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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 11, 1900. 31 Te Hooka. Bosk tovet grateful tribute jy. la sober prose or votive lar. , Tor wll they know toelc magfe wer To charm and cheer the oarksme bear. Like the eet flowers are neeka e leve They oft a. benediction peeve. Like tar e ed 4aly of the Bering, They new-born pie&onres te as ormg: "yt hue the choloe wisdom thy Impart Inspires bcth Intellect a Mart. And js tnrough doom awae aai -we Hold oorerse lth antlowKy "i, . w i h H tner and the atoetric anted. Whose learning Past wttk Present Wads Hlstorv philosophy, sb snng. All to me cherished beetas TecAeag, Whether a. Held or leafy ik. ( Or iulet home weeowe the boek e K e Jtne our human folk mean watte The book is ewe our fancy to begaKe. -"Treneriek Saunders. is an obviously natural evolution in hu man affairs. Society consists of aggre gations of individuals, who in their private business prefer one ounce of gold to 16 ounces of silver, or 32 ounces, as the case may toe. The Impossibility of keeping the two metals in circulation simultaneously ata fixed. Tatlo having made the choice of one of them necessary, gold -was chosen rather than silver, because It was 16 times easier to handle, as a labor-saving machine it stood at the ratio of IS to 1. As this physical property cannot be altered, the preference of mankihd for gold can- Modder river column and describes the movement of troops from Cape Town to the front. His own photographs give a realistic picture of the actual conditions encountered by the troops. "Out of the Past," by Eleanor Hboper Coryell, is a study of the far-reaching and -unforeseen working of the evil of il legitimacy. (Street & Smith New York.) An. older "institution than St. Nicholas Itself is pictured In the frontispiece of the February number of the only Ameri can magazine for young folks to wit, the Sphinx; and picturesque facts about that prehistoric Egyptian creature facts with which all children should be, but are not, familiar are set forth by Emma J. Ar nold, with illustrations toy Harry Fenn and Malcom Fraser. The, "Unsuccessful Colony" to which EHbrldge S. Brooks In troduces his little group of historical trav elers was New Albion The last of the "body" articles In the February Century Is the one that "Will doubtless attract the most attention. This Is the first Installment of hitherto un published extracts from the private diary of Dr. B. E. O'Meara, Napoleon Bona parte's physician "at St. Helena. The nrig- ' Ihal manuscript of this journal, In 18 little volumes, has come into the posses J slon of the Centuy company, and is j found to afford a surprisingly large 1 amount of new material In the way of conversations with the exiled emperor. These "Talks With Napoleon), will form an Important feature of the Century dur ing the year 1900 "With the Ledger Monthly for February MEN OF VICTORIAN ERA Frederle Harrison's Estimate TeHHyiBH, RhbIcIh, Mill asd Other AHthers. of Under the title of "Totfm'sOH, Buskin, itlJ and Other Literary Setiaatee," Fred eri Harrison Ins cetieetca a series of essays dealing wttH seme of the most im portant ant typical writers, who have influenced thought Ik one field or another during the reign of Qneon Vlotoria. Seme of these ' appreciations" have already ap peared In the Nineteenth Century or elsewhere, but the piece do resistance of the voiume, the long and. elaborate essay on Tennyson," is now published for the first time. The conspicuous awl surpassing quality of Tennyson, according to Mr. Harrison, was hie dainty felicity of phrase, his fault less chiselling and Ms Imperturbable re finement. Tennyson, though much of his work is n doubt destined to be shed in the course of time, as ie bo much of all workers, except the very greatest, has stamped his name foverer on English lit erature as the poet, the one dominant poet of the long Victorian era, and as one of the chief lyrists in the whole of our poetic ro , He Is destined to share with Milton the crown of consummate mastery of poetic