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When / say popular. however I should
add in the way of masculine popularity
for it may be that the fair sex will take
exception to the general sentiment of the
poem. Anyway, 1t Is rafting good stun.
Read It aloud and see what fine swing
the lines have,
WILLY AND THE LADY
Leave the lady. willy. let the racket rip.
She is going TO fool you, you have lost your
grip.
Your brain is in a muddle and your heart is In
whirl,
Come along with me, Willy. never mind the
girl,
Come and have a Man-Taik,
Come with those who talk
Light your pipe and listen, and the boys will
see you through;
Love is only chatter,
Friends all that matter.
Come and talk the Man-Talk; that's the cure
for you.
Leave the lady, willy let her letter wait.
You'll forget your troubles when you get it
straight.
The world is full Of women, snd the women
full OF vile;
Come along with me. Willy. we can make you
smilei
Come and have a. Man-Talk.
A rousing black and tan talk.
There are plenty there to teach you, there's a
lot for you to do:
Your head must stop Its whirling
Before you go a-girlng.
Come and talk the Man-TaIk; that's the cure
for you,
Leave the lady. Willy. the night is good and
long,
Time for beer and 'baccy, time to have a song:
Where the smoke is swirlng. sorrow II you
Come along with me, willy. come and be a
man!
Come and have a Man-Taik,
Come and hear the clan talk
We've all OF us been there before, and jolly
glad it's through!
Well advise you confidently
And we'll break It to you gently,
Come and talk the Man-Talk: that's the cure
for you!
Leave the lady. Willy. you are rather young:
When the tales are over. when the songs are
sung,
When the men have made you. try the girl
Come along with me. willy. you'll be better
then
Come and have Man-Talk.
Forget your girl-divan talk
You've got to get acquainted with another
point of view!
Girls will only fool you
We're the ones to school you,
Come and talk the Man-Talk; that's the cure
for you!
Now that you have finished willy and
the Lady" / can hear the small voice
shrieking "Kipling." Well. suppose II
does suggest Kipling There is no harm
In that, is there? IL Burgess can beat
Kipling at his own game. why so much
the more credit to Burgess.
II. q. LATHROP.
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Ernest Scion Thompson $
Lives Of the Hunted."

