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Evening star., 1902-08-02

and call upon the Maryland yellowthroats.
They belong to the warblers you know.
l hear Mr.. Yellowthroats chit, chit,
emit He is at home, but as he is not a
timid bird We can approach without fear,
Here he is You can always recognize MIN
by his black face and yellow throat. He
is never quiet. From branch to branch or
along the ground he hops-Call:ng all the
time chit, chit or 'chack, chack." His
little wife does not wear the black mark
otherwise she is like her mate. See. she
has but one little one. What a time it has
learning to fly. That's it, follow mother
from branch to branch-now to the ground
now fly up after her. Bravo. Do give
the baby rest now, Mrs. Yellowthroat.
Do you hear that sweet warble? You
hear it in every bit of woodland. You see
it-you know lido you hear me-do you
believe it?'-it says. This is the red-eyed
vireo. or the preacher bird, it has been
called. He is up there in the tulip tree
white underneath. olive green above. with
a black line over his eye. His wife is like
him. Shi there is the nest and there is
the little lady on the branch nearby. The
nest is a little pocket hanging from the
fork of the oak tree. 1t is made of bits of
dead wood grasses and bark. week ago
there were four blush eggs with chocolate
spots in the nest. We are sorry to frighten
you, mother bird. but we want to just peep
in. Oh. see, Three little ugly babies,
stretching their great mouths for food.
Teacher. teacher. teacher teacher.
Evening star., 1902-08-02
The Mince Pie Prince.

The Mince Pie Prince, with his curly hair,
SAT himself down the lowest stair
Of the broad flight leading up to the moon,
Where lives the King of the Golden Spoon;
Where all is light as an endless day;
Where there's no time for work, but plenty fcl
play.
Said the Mince Pie Prince, They'll be here soon y
And from all around as he sat him down
Came legion Of n1nce pies, faky and brown
They were mince pies big, and minee pies small;
Mince Si pies short, and mince pies tall;
Mince pies any and everywhere.
Said the Mnce Pie Prince, TN eat them ALL
IN eat them all without delay
For the sooner, the better, they're out of the WAY
Chances like this come but seldom enough
When they do the pies apt to be tough
But these are So nice, I'll not leave one,
No, not one for the princess yet to come"
So he set to work with a royal will
And made of himself mince pie mill
One by one they vanished from sight
Two by two they left the light,
Three by three, and four by four.
Till at last there weren't any mince pies more.
At length I've stuffed the last one in;
And now III go and look for more,
For | have the key of the pantry door;
Aud there, In The stronghold, shall see
IL am am not the N. T.. p
But the Mince Pie Prince, when he tried to rise,
nound 10 his horror and surprise.
lhat he couldn't get up, but held fast down
by minee pie crust SO fiaky and brown;
BY raisins, and citron, and wine, and spice
And all that makes u miuce pie nice.
In vain his struggles In vain his cries;
No one comes but few mnce pies,
W no only come to laugh and jeer
Bat who didn't dare TO venture near
The moral Is this: When mince pies Won see
Dear children beware of giuttony
~KiRK lUNRoR
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BY A YOUNG CONTRIBUTOR.

BY A YOUNG CONTRIBUTOR.
Ned and Fred Grey Were two boys like
other ones who didn't always mind their
parents.
One day their mother went to the city
away from the lake, which was but a
short distance from their house, and they
both promised to do So But it was not ten
minutes after their mother had gone when
they broke their promise and started down
to the lake.
Oh. how they did like to take off their
shoes and stockings and paddle in the
water When they reached the lake they
took off their shoes and stockings and be-
gan to paddle in the water. Then Fred
the older boy, who could swim, said Let
us see who can beat over to that rock"
which was quite distance from the shore.
Ned was away ahead of Fred when he
stumbled over small rock and fell on
his knee and could not get up Fred saw
him and went and helped him up He
looked at his knee and he had bruised 1t a
little. but he did not mind that
There was rowboat on the shore and
they decided to unfaSten the rope which
held 1t and go rowing They both got in
the boat, and Fred, who could row. began
rowing. They had just got out about in
the middle of the lakeTwhen Ned fell into
got hold of him and swan to the shore.
They didn't lose any time in Iamenting, but
started for home like all children who find
themselves in trouble sr ~.
Their mother was home and she pat both
DoyS to bed for the rest of. the day and
night. 1t Is hardly necessary to express the
lesson of obedience which it taught them.
Evening star., 1902-08-02
A Snowballing Kitten.
A TRUE STORY