diction. As a poet of nature, he stands beside Byron, Keats, Shelley and Wordsworth. Byron is the poet of the mountains and oceans , Shelley of clouds and air Keats of the perfume of the even ing Wordsworth, -of the 'meaning and mysteries of nature as a whole. And so Tennyson is tho poet of flowers, trees and birds. Of flowers and trees he must be held te be the supreme master, above I all who have written in English, perhaps, lrdeed, In any poetry. ?he meanest flower that blows does not Inspire in Ten nyson thoughts so deep as K -did to Words worth, but TenHyeon has painted them al flowers wild and cultivated, trees. I he-be woods, downs and moors with the magic of a Turner He spoke of trees and flowers from the oeaar of Lebanon to the hvssop that groweth on the wall As flowers hills, trees and rivers uttered to" W ordsworth a new moral decalogue, so they seemed to Tennyson, as they did to Turner radiant with a fanciful beauty whh no man had seen before. If we car not claim tor Tennyson the supreme pTaee Of a poet of man's destinies, or as one of the creative masters ef our liter ature, he has forever clothed the softeh aspects of the world of man and nature w th a garment o deltoate fancy and of pure light Ruskin Is treated more at length than any other author, ana Mr. Harrison s Judgment is timely m view of Buskin's death He hoMs that Buskin has not been put high enough as a master of Eng ish 'I hold that, in certain qualities. In g'ven ways and m some rarer passages ?f his " sftjs Mr. Harrison, "Buskin not orly surpasses evrr contemporary writer f prose but he coils out of our glorious English tongue notes more strangely beaatlful and Inspiring than any ever jet lrcd from that instrument. No writer of rose before or sinoe has ever rolled f"ih such mighty fantasies, or reached h pathetic melodies in words, or com- V sou long hooks In one sustained strain o 1 mpld grace." If it were not for the w ru megalomania and plethoric habit ' v - pervades RMktrs writings. Buskin v. 3be4 the greatest master of English r ""so in our whole literature, out it is mastery over language, such power iumph over HUmost impossible con--"-" and difficulties, that compel us to reg jrd him as one who could. ha e become - ablest master of prose ever recorded, " ' w -mlA Aniir fctctv mat fcimaMr in pjirh 3 i f gsus from the Urst, .and systemat- , to think of Mo reader's capacity r ' sking in as well as his own capacity -unng- forth, a torrent of glowing cHs." (The Maemfflan Co. New Ic-it) ' AifiriBBaHKr ssismps Sjf ! Arvdl' Went Through to China. There wd a nian so very tall (You'll see his height was ffreat) By an accident tha,t happened "When he went out to skate. He fell headlong, went through the Ice, And never stopped, 'tla true, Till nothing bill Jjla monstrous shoes And skates were left In view; And every person present said He'd die for want of air, But his head went through to China, And he did his breathing there. ' r Philadelphia Inquirer, 'NEW YEAR IN CHINATOWN- Disappointment of a Little Chiracs' Maiden, Who V"cnt CaHIngr With . Her JUother the, Other Day. ' It is safe to say ' there are American b6ys and f girls in Portland who, during Chinese New Year, were made distinctly conscious of their own lack of anything jpeclal In the way of enjoyment, when they came in contact with the gally-be-debked little Mongolians who appeared 4ipon the streets, ndt aimlessly; or search ing for amusement, but in charge of their elders, and with faces aglow with happiness. , If a glimpse of their contentment -aroused a feeling of envy among American children, the feelings of a little Chinese girl who nas excluded from participation In the ga, eties, because of her American Isatlon, may be Imagined. Yet this $' what .Pearl Lee which Isn't- her rlgTit name, by the w.ay; she mightn't like that mentioned had to bear, and she Tels now that while It is all right to be anlameri can girl Ghrlstmas and Fourth of July, being one Chinese New Year's is an en tirely different thing. "Don't play out too long, Pearl." her mother said, one day, about a