each have gotten the tart but that new fac
tor appeared in the case. That week the hotel
people had brought a new Cat from the East
She was not much more than a kitten. but
still had litter OF her own. and at the mo-
ment that Grumpy reached the door the Cat
and her family were summing themselves on
the top step. Pussy opened her eyes to see
this huge. shaggy monster towering above her.
The Cat had never before seen a Bear-she
had not been there long enough: she did not
even know what a Bear was She knew what
Dog was. and here was a bigger. more awful
bobtailed black dog than she had ever dreamed
OF coming right at her. Her first thought was
to fly for her life. But her next for the
kittens. She must take OF them. She
must at least cover their retreat. So. like
brave little mother. she braced herself on that
doorstep. and spreading her back. her claws.
her tail and everything she had to spread, she
screamed out at that Bear unmistakable
order TO
The language must have been Cat" but tn.
meaning was clear to the Bear. for those who
saw IL maintain stoutly that Grumpy not only
stopped. but she also CONFIRMED to the
tom Of the country and In token OF surrender
held up her hands.
However. the position she thus took made
her so high and the Cat seemed tiny in the
distance below. Old Grumpy had faced
Grizzly once. and she to be held up
by a miserable little spike-tailed skunk no
bigger than a mouthful? She was ashamed OF
herself. especially when a wall from Johnny
smote on her and reminded her OF her
plain duty. well supplied his usual moral
support.
So she dropped down on her front feet to
proceed.
Again the Cat shrieked. Stop
But Grumpy IGNORED the command.
scared NEW from a kitten nerved the Cat. ana
she launched her ultmatum. which ultimatum
was herself. Eighteen sharp claws. a mouth
full Of Keen teeth had Pussy, and she worked
them all with desperate will when she land
ed on Grumpy's bare, bald. sensitive nose. just
the spot of all where the Bear could not stani
It, and then worked backward to a point out
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side the sweep of Grumpy's claws After one
or two vain attempts to shake the spotted fury
off, old Grumpy did just as most creatures
would have done Under the circumstances she
turned tail and bolted out OF the enemy ;
country into her own woods.
But Pussy's fighting blood was up. She was
not content with repelling the enemy: she
wanted to innict crushing defeat to achieve
an absolute and final rout And however fast
old Grumpy might go 1t did not count. for the
Cat was still top. working her teeth and
claws like a little demon. Grumpy, always
erratic. now became panic-stricken. The trail
OF the pair was hecked with tufts Of long
black hair. and there was even bloodshed Tin
the nftieth degree). Honor was surely salts
ned, but Pussy was not Round and round
they had gone in the mad race. Grumpy was
frantic. absolutely Inundated, and ready to
make any terms, but Pussy seemed deaf to her
couEh-like yelps. and no one knows how far
the Cat might have ridden that day had not
Johnny unwittingly put new idea Into his
motheHs head by bawling in his best style
from the top Of HIS last tree. which tree
Grumpy made for and scrambled up.
This was so clearly the enemy's country and
IN view Of his reinforcements that the Cat
wisely decided to follow no farther. She
Jumped from the climbing bear to the ground
and then mounted sentry guard below. march
ing around with tail in the air. daring that
bear to come down. Then the kittens came
out and sat around and enjoyed II all hugely
ANU tHe mOuntaineerS dssurcu the
Bears would have been kept up the tree till
they were starved had not the cook of the
hotel come out and called of his Cat-although
this statement was not among those vouched
for by the officers of the park.
THE Mother Teal and the Overland
Route" tells the story Of the thrilling
adventures Of Mrs. Duck and her family
of ten In getting from their nest into the
pond.
THE Kangaroo Rat" is a study In
natural history that reads like a fairy
tale--that Is, as far as the daintiness and
charm of execution are concerned.
Tito" Is a strong story Of 1.-THE Coyote
That Learned How" 1t Is one Of the best
In the book and regret that lack Of space
prevents giving 1t more attention. The
main point of the story lies in the out
whiting of man by coyote that had
been brought up in captivity and by bitter
experience learned the lessons Of dogs.
poisons. traps. men and guns. Tito finally
escapes from her captors and then. In the
pursuit till the death that is ever the fate !,
Of the hunted thing. she turns her prac-
teal though severe education tn good use.
The price of Lives of the Hunted is
Il 75) 3. G.. LATHROP.
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God Save the King.

