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Show 4iliilis THE RETURN. A flttla hand la knnrklns st my htnrt. And I havacloa.-d the it'-or "I pry thaa. for the oa of Ood. drparl; Thuu Shalt coma In no mure." "Onan. for I sm waary nf the way: Tha nlnlil la vrry Mark: 1 hsvn lM.en waiuli-rhig many s night and Open. I have coma back." The little hand la knocking patiently; I listen, dumb with palii. "Wilt thou not open any mors to msf I hav coma back again." "I will not npen any mora rvepsrt. I. that on, - llve.1. am ur-ad " The hand that had been knot-king at my Was still. "And 1?" she said. There Is no sound save In the winter air The sound of wind and rain. All that I loved In sll the world atsnds Ih-ra, And will not knock sgaln. Arthur Bymona Chlcsgo' Street Boy. There are In Chicago about 6,000 newsboys, of whom 1,500 are employed em-ployed In what la known aa the downtown down-town district, north of Fourteenth atreot, and extending a short distance west to the river. Hut this Is not all of the rough-and-ready clement. There la a vast army of messenger and telegraph tele-graph boys, another army of bootblacks, boot-blacks, and still another of office boy. Then there ro the "sleep-out" the waif and atrays. Of lh newsboys 80 per cent are Itallnna, most of whom have bnmea; 10 per cent are Jew, most of whom have home, and the othor 10 por cenl. are chiefly American. Ameri-can. There la a considerable number num-ber of homelesa boys who sleep where they can find a placo In the Newsboys' News-boys' Home or In snmo lodging house, or In some building or alley. The boys in the downtown district have considerable consid-erable leisure tlmo, which they em-play em-play In unprofitable ways. Including gambling. John F. Atkinson, for threo and a half yeara financial secretary of the Illinois Children' Home and Aid Socloty, Is endeavoring to organlzo a "Hoys' Club and J'lcaxant Evenings" In the downtown district. Blindfold Artist. When the roces bell baa sounded It welcome ding a-dong let a doien or so of you go Into a room where there I a blackboard and take soata In a row facing It. for you are going to have a drawing conteat, and tb blackboard la the field where you ar to dlaplay your skill. Someone must be selected a director of th conlost, but not necessarily aa th Judge. When the board haa been cleaned off from one end to the other tba con-tost con-tost begins by one director's calling on the player at the bead of the row to come to th board. Then he blind- fold the player with a handkerchief, placo him In front of the left-hand end of the board, and, giving him a piece of chalk, toll him to draw on the board a picture of a horse. This the player doea to tha beat of hi ability, abil-ity, but no matter how careful he may be, evory lino he draw will muke the other playera shout with laughter; and no ono will laugh louder than the player himself when the handkerchief has been taken from hla eyoa and he sue tba funny picture ha ha made. A Puritan Conscience. Here I a story the Youth' Companion Compan-ion tella of a little Now England girl the worklnga of whose Puritan conscience con-science Involved bor In difficulties on one occasion. She waa atudylng mental arithmetic at ichool, aud took no pleasure In it. Ona day ahe told her mother with much depression of spirit that ah bad "failed again In mental arithmetic," arithme-tic," and on being asked what problem bad proved ber undoing, aha sorrowfully sorrow-fully mentioned the request for th addition of "nine and fuur." "And didn't you know th answer, dearT" asked ber mother. "Yss'm." said the little maid, "but you know we are to write the answers on our late, and before 1 thought I made four mark and counted up, 'ten, 'leven, twelve, thirteen;' and then of course I knew that wasn't mental, o I wrote twelve for lb answer, to be fair." Butterflies and Birds. Of all the "children of the air" that gladden a June day, the monarch but terfly 1 one of the most noticeable. Ita wing shimmer Ilk gold alloyed with cupper aa It pursues Its lazy flight In the sunshine. The male monarch mon-arch la a true dandy and carries on each hind wing a black aachut bag containing a strong perfume, moat attractive to the other sex. Th monarch mon-arch 1 Immune from bird enemle; the callow