week ago ""Iwant to take you to see Qullene and Ch"by Eng and Miss White this afternoon, and I'll have "to get you ready." Pearl Was so pleased that she decided, not to go out doora at all, but to stay been taught Chinese even more carefully than English. Many Good Things. The first thing, that attracted hereto was a red-covered table that looked just like those of which, she had caught glimpses while 'coming through, the hall. Upon It were placed oranges, citrons and many other things. A jlate of candy Chinese candy, of course Stood in the cen ter, -while near by was a saucer Of -preserved watermelon seeds, here and there were small bowls filled with rice, or with oil, upon which floated tiny flames or lighted wicks. In addition to these wicks, ;were candles, each having Its wax of three different colors red, green and el low, Interwoven so as to form a very cun- ous pattern .Further back on the table. V every woman, aa "auntie." so- PeaxL said I to Quttene's" mother. "Chow ah suraV which means "Qood-hye, auntie." and they started for Mfcss , White's. Miss Walta teaches a sehool where only Chinese caM dren attend. " Pearl and aer mother found MJM&bite at home, and Pearl enjoyed herself WfcUr 'than she had "afc QaHene. In the -first place, thaie. was a eunning little ted rocker for her to' sit in. which was ever so much more comfortable than the bfack bench she had just "been occupying: then she wasn't so strongly reminded that Chinese New Year's isn't for American ized little girls, although she did have to look at all the presents the ehWrsn hai brought their teacher a crepe shawl, fans, handkerchiefs and fancy boxes were among them. Pearl had a dollar which. had she only known what was going, on,' she could have spent fer Miss White. who was very kind, and gave her pic tures to look at No sooner, however. was 6he comfortably settled than her mother said "Well, we must make a short call today, so we'll be going." "Oh. no. mamsa&; let's stay right fiere. I don't want to See Choy Eng," com menced. Pearl, but. Mrs. Lee said: "Nowi don't begin to tease," so. rather than be naughy before Miss White, she went along, without making any trouble. At Chqy East's. ''New Year's' at Choy Eng'a seemed just like "New Year's" at Quilene's, exeept that there was & party in progress at, Choy Eng'a. Nine or ten children, glori ous In all the tints of the rainbow, were present. For the first time, Pearl felt ashamed of her own dark blue accordion plaited dress, and even of her red shoes and stockings, 'Which she had helped choosiJ, and of which she had felt so proud. But she started bravely to Join in the game and might have been able to play It without making mjlny mistakes It was very much like "button, button. who's got the button" had not a horrid The hound hope up tho ha ! JM shewn finally MOON ?p!n" tb jfsirtMr W 8 ever mduee dog's back on that and leaning against the wall, were tall ornaments, made of red and sreen anc white paper, to represent camallas, honey- i boy, with three different colors braided suckles, white buds and green Jeaves. llnto his cue, pointed a lighted "punk" NECESSITY- IS THE MOTHER. OF INVENTION. '" i i . i - ns-fi itetjl- On everr shht $ You- waWMMI Yoar mmptf "l Provokes flw fey J And yon Wert hM 94 T.'s MMte obfW . Tlie- mil IS JoeVa fcWML W " Tfce dlflerrii W sOe Tire very pjmjjlfrjourms"1 Is as Uta Wmz " , , -WlwM, by jNSttiNm. csadsa Do you Jae on afctfet ' dfc. mtfe fseek mmtf awSwtoe, Brisk feet ad etgr f TM bwee litwimoy ttr ymte ees. My solrW J Jswonrtw da. t Nov. Moa myhrtloW li mwdfor )tv la (See, & ashUag e'er.' No me tow wioartBcftwHl rmtf Beyond yowt bomt-doon The eaa HmA hoaelo aire Btga, The aMar hrved wW aooe Lea, bmr ecrye w jmP T TVHh att your JoM w8. Th' aeeursed arriNv vrtto attr seat ' Hts arrow aU MO ttuo. WeuU that Mi ovB oya Wee spent, Bre he took aR as fi Ywr lMet lae. jfcor womowo "WW Haont whs. tte&r Uttte gfcjpK i And eveiy wImm X your Oaoe. GU. welt bebm MM lost . attl4aete. The family Was too poor to afford a rocking cradle for the baby, so . The InventHe mind it