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Show 3 """" A Game Files on a Card. "' Cut soveral small pieces of card- , board nbout tho bIzo of a visiting: card tt and draw six flies on oach, numbering f them from ono to six. Tho object of Jj tho game is to sco who can first cover , all the flies. Each player In turn iff 'throws with tho dlo and covers the t fly corresponding to tho number V - hrown. Ho who covers or kills nil It tl fllo8 first, wins. As a variation ft I ZJ eighteen pieces can bo used, each Tjj player throwing threo times Instead L f of once. After tho flrst threo throws r ' tlio game begins to get exciting, as fj I the exact numbers necessary to fill iJjK'' tho card aro soldom thrown. ',P Quotations Tor Christmas Gifts. Tho selection of a quotation which Jy is appropriate to sond with a Christ- rv"n mas gift may bo of value to our read- . i ers. ' m With some trifling present, wrlto: - "My good will is groat, though tho jj gift bo small." Shakespeare. K With a pair of gldves: m "Wfro a pair, if over there was K ono." J Dickens. iHr . - .,,Wltla teacup and saucgr: , W?' ''Vvl'll(tiikoi'aicupjiofknilno8sIyot,lfflB Trf For days of Auld Lang Syne." nj With a Ashing rod: - W "Tho angler's prido, and tho artist's it dream J? ' Aro tho speckled trout In tho mountnin stream." jj.,w With a hook of travel: jp "It takes a mind out of doors." H Stevenson. - - . , . With awork-bng, tho old proverb: "It is never too late to mend." With a shaving cup or shaving caso: "Much ado about nothing." With a tobacco Jnr and plpo: . t ' "Tho man who smokes, thinks llko "J" a sago and acts llko a Samaritan." A With a tankard: J "It's a long tankard that can not bo rofllled." f With a calendar: I . "Wrlto It on your heart that ovory I e day Is tho best day In tho year." EH Emorson. bk- With a chango purso: II " "Wo must expect chango." Oy' Dickens. ; '.. With a box of cigars: ! jjffj. "Our host romulns aro ashes." i $& Horaco Odes. i t& . "To waft theo from distraction." ;$fal Dyron. Tg With a caso for telegraph blanks: l "Tako all tho swift advantago of tho f j , hours." I ' ' With cigarettes : j "Swift as a shadow, Short as any droam." Midsummer Night's Dream. ' "f "Like .angels visits, short and bright." John Norrio. ,J With a silk umbrella: I , "Dry as tho romnlned biscuit after , a voyago." As You Llko It g With cards or whist countors: I "Whist, thon, dollghtful whist, my thomo shall bo." A. Thompson. An Invitation to a Christmas dinner: "Lol now is como our Joyfull's feast." Old Song. V "It Is tho Blessed Christmas Tido Tho Christmas lights aro all aglow." Wlilttlor. Y E. F. P., In Montreal Herald. 'i1 A Boy's Reproof, j , A boy came to tho door of a lady's M - houso and nskod If Rho did not wish (i some berries, for ho had been out all day gathering thorn. "Yes," said tho lady, "I will take thorn." So she took tho basket and stepped into the houso, tho boy remaining re-maining outside, whistling to some canary birds hnnglng In their cages on the porch. "Why don't you como In and sco that I measure your berries right?" said the lady. "How do you Know but I may cheat you?" "I am not afraid," said tho boy, "for you would get tho worst of It." "Got tho worst of It," said tho lady; "what do you mean by that?" "Why, madam," said tho boy, "I should only lose my berries, and you would make yourself a thief. Don't you think you would bo getting tho worst of It?" The boy was right. Let this bo borno In mind; tho ono who does a wrong to another always gets tho worst of it. Detroit Tribune. Queer Traps for Monkeys. In some tropical countries tho natives na-tives have unlquo ways of trapping tho rrtonkoy, Ono of them, as explained by n traveler, is this: Tho hunters walk about In short boots In sight of tho monkeys. Thon thoy take tho boots off, place some gum in tho bottoms, and leavo thom on tho ground, withdrawing to a great distance thomsclvcs. Presently tho monkeys como down from tho trees, try on tho boots, and when the hunters como after thom tho boots stick to thom, thoy aro unable un-able to climb, and aro thus easily captured. cap-tured. A Pretty Present. This Httlo affair is ornamental as well as useful and should bo approcl- ated by a friend of either sex. Tako two egg-shaped pieces of cardboard covered with llnon, place a rosette of narrow sntln ribbon on each sldo to hold together, leaving a long loop of the ribbon to afford a moans of suspending it. A spray of berries and holly would give it a timely touch. Tho berries ombroldered in bright rod and tho leaves in dull green silks. Tho ribbon is to match tho red in tho berries, and tho lining of tho holder of green silk. Tho holdor could bo mado of silk, satin or denjm and In placo of embroidery thojppray could bo painted. Xk jW A Deer Goes to School. Llttlo girls do not oftenjhavo such n plnymato as camo unannounced to tho schoolhouso at SprucoRi!"' '" the Stato of Now Jersey. whai do 'u think It was? Mamie and Oladysjvnd Elizabeth The Little Doe Became Quite Bold, and Margaret and, oh, so many other llttlo girls were doing sums and locating locat-ing in thoir geographies tho lands of whisk nnoou holder. This whisk broom holdor may bo mado of cardboard, starched llnon or of crocheted macromo cord and starchod.-' It may bo docorated with sprays of flowers or a design embrold- .. . . I tho Chinaman and tho Jap, just too , good for anything, whoji In through tho door camo a deer. It was a young doo, tho light of love nnd timidity In its great, brown eyesand Just trembling trem-bling with fear. Of cofjnt tho children woro frightened. Tho only deer thoy had over seen werqfln the zoological gardons. Some of tho llttlo girls got up on thoir seats and others hid behind be-hind their books. Gladys screamed and it mado every ono pf them shiver. Now tho pretty jjlttle doo became qulto bold, and wlme Elizabeth was holding Gladys' hanjjjand begging her to bo quiet tho tocher approached tho deor and pnttoiitn glossy nock. It I r ,1lcod to-bo-pytte J,Py,fct.-V'uHd..l ren saw how realty 'beautiful It was and tho friendship that Its soft eyes expressed thoy recovered very quickly from their fright. Thoy also patted its slcok sides, and this so tickled tho llttlo doo that it wrinkled its nose too funny for anything. It was so happy to havo so many dear friends. Then, what do you think. It ran on to tho playground and at recess timo It was still thero, eating tho grass nnd frisking about tho lawn In ovidont gloo. Tho llttlo girls thought Miss Jon-ny Jon-ny thnt is tho name thoy gavo it would llko a cookie. Did Miss Jonny eat tho cookio? Youmay just imagine imag-ine that she did. Awl.sho liked It so well with tho other jdellcaclos tho children brought, that Miss Jenny refused to leave. And now every day at recess tho children play with and feed their now ?rlond. It Is timid no longer, because It has found some ono to lovo It. Tho girls aro go'ng to buy a shining collar for thoir pet, and who shall say that Miss Jonny will not bo proud? Now York jEIernld. - -, -- i ored. Tho ribbon wllHio arranged as in tho picture. A whisk broom holder In ovory room of a houSa is acceptable to nil housokoepiTs. andmakoB a pretty pret-ty wall ornament J"$ I |