A new story is out by Ronald MacDon-
ald-also the author of that stirring TO-
nance. THE Sword of the King" cover
ing period in English history a little
earlier than its predecessor. Like the
former story, the present one is autobio-
graphical in form but 1t is the hero this
time, not the heroine. who tells it, and
who figures as the chief actor in the
thrilling events described. This young
royalist befriends, at u critical moment,
the defeated and wandering Charles III.
before the Kings escape to the Continent
after the battle of Worcester The hero.
inc aids him in this adventure. and she
and he aud the restored monarch are the
principal actors in an exciting episide that
furnishes the climax of the story. (Puu-
lished by The Century Company, New
York. Price 81 50.)
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word they told me. especially when afterward
Endorsed by the park authorities.
1t seemed that of all the timed goods on the
pile the nearest TO Johnny's taste were marked
with large purple plum. This conclusion he
had arrived at only after most exhaustive
study. The very odor OF those plums In
Johnnys nostrls the equivalent OF
ecstacy. So when it came about one day that
the cook of the hotel baked huge batch of
plum tarts the telltale wind took the story
afsr into the woods. where II was waited by
way Of Johnny's nostrils to his very soul.
OF course. Johnny was whimpering at the
time. His mother busy washing his
face and combing his IL ir.' so he had double
tarts thrilled him. He jumped up. and when
his mother tried TO hold him he squalled. and
am afraid he BIT her. She should have cuffed
him, but she did not. She only gave a dis
approving growl and followed to see that he
came to harm.
Johnny led straight for the kitchen. He took
the precaution. however. Of climbing from
time TO time TO the very top OF a pine tree
lookout to take an observation, while Grumpy
stayed below.
Thus they came close to the kitchen, and
there. in the last tree. Johnny's courage as a
leader gave out so he remained aloft and ex-
pressed his hankering for tarts In a woe-begone
wall.
1t is not likely that Grumpy knew exactly
what her son was crying for. But II lie sure
that as soon as she showed an inclination to
go back into the pines Johnny protested in
such an outrageous and heartrendinR screech-
ing that his mother simply could not leave
him. and he showed no signs Of coming down
TO be led away.
Grumpy herself was fond OF plum jam. The
odor was now, OF course. very strong and pro-
portionately alluring. so Grumpy followed It
somewhat cautiously up 10 the kitchen door.
There was nothing surprising about this.
he ~ live and 1ne 1fx.efF Ne
enforced in the park that the Bears often come
to the kitchen door for pickinEs, and on GET
ting something they 60 quietly back TO the
woods. Doubtless Johnny and Grumpy would
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f6T BOOK Of lyrics from the pen of
N Gelett Burgess has just been pub
I'm lished by Small, Maynard &
Co, Boston. Many Of these ap-
peared in THE Lark at the time when
that attractive magazine was soaring in
flights of fancy under the able editorship
Of Mr.. Burgess. Others of these poems
are row IN print for the first time
Mr.. Burgess name has become so asso-
cisted with nonsense stuff. with the BIZ
zsrre and with freaklsh literature that
many do not know of the really fine seri-
Gus work that ne can do. Here is a lit
tie gem Of twelve lines;
CHILDHOOD.
Fair star. rare star,
The Joys Of the future lie
To the eyes OF q child, to the signs Of q child
Heavenly far and hight
Fair az a dream. rare a dream,
The hopes OF a future
To the wondering child. to the laundering child
Trusting. and free. and purei
Fair is the soul. rare is the soul
Who has kept. after youth is past,
All the art Of the child all the heart OF the child
Holding his faith at last.
Now. those verses do not have the Bur-
CESS ring as we are accustomed to hear
so honest. and so entirely the opposite
Of anything grotesque. Yet they are his,
and his book. "A Gage of Youth" con-
tsins many others in similar vein that
are equally delightful.
His "BslIade of Conceit' has more Of
the better known Burgess in # They are
rather hard lines to run on book page
something in the nature Of a cold bath
for the humble reviewer. Still, as no one
is chilled but the lowly critic, let US re-
peat them:
BALLADE OF CoNcEIT
To all We critics who come TO chill
And to smirch the work OF the blessed few.
who feed on the fancy they try to KILL
snap my fingers-the sspless crew,
What do I care II they bark and new?
This in the teeth OF the mouths that whine:
What have ye wrought we can say this to:
by Jove. made It. and II is mine."
Never book that writ ILL.,
Never a picture false of hue.
Never a song with so little thrill,
That IL had not something I'm glad was true.
What IL fall? 1 can still pursue
Joy OF Creation. the gift divInei
And he who creates has at least this view:
by Jove. made It, and II is Miner
Thank God. who gave me the wits and will,
And the raging passion to put II through
] never saw task that took 80 much skill
dared not try, and dared not do,
My work is crude. and bit askew.
You're free to condemn IT, line by line
But bred OF my brain. I'm my heart II grew:
BY Jove. j made IL. and It is mlne"'
ENVOY
Critics. your parasite life s>new,
Drink my concet. for II flows like wine:
Here is my poem. and here Is your cue:
BY Joye. ] made II. and IL is minet
willy and the Lady" from a popular
standpoint. is the best thing In the book
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Clever Book Of ssJ7nGTes From JAPAN