the head it the house supplied the deflbtefcey very nicely. There "were also paper birds and peacock feathers, withhold tinsel mounting, to be seen. Quileno's mother made tea for' her guests, ind gave them cakes, and lichee nuts, as well., Qullene wasn't home, so FREDERIC HARRISON. not be changed. It is this preference which paralyzes all the international mon etary conferences. Even if the so-called blmetalism were attempted. If an thing different from the market or commercial ratio between gold and silver were chosen, there would be an Immediate grab for gold, and "blmetalism" would be dead be fore it was born. Mr. White discusses fiat money and banks at great length and with thorough ness. He considers the Scotch bank sjs tem the best in the world, and believes that we might borrow from it with profit. Credit has been sjstematlzed in Scotland to the last degree, and is found to an swer all purposes so long as the paper soereign can be converted Into the gold sovereign at some convenient commer cial center, at the pleasure of the hold er. (Glnn & Company, Boston ) M8XKY A.VDOB.lNIvIAa. Horace Wis lie's Comprehensive Treatment ef Rcrii Subjects. Harare White reealU t eattea to first r nr pes in "Moy ana BtunilRg " He brg'rs a the bogtmmig of oiviMzed life c -; his continent, and treats the related wt ects historically The science of ! recr , he says le much in need of some- " enllvon it If anything can r .kc 't a' tractive it must be the story of e str iguJes of our ancestors with the me prcb.ems that vex Indeed, a trp otc aid correct theorvf money and banking might be coRetcttctdd from events rd fXp'TuncoB that have taken place on o Amp can continent, oven It we ha ao t 'Tt ur -ec of knowledge. All tie wis. '""Hi snd all the folly of those subjects y p or en exploited on our shores within parr of ! than 9M years, ilr White nee Ms work Into two r&- c the first 1 which troate ef monaj'i s ' the swond. of rapreeontallve money. II nv our author aays, when real, is a "nmodil and when representative, nap- vsrr s a commodity This is true of El l. a well as of beaer-ktas tobacco. - r wampum Under the tlfoe "Bvo- nn of Money " are dtscueoed money as p ommodlty general monetary prinoi- r. r : coinage and legat tender. Money is -t ' to be the product of evolution, a '-esuif of the ages. The better has srad- U6. y owdd the worse out of existence. - own history arms no exception to '- ? rule for aHlmugB our cokmiat an- Mor for a time went back to a system t rrot as rude am that of the Homeric period they ewntKoihr abasuoned It and resumed motalllc money, which always sr-ed as a mental iawdard. oven when -aas not a lemU one. The gold stand-s- J is next coamdorod. and the experiences ' England, the TJaMod States. Germany France Austria and India detailed, and I" Brusoehs moaomry oonference re v ewed The oW stamdoxd, which has oL. adoyted Jqr the nAttonc, one by one. Thclsni. The contents of "Theism in the Light of Present Science and Philosophy," are the connected series of lectures delivered In New York, university, under the con ditions of Charles F. Deems lectureship The author, James Ierach, begins his work wlth-a scientific view of the world, drawing the conclusion that the power at work In the world is an Intelligent power. He then takes up the inorganic world, which he treats as a preparation for life. His following chapters, deal with "Life," "Rational Life and Its Implications," "The Making of Man," the question whether a rational religion is possible, "Personality," "Religion," "The Agnostic Philosophy," "The Idealistic Philosophy." Mr. Ierach holdB that religion Is uni versal and belongs to man as man. All men have been conscious of their depend ence on a power greater than themselves and have felt a. necessity of being on good terms with that power. The result of investigation leads to the historical conclusion that there has been no peo ple without a religion; at least, such a people has not yet been discovered. A religion gHes a creed to believe, com mands to obey, and consolations to be onjoyed. These are