blrdllng that take a bit from It wipes his beak In disgust and forever after counecte the noisome noi-some taitte with orange wings. A too hssty conclusion, of which the viceroy evUorfly takes advantage, and, by dou- ulrg the monarrh's uniform, eacat,1 ( : r-atheless, although any bird might 1 , tnd It a benksoino morsel Country I I tfo In America. I. j An Electric Esperlmnt. , j. Paste a strip of tlnfnll around th " middle of a lamp chimney, and an other narrow strip of tinfoil length- ! wise from one end to within one Inch ' from the other strip. Wrap a Bilk - handkerchief or plero of silk around ' j the chimney cleaner (the little brush) J and rub the Ina'do of the chimney In- ' dustriously, being careful not to touch 1 the strips of tlnloll with your hands. If thla experiment la executed In tn dark an electric spark can be seen Jumping from the ring to the strip t, as often aa the broom Is pulled back. Fasten a piece of wlrn around th j tinfoil ring and on Its end a few strip 3 of tlssuo paper. Hy rubbing the Inside of the chimney with tho silk covered brush the ring Is filled with electricity, electric-ity, which passing through the wire affocta tho atrlps of paper, causing I them to fly apart. Thla experiment should be tried In dry weather, aa humidity la illsadvan- , tageotta to electrical experiments, . Hroora, silk cloth, and lamp chimney ', should be absolutely dry. A Novel Cam. j Hare' a game that Is enjoyed by every one who plays It. Make two I cornucopia of fairly stiff paper, leav- I Ing tho small end large enough to 1 pas plecea of twine through. Take ? J two pieces of airing, and slip each f ' through one cornucopia, streachlng I thorn two feet apart, a tight aa you can acroaa the room, fastening tba end to either wall. j The strings should be high enough from the ground to enable you to blow Into the cornucopia. The object of ) tho game I for two people to atand at the end of the atrlnga and blow Into the large opening or the cornu- coplaa, and aee which one can get It across the room first It take a person with a good pair , of lungs to send It the length of tha f string In ona blow. , , I Paper for Invitation. There la specially Imported stationery station-ery for llttlo maidens to use In sending send-ing out their party Invltatlona. One tyle haa the email sheets ol heavy whlto patier decorated at the top In colore with a llttlo girl and small boy ronclng. On the other are two wee "new women" In bloomers oxercUlng with dumb bolls and Indian clubs. Othor nntcpapcr bears on the top a scene of tiny summer belle and bor attendant at-tendant cavalier on board a yacht. What Is known aa "harlequin paper" la decorated with an elephant in acar-lot acar-lot trousers playing a trombone, and below: The elephant played tho trombone With hi trunk so very long. He played the air so finely. That never a note waa wrong. Coin Trick. Place a little mucllago on the rim of a wine glass; turn the glaaa over on a sheet of white paper, and when the mucilage I dry cut away the pa- -a, per cloae to the glass. Put the glaaa mouth downward on a sheet of paper k like that which cover the mouth of R the glass. Make a pnier cone to fit ft over the glass. Now lay a penny on f- th largo sheet of papor by tbe side of E , the wine glass. Cover the glass with l i the paper cone and place the whole I over the coin. Command tbe coin l j to disappear, and on taking off th i cone the coin will appear to have ' obeyed your command. To cans It V to reappear, replace the con and car- I ry away th glass under It. J Two Names. 30G Hold those figures before a looking-glass looking-glass and you will see the name of a boy and a girl. Or hold th page up to the light and look at It through the bark page and you will got the same effect Work of th Frost A frost problem Is the cracking of the earth In acvera cold, and the way j In which rocks aud clods aro reduced to powder by frost. Wator, when It froezes. expands with Irresistible force. Consequuntly anything containing contain-ing water la rent asunder when that water turns to Ice. In this way rocks are rapidly worn down. Chalk bold more water than moat other form of oil, and that la why tha road la chalky counties are usually In aucb a hocking condition when a thaw Set-lew Set-lew frost. |