r r ERE is an illustration from the
cover of "Jingles from Japan" A.
y y M. Robertson, the San Francisco
publisher. undoubtedly has most
taking holiday novelty in this odd little
volume with it's Japanese paper dress and
Its striking japanese illustrations. By
Miss Helen Hyde and merry jngles by
Miss Mabel Hyde.
The pictures. in red and black, are real
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thing has been accomplished in reproduc-
Ing famous paintings of scenes in the lives
of the painters themselves. AS. for in
stance. 1.-THE Death of Leonardo da
Vinci.' from the painting by j. A. D.
lngres; 'The Sleep of Fra Angelica" by
Albert Maignan, and Charles V Picking
Up Titian's Brush" by Carl Becker. pub
lished by Dana. Estes & Co.. Boston.
Price 81 SOY
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1T is to read out loud to the smaller men,
bers of the family. The heroes are merry
twin rogues. the sons of king, but with
a strain of fairy blood in their veins.
Their explorations In fairyland are de-
lightfully wild and strange and calcu-
lated to hold the young reader in state
of breathless attention. The book is re-
markedly well illustrated in color and
half-tone by drawings from the brush Of
Louis Belts. published by G. P. Put
MANS Sons. New York. Price 81 35)
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ly quite out Of the ordinary. They have
all the japanese swing and dash. for Miss
Helen. Hyde has spent some time in ia
pan. In fact, she has only quite recently
returned to San Francisco. with her trunk,
full of Japanese curiosities and with jap
anese art at her finger tipes. Aside from
the jolly tone of the verses the lines con-
tain many picture of Japanese life that
is novel and interesting. price IS cents.).
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Royal Rogues.

A charming fairy tale that will win the
heart of any child is Royal Rogues."
by Alberta Bancroft. In fact Royal
Rogues" is so we'll told that 1t cannot but
appeal even to the grown-up whose duty
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Literary Notes.

Katharine Pyle's clever illustrations
adorn the pages Of her new Juvenile, LAS
the Goose Flies" which Little. Brown &
Co. will publish early in November. These
pictures are numerous and give added in
terest to the fairy tale. which should be
as popular as Miss Pyle's THE Christmas
Angel"
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Lanes translation of THE Arabian
Nights" which has just been newly pub
lished in six volumes by the Macmillan
Company, contains 100 photogravure IL
Illustrations by Stanley Wood and an intro
duction by Joseph Jacobs of fairy tale
fame. They are handy volumes. light In
weight, and well printed, with handsome
covers
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AS we come toward the Christmas holi-
days larger space in the magazines is
given to fiction. The Cosmopolitan in
cludes tragic story of the Mexican foot
hills by Thomas A. Janvier: a very clever
society story by Carolyn Wells. one of the
old French romances by Richard lie Gal
lienne. an unusually interesting Indian
narrative by II. T. George and a weird
story by s. r. Crockett
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country homes: the history Of the frog
from tadpole to froghood. with remark
able photographs by A. r. Dugmore
made from life; articles on planting the
lawn, the art Of letting things grow, the
newest fruits. and vast amount Of prac-
teal matter about the garden, the green
house, and even the window box, all Of
which is abundantly illustrated
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-10

Doubleday. Page & Co.. are just pull
fishing Charles II. Collins magnificent
book on Photography as a Fine Art"
with hundred pictures showing the
work Of such expert photographers as AL
fred Stieglitz. Gertrude Kasebier. James
T. Kelley. Frank Eugene. w. B.. Dyer.
Clarence II. White. Edward Steichen AMI
Rudolf Eickmeyer Jr., and others who are
doing the most of what Is artistic in pho
Biography,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-19
COAL FAMINE.
There Is a Shortage Here, and
Supply is About Exhausted.
Illinois Coal Delayed By Cradle Accident
famine in Freight Cars.

There is a serious probability of
coal famine in Paducah. One merchant
who had ten thousand bushels the first
Of the week is unloading his last car
today. The Illinois coal has been una
Bile to reach the city because of the
accident to the incline cradle, and
the Kentucky coal is coming in very
slowly on account Of the almost un.
precedented famine in coal cars
The sudden cold weather doubled
the demand for "blaok diamonds" and
the supply is being rapidly exhausted.
II the long delayed shipments do not
arrive in a very short time there will
be a coal famine perhaps never equal
led here, even at the time the mayor
con6scated a barge at the wharf few
years ago.
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IN HARMONY WITH HANNA.
APPOINTMENT OF PAYNE TO
THE CABINET SHOWS UNDER.
STANDING BETWEEN RoosE.
WELT AND HANNA.

Washington, Dec. ie.-The ap-
pointment Of Henry O. Payne Of Wis
consin TO succeed Postmaster General
Smith, who has lust resigned from the
cabinet, is significant, in that 1t shows
harmony between Senator Marx Han
ma and President Roosevelt
Ali sorts Of reports have gone out
from here about the strained relations
between the Ohio Senator and the
President, but this latest development
seems to set at rest all doubt as to the
feeling between these two Republican
leaders. II they have not been in
harmony, the Payne incident shows
that they are now.
When Mr.. Payne came to Washing
ton upon the invitation Of President
Roosevelt, his entry into the cabinet
was freely discussed. At that time
it was pointed out that he could not
accept place without TO some extent
severing his relations with his old CO.
worker, Hanna. IL should be recalled
that the two have been intimately
associated. In politics they are as
brothers. It was accepted as fact
that Mr.. Payne would not go into the
Roosevelt official family without a
thorough understanding with Hanna.
Before Senator Hanna left for New
York this week he had several ex-
tended conferences with President
Roosevelt. One Of these lasted over
three hours. He admitted that they
were talking over political matters.
Mr.. Payne goes in the cabinet at
the earnest request Of the President
and to the extreme satisfaction of
Chairman Hanna.
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Next Monday the Formal Reception
Will Be Held al the Rooms.
There Will Be Many Invited Guests 10
Partake OF the Clubs
Hospitality.
BANQUET TO Be sERvtI

The opening Of the Kentucky Club,
Paducah's new social organization,
will take place next Monday evening,
December 23rd, and will be the social
event Of the season.
The club has thirty charter mem
bers, from the select society young
men and its elegantly equipped rooms,
in The Brunswick, on Broadway, near
Fourth. Twill be a scene Of much
gayety.
The evening will be spent in cards,
dancing, billiards and pool, and at 10
O'Clock an elegant banquet will be
served.
Invitations have been issued to q
number Of guests, including the
ladies Of society, and the banquet will
be the most elaborate given in Padu-
cab in some time.
All members Of the club have to be
30 or older, and that its success 4.
assured is evident from the gentle.
men who compose it. and who never
do things by halves. The member
ship is limited.
Mr.. s. A. Fowler is president, and
has charge Of the arrangeme nts foi
the formal opening.
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KNOWN HERE.
A ST. Louis Sensation Involves
Former Paducahans.
Alleged That Children We're Allowed Il
Die Without Attention.

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ALL RIGHT NOW.
THE STREET CARS WILL BE
RUN REGULARLY HERE.
AFTER.

The street car company has had
about as much trouble during this
cold spell as any one. The principal
things that has bothered them has
been the sickness Of the men. The
weather has been so severe that it
laid out = majority OF them, and as
competent men are hard TO find, the
service has been crippled. After to-
day the company officials say there
will be no further trouble; that cars
will be run very regularly.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-19
But a Texas Woman Came Pretty
Near II Yesterday at Texarkana.
She Gave Birth TO Five Babies, -Four
Of Them Girls and One
Boy.
EQUALS THE LYON QUIsTtTTt

Kentucky and Texas hold the rec
ord for births. Yesterday at Tex
arkana Mrs. william Walker, wife of
a cotton raiser. gave birth to five
children, four girls and one boy. The
remarkable news has been teleRraphed
all over the country, and has revived
interest in the remarkable Lyon quin-
tettes, born few years ago at May
field, Ky.
Mrs. Lyon, it will be rememb ered,
is sister of Mrs. J. r. McClain OF
the city, and the babies created the
greatest sensation Of the kind ever
known at the.time. They all. lived
for several days. and when they died
were embalmed BY Undertaken Nance
Of the city, and were finally buried.
An effort to exhibit them over the
country met with such storm of pop
ulsr disapproval that the idea was
abandoned.
Thousands Of people saw the quin-
tettes while they were IN Paducah,
and before they died &C Nayfield,
and the mother received many gifta
THE dispatches do not state ~heth-
er the Texas babies are alive or dead.