the elements in e erj religion. Religion Is universal in still another aspect. It belongs to every part of human nature. It Is not a matter merely of the reason, nor Is it merely based on feeling, nor is it only directed toward action. It appeals to the whole consciousness Of man, and to every mode of it. It )s rational, emotional and voli tional. It gives truth, for the intelligence, consolations for the heart, motive and guidance for the will. It Is a.t home with in the whole complex nature of man, and makes Its appeal to the whole man and Insists on being w Ith him in all his think ing, feeling and acting. (The Macmillan Co., New York.) Is incorporated Demorest's Family Maga zine The fashion and pattern depart ments of the latter magazine are con tinued In the Ledger Monthly. Among the more notable of the Illustrat ed articles in the February magazine num ber of the Outlook are Mr. H. W. Ma bie's "William Shakespeare," Dr. Ed ward Everett Hale's "James Martlneau" and Mr. Frank Crane's "Washington's Blrfhdav, 1800-1900," and Mr. Clifton John son's "The Village of Millet." BOOK AOTES, there was nothing for Pearl to do but txrn t rs f !Mr on1 it at an in nar -mlr rav1 In the house, so as to be there the minute m rntiofc'fl mrttv taiv -rntir "iittio "her mamma was ready to begin dressing- .pitchers have bfg ears," as well' among jier. one imes 10 gu to mnatown, wnere . Chinese as among Americans, and FearJ xu-ia. Lite, nan spuKen oi, taxing ner, al though never before this particular after noon, during New Year's week, had she como away ieenng aissausnea wun ner own pretty home, which is on the East Bide, and surrounded by green fields, In stead of being cooped up in a Chinese tene ment Thonfeht It Fourth of jTnly. "Mamma, are It Fourth of July?" Pearl questioned, as they walked down Second street, and just as, from a balcony over head, there went off a big bunch of fire crackers. The burnt ends of red, green and yellow firecrackers, lying in the gut found out that "New Year's" isn't so much for children, after all, but more for grown people, although children are dressed In their best and taken to call upon their elders, which pleasure Qullene was having now. "I'll show you, Quilene's presents," the hostess said, in Chinese, for she can't speak a word of English. She brought a little apron, queerly made of purple , to be," Pearl answered. and yellow calico, and with a big pocket right In the middle of the front, which is x convenient for popcorn, nuts or candy; a fan, a puzzle, and most important of all, the daintiest, prettiest little pair of slip pers you ever did see. Tney were V- at her and then chased her with it, while all the others, even Choy Eng. laughed at what they considered the fun. Pearl sought refuge with the grown peo ple and took no further interest in the party, even refusing cake and lichee nuts when they were passed. She sat there, quiet as a. mouse, an unhappy little stranger, and finally cOmmefaced crying softly, all fo herself, until her mother noticed and said. "I e my little girl Is getting tlredc. I must take her home.'" Pearl crif dven oiv the- street, and wpen they were boarding the cat Mrs Lee scolded herf saying: "Pearlt I'm ashaftied of you a little American girl making a such a "baby of herselx over Chinese New Year's ' '"'i aren't a little American girl: I Is 'a little Chinese girl, and that's what I want Blue Jays ao Trea-Planters. An oid-ttme Artoona woodofcoppor says the Muo Jays KaDto ptafttod Ifcoueandn of the treeb now growtng, aft ovor Armona. He declares titkt tfcoae birds have a habit ef burying small sood te the gcotrnd with their beaks, ami that t&oy frooaioM pmywn trees and bury largo nmnbocs of the small pine nuts At wo ground, many of which sprout and. grow. He was walking through we pfnos with an Eastern gentlmnnn & abort tfmo ago when one of tfMMfeMrde How mm, a. tree to the ground, stock Ms Mfcf in tbo earth and quickly flew away. Whoa toM worn had happened, wo Sasiorn mem was skep tical, but the two- wont to wo spot, and with a knife bpade 9mg out a sound