Perhaps II will be interesting to our lit
tie folks to hear the story Of Katura, a
seven-months-old kitten, that during the
first snowfall Of the winter was found col
lecting snow into heaps and then rolling it
into balls. We supposed this to be a freak,
simply, and though we watched her scut-
tling and scrambling in the soft drift we
supposed that the next snowfall would find
her forgetful or Indifferent But to our
surpise. at the next storm of the kind we
found her at still more animated game.
Standing near fence with cleaning eyes
and waving tail, she watched the flakes
fall. Finding that they fell from a height,
she stood upon her toes, and holding up
her paws, eagerly looked into them, tossing
up the supposed contents. Her excitement
increased each moment, and. hoping to
bring herself nearer to the source OF the
fairy, feathery things, she mounted flower
box, and, rearing her 1.-THE little body, sae
continued to catch and toss catch and toss
until she grew wild with excitement Then
leaping down to the walk, she once more
gathered and rolled the woouy stuff into
balls, scattering them hithe and thither,
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Those New Boots.
By SELMA BARNARD.


Copyright. 1901, sHenry T. Coates CO..
Wednesday Johnnie would be five years
old and today was Tuesday. All day long
Johnnie had been talking about the pres
ents he was to get on his birthday. He
knew that Dinah, the good. old, fat cook.
who had been living with the family ever
since Johnnie waE baby, was going to
bake him cake with five big sugar hearts
on top of it, and that mamma had prom
lsed him hobby horse, but what was papa
going to give him II,
There surely never was such a long day
as tuesday, and for once Johnnie was glad
when bed time came, for he knew he had
only to fall asleep and wake up again, and
Wednesday would-at-4ast be here, and
johnnie would be FIVE years old and papa's
present would be standing by his bedside.
The sun shone in on Johnnie brighter and
earlier than ever that "Wednesday morning,
ana there close to his abed, and right where
brown paper package tied up with great
care and addressed to Master Johnnie
Drummond, aged five years.
maybe Johnnie did not get those strings
on and that package open in hurry. And
what do you think he saw? beautiful
par OF high boots, just like papa s. only
these had red leather tops and shining
brass toes. You see, Johnnie lived a long
time ago, when boots were worn by men
and Dig boys. and it was a little boys am
boots.
Johnnie's father had heard his little boy
Wlsh Tor pair of boots with red tops and
6rass toes, because his little playmate. Tom
smith, who was not quite year older than
Johnnie. had them. So Mr.. Drummond de-
cioed TO get Johnnie pair, too.
really do not know how Johnnie got
Evening star., 1902-08-02
Tabby's Finish.
BY JOHN KERSHAW-Age IL.

BY JOHN KERSHAW-Age IL.
Tabby was mad; oh, so very mad her tail
wagged constantly.
Think of being penned in the house all the
time, with a leather collar on and a bow
tickling your ears, and you will be Tabby
exactly.
The cat with which our story deals be-
longed to an old woman in London, who
often going out, thought Tabby could stay
IN too No matter how hard she cried, the
old Lady would tell her that the city was
overrun with cats that would scratch out
her dear pussys eyes, but this only made
the cat want to go more. ' ~
One day while in search of mice she came
to an old wine cellar. Through cleft in
the wall a golden stream of sunshine en-
tered. Iabby was soon out in the open air;
1t had been a hard squeeze, but she had
made 1t.
She was soon having a game of tag with
other cats on back fences.
Meanwhile an advertisement was seen in
several London newspapers. This is how 1t
read:
Lost-Tiger cat, collar on. reward II re-
turned to Mrs. --, No. "a -.
A lucky street boy found the cat racing
along an alley and returned, 1t to the old
lady. Now Tabby sits at home, no longer
wanting to go out $50. .... .. .-
LETTERS RECEIVED.
Letters received and hereby acknowl-
edged: H. L.; NJ E. M.
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1t is the robins. Robin has already sent out
one brood of young into the world. and he
Is now preparing for a second.
High up in that tree is the compact nest
of the kingbird. See it? 1t is built of weeds
grasses and moss. and lined with pant
down and grass. See the king sitting so
quietly on the branch-that graylsh-black
bird, with the white under parts. His broad,
fat bill shows that he is a fiy-catcher
Watch him dart for that butterfly Oh.
what a chase, Poor butterfly He has il.
Back 10 his perch. How quietly he sits
there. guarding his nest, but ever on the
watch for insect f0ed.
Cav. cav" Hear Mr.. Crow HO. my
noisy friend. You are coming too near to the
kings nest. He will never allow that. What
q coward the crow Is, after all. See how ha
flies from the smaller bird, for the king
knows well that, gwen a chance. Mr. Crow
Will eat the eggs and destroy his home
Hear that jolly outburst of song. II comes
from the maple tree opposite the house. The
singer is the tiