fellow and the heads seem to be put over the two cords you may then loose them and make it appear manifest to the beholders that the buttons are put upon two cards without fraud tl en you must seem to add a more effectual binding of those buttons to the strings and make one halt of a knot with one of the ends of each side which Is for no other purpose but when the buttons are taken away the cords may be seen in the case which the beholders suppose to have been in before for then you have made your halt knots which you may now double to make a perfect knot you must deliver these two cords into the hands of some bystander and then begin to pull off the buttons and in the end cause him to pull his two ends cherry ripe who are too little to play ver difficult games will enjoy cher for kipe cherry kipe some one must be the old woman who sells the cher ties and some one else the buyer all the other little ones are ripe cherries they make a row of themselves in front ot the old woman and the buy er coming up parleys with her over a purchase old woman old woman what have you today she asks I 1 ve sweet ripe cherries will t please you to buya says the old woman but the cautious lous buyer an how do I 1 know they are worth the costa before I 1 spend your fruit try she does this b balking along the row and taking a pretended bite from each cheek suddenly she kisses one of them and then runs away as fast as she can the kissed child following to catch her the position that Is left empty in the row when the cherry runs out Is immediately stepped into by the old woman the buyer tries to get back to the old woman s place and it she does it without being caught the cher that chased her becomes buer should the cherry succeed in cap turing her however then the buyer remains buer and the cherr be comes old woman for the next turn of the game Hand kerch ef case A useful and pretty article Is a handkerchief case wh ch can be made very easily tal e a piece of velvet and a piece of silk of a color that will look well with the velvet each the size of a lad s handkerchief land kerchief about a yard and 1 of ribbon the same color as the velvet may be i sed though it is not pos ithel necessary bew the s ak and velvet together by overhanging over handing on all sides now take three of the corners bring them over to the middle of the square over handing the seams turn on the oth er side so that the velvet Is on the outside it you wish to use ribbon you ma bind the edges of the case neatly put a small boo on the point of the flap and a small eye at the point where the three corners a n put a rosette of the ribbon at this place so as to cover the fastening now the handkerchief case is finished and with a pretty lace handkerchief in it would proe a ver acceptable gift EXERCISES OF LATION say these quickly thou wreath d st and d st the far fetched fox and imprison d st him in the volcanic mexican mountain of in cotopaxa cotopaxi robert howley rolled a round roll round a round roll kobert rowley rolled round where rolled the round roll robert rowley rolled rounda thistle the successful thistle sifter in sitting a ful ot thrust 3 thistles through the thick of his thumb it then thistle the success ful thistle sifter in sifting a of thistles thrust 3 this ties through the thick of his thumb see that thou in sifting a ful of thistles thrust not 3 thistles through the thick of thy thumb vally vite and eife vent on a voy age to vest windsor and vest vind ham von wednesday ednes day ads that eat fish every few years especially along the sea coast and the larger rivers and lakes there is a wave of those splendid day hunting rascals the snowy owls they are great fishermen the only owls to male this sort of hunting a practice and amsy be seen sitting silent and motionless like a block of ice at the edge of the open water waiting for a chance to nab an unsuspecting fish of course this Is not a very paying way to get a living and thy also catch field itce musk rats hares and even large birds like quail or grouse but there are only two other birds of prey in our country that habitually eit fish and one of these seldom catches its own preferring to eat the dead fish along the shore or pirate it from the real fisherman the osprey st nicholas about the names of states maine the pine state signifies the main land new hampshire the granite state named after the county of hampshire england vermont the green mountain state from the french words vert green and mont mount massachusetts the bay state in dian words mas sa chu sets meaning about the great hills rhode island the little chody named after the island of chodes connecticut the nutmeg state indian meaning upon the long river new york the empire state named in honor of the duke of york pennsylvania the keystone state meaning penn sylvania sy liania forest country maryland the old I 1 ine state named in honor of henrietta maria Q been of charles of england delaware the blue hen state named in honor of lord de la war governor of virginia west virginia little mountain jerse sharp backs state named after the isle of jersey district of columbia named in honor of christopher columbus virginia the old dominion nam ed in honor of queen elizabeth of england virgin queen to make a picture frante get a piece of thick white card board take a compass turn it until it measures one and a halt inches and draw a circle turn it again until it measures three and a halt inches and draw another circle cut the middle of the inside circle out now lay the frame on a piece of paper and trace it making a pattern fold this pattern first into eights get a piece of paper two inches square fold it in half and cut out a design lay it on one of the eight folds 0 the pattern and see it it fits put the pattern on the frame and with tiny dots mark it off at each fold when this has been done use water colors and agne the frame a wash of light purple and let dry trace the design on the eight divis ions ot the frame and then mix the water colors into a dark purple and color the eight designs now place the picture in the frame cuta piece of white paper the same size as the frame and paste on the back cut two small holes at the top of the frame and make a hanger of purple baby ribbon to match the de sign instead of using purple you can use any color you desire names of flowers camelia was named from a mis in the orient kamel on hia return to france he brought with him some gorgeous specimens of a flower which he called the rose of japan his friends however gave it is name camelia r dahlias were brought from perua bf ne andre dahl fuchsias were named for their dl coverer leonard fuchs anemone means to tremble with the wind MORE CHESTNUTS what Is that which no one wishes to have and et when he has it he does not wish to lose ita A bald head why cant king edward be buried in scotland because he dead why Is it lawful to arrest a man when rid ng on his bicycle 7 because he pedals on the kneet without a license why is U the merriest letter in the alphabet 7 because if always comes in the midst of inn mr bigger mrs bigger and baby bigger which of this interesting fam lly Is the biggest and why the big gesta baby bigger because he is a little bigger it dick s father be john s son what relation is dick to johna his grand son why should a housekeeper never put the letter M into her refrigerator because it will change ice into mice why is bread like the suna be cause it rises from the yeast what Is the cheapest feature ot the facea nostrils two for a scent cent |