ptno nut front a dopth of shoot an inch and a half. Thus tt wMl be seen that nature has plans of her own for forest perpowsthM. Shut. O the Draft. Along- In we iMVgM a, kwege turkey climbed from tBe ridge ed thfe soot on Ote Foter sen'n houeer to the top oC the chimney and sat down, so as to get the benefit of the heat from the are bejow, sotys th Swea City (la.) Herald. Sorry m the morning, Mrs. Peterson and two ehttdron, sleeping in the room- where the had-eol stove was located, were dtacovered to bo deathly sick and the mom wag full of gas. The turkey wan soon discovered and driven off, but H look oHa a white for the sick to recover. . Beheadings. Sehea4 to renew order and leave to nana. Behead, penetrating- ao leave etee Bohead seme of a tree ami. leave part of a circle. Behead an animal awd leave eacm. Behead a bfeek mla&ral at tea a diviaa oeremeny Behead te grasp aod feow msWvWfc Behead to trtt&tnt aiM Jmvaa Mfeetvet Beheadings epelt the mime of vM of ear war ter at the edge of the sidewalk, together shaped. The lower parts were of soft EdTrard Everett Hale's Writing. All of the eight stories in "The Brick Moon and Other Stories," the fourth vol ume of the library -ealtlon of the works of Edward Everett Hale, are extrava gances: of one kind or another, and one may suspect thoss with scientific themes, but ill will it fare with the person who tries to persuade any boy fresh from a perusal that every one of the charitable tales is not gospel truth. The stories in this volume are: "The Brick Moon," "Crusoe in New York," "Bread on the Waters," "The Lost Palace," "99 Lin wood Street,"" "Ideals," "Thanksgiving at the Polls," "The Surveyor's Storj." The preface, like the prefaces of the former volumes, contains a budget of in teresting delalls. (Llttle, Brown & Co., Boston.) MAGAZINES f OR FEBRUARY. Ecatnrcs of the Month's Palilicatlons Literary Xotcs. "The Library of Congress," by Her bert Putnam, the librarian, is the open iag' article in the February Atlantic Mr. Putnam .gives- first an account of the in ception and history of the library, com pares Its neglect by congress with the liberality of parliament toward the Brit ish museum, and shows of what its. various departments consist. their strength and weakness", and what should be done for the library to make It truly national and, representative, and worthy ef the magnificent home in which it is enshrined "The opening- Period of the Boer War" is brilliantly described in the February Scribnera by"H. J. Whjgham (who made Ms reputation as a correspondent In the Spanish war). He Is, accompariyinjf the Sew Story of the Oxford Movement to Be Published. Those who are interested in the general history of the "Oxford Movement," will derive a fresh Impression from "Five Great Oxford Leaders: Keble, Newman, Pusey, Llddon and Church," by the Rev. A. B Donaldson, which the Macmillan Company Is publishing. This work, like Dr. W. H. Huron's "A Short History of the Church in Great Britain," jUst an nounced by the- same house, is written from the point of view of the "Anglo Gathollc." While In its form It may bo regarded as simple memoirs. It is in its entirety a- monograph on the oxford movement. A new edition of John Martin Vincent's "Government in Switzerland" will be Is sued shortly by The Macmillan Company. A large part of the book has been com pletely rewritten and much additional matter has been Inserted in order to take account of the changes which have been meantime made in the Swiss government. One of the interesting chapters which have been added is on proportional rep resentation. "Tha Gentleman From Indiana,' by Booth Tarkington, which ran as ar se rial in McCiure's Magazine last year, has been published in book form by the Doubleday & McClure Company, New Y6rk. It gives a picture of life In a small Indiana town, its hero being the proprietor of a country newspaper, who has various adventures with whitecaps. It is a refreshinEly well written book; "Outsiders," by Robert W. Chambers Frederick A, Stokes Company, New York), tells the stoy of New York City's Bohemia the side Of metropolitan life which brings artist, critic, journalist, Bohemian-inclined business man and model into play. Whether these people are really outsiders, uhclassed members of the -community pr not, may be ques tioned The story is "well conceived and well executed, if it does view life from the pessimist's standpoint. The atmosphere of "The Market Place," Harold Frederic's last work (Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York), is sor did. It is a story of finance and business schemes for men and of social struggles and English country life for women. Thorpe, the promoter of the story, is the Hooler of real life. The story has the same defect as Mr. Trederic's "Gloria. with the swinging lanterns and waving banners, helped make her think this. "No, dear, it's New Year's," her mother answered "Are there going fo be a. party?" she questioned, upon noticing that the children white kid, stretched over wood, and the uppers of pale green satin, embroidered, or traced with birds and flowers. Pearl was given the puzzle to amuse her self with, but she preferred listening to the conversation, which was not so easily FORSAKEN AND ALONE. n 7 I DOLLY WAS AFRAID. She Jnst Couldn't Help It, Thoush Bahy Gna riled Her. Helen, 5 years old, was sent to bed atetto on tho third floor Louise being sick and kept dowrt in her mother's room. It was the first time Helen had thus taken On the grbwn person's btirden, and she was so good about it that presently her older sister crept tip into the room to see how she was getting along, and to tell her a Storj. She found her With hands clenched around her doll and With her eyes ana mouth screwed up' tightly. Helen opened her eyes with a start and gasped: "Oh, Sister!" "Why, what's the matter, Helen? ' "Well you see, this, doll Is afraid, and I have to held her hand. She is 'frald Of foxes and tigers " "Nonsense, dearie," the sister said. "Oh, but slie'e afraid of more than that robbers and burglars'" "Well, why didn't you tell her that mamma and sister were right downstairs?" "Well, 'at Is 'e funny part of it. I kept saying just as fast as I could: 'My moz zer Is riglit down 'tairs, -my sister is right down 'tairs; my moszer can hedr me if I call' but 'at doll kept right on being afraldl" New York Commercial Advertiser. Charade. My ftret,te in skate, hot JtOt In Hapi My second to In carry but not nv taVe . My third la ht have hoi not fe win My fftarth U4 nv nve. out not Ht htfefc. My ftfth fc In rer fett net. In pfe. My sixth to in yoke, out not! nv fern. My whole te an adbnmft or a hew we nil should knew j Only Shadows. "Ah. ha I'm hiet aching- ty a acrtip Johnn , the Elephant I wonder why nobody as any onel $ " Wants to skate near met I'm just as eoclablo who passed to and fro were dressed In their very bst. "I don't know; we'll ask Qullene," re plied Mrs. Lee, guiding Pearl, who citing tightly to her hand, up a narrow stair case, which led thrbugh a.dark hall to a landing, partitioned, with b.ueer irregular ity, into small apartments. "Are It Christmas?" the little girl asked yet again, for in every direction- where there were windows or aoors tnrougn understood now, for4h& subject was re ligion, and all tha'l Pearl could make out was that her mamma and Quilene's mam ma had very different thoughts about the "jpss" whatever that meant, for she had never heard of it before. Presently Qullene -came in. Not ohlyjras she attired lh wonderfully brlght-hued little garments-, but she wore dangling chains and bangles, wh'ch jingled as she walked. Stie would have walked right I wh'ch to look, she could see tables or , past Pearl Without speaking? -go full was her mind with her own happiness, had she not been reminded of the little guest's Mundl" the obtrusiveness of Its Amerlr stands laden with nice things things nantent n1 Mnlnnnll Vio- TFUnrta4 fVonfl tfl Pflt. flllf! Hlltd taOerS. vernacular was acquired during residence In America Is a thin covering for the au- tnor s lacic or Knowieage or jungusn inc. Max Pemberton has given us in "Sign ers of the Night" (Dodd, Mead & Co , New York), a series of dramatic stories con nected throughout by a thread of inci dent, and, through the reappearance of the same characters. Together they form a charming picture of old Venice. The tales are united by the personality of Fra Giovanni, the soldier monk of Ven ice? Nina, the dstnclng girl, adds tQ the romance and mystery which pervade tlie stories good to eat, and lighted tapers. "No, no; didn't I 'tell you It's New Year's," Mrs. Lee replied, a little Impa tiently. Pearl had thought her awn mamma look ed pretty in a neat tailor suit, but jou should have aeen Quilene's mother, whd answered their knock. She was beautifully presence. Her chubby, brown first was tightly doubled up but she opened it to show polns one of copper, with a square hole in the center: a nickel, a dime and a penny. They had been given her by the persons upon Whom she had called, and dressed. In light blue silk, and afie wore ' who had thought that, in presenting them. In her hair the loveliest ornaments gold they were preventing any ill luck, such aa stick-pins, studded with jewels As she sickness On the loss of her parents, from invited her callers Into the room, she ea!d . befalling hen to Pearl, something which sounded like: I "Shall we stay a little longer?" asked "Gung Tiee faht ehoy, qui jal," and which 1 Mrs. Lee of Pearl, meant, "Happy New Year, my dear'" "No; let's go,", was the answer. Chl- Pearl understood perfectly, for she has nese bpyo and 4rls are taughtTo address MISCHIEVOUS WILLIE AT IT AGAIN. - I ' i-i GRAXDPA MAKES X REMARKABLE CAROM, NoTorkWcrld. The Toy Tiger's Wall. Vn a little tor tiger for twenty-slue cent; I have lost "ray sweet smile, and I ripple with dents, And my soul overflows -with this horrible tnought I've been here many meoL and I'll never be .bought. Full of woe to the brim, with myself I cam- Triune, And my diaphragm whistle is all eat ef tune; And I'm cpurhed by the patron, ald&l and alack1 Who in preference buys &. girztte or a yak. Oh. 'tte right from my nese tfl the tip of raj tail That I surge with a deleft!, tempeetueus wall; While I yearn, all In vain, till I'm weary1 aad oore -- In. the sunshine1 ta"pjay on some nursery floor. On, the Joy I'll ne'er know that a toy tiger" feels When by Tommy he's dragged all around on his wHeete. 'And I never will dream with the horse and the eheep' In the pretty brass crib where he smile In h!a eleepv Yet although from this counter I never maj wing, I will try to look calm, and 'tis proudly rii tins To the fate that frowns grimly and, seldfiin xe lenta, I'm a little toy tiger fer twenty-nine cents' R. K". Muaklttrick la Harper's Bazar. Arithmetical tqalnes. A Russian Investigator has found that horses can count more numbers thin any other animal. He established that a pat' rot can. count four, a cat six, qjows 1 and 6ome few dogs 20. But he found horses that coulS oourK. more than this. One would plow aordss a field 2H tfmes and would then stop and rest, hut it never stopped at 19 or l. Always just 30 , Another .horse always counted the miles afbng the road by the white miieposta that were set up and stopped every- 23 miles, as it had been taught to do, fo be fed. Another one was always fed when the town clock struck TS. When the ekak struck 11 it would, lift ap its head and- listen, but when the ball had stopped would again droop its ears But when the clock struck 12, it always neighed loudly for dinner. Scared Monkey. An Italian showman once had a: monkey that rode on the back -of a Hound, wnlfib four other dogs danced. One day tke little show jwas passing through a park where there'were somd deer- Tha hound saw them, and. true to his insUnot, he tore after them.. Poor Mr. Monkey was chained to his collar, so be had to SO along, much as he wished -not. to. 7 He chattered and screamed, but all in Vain. V.T " - "Yon may be the biggest but 1 11 knock ye out in one round ' Wl 1 iff I niT If . "Oh. I wa't em? WeO, r- i t ' 11 H 1 7 ' In "'" "He's gone After McKtug a feHmr of that I size I'm ready Mr all ouetonMm. Danoar So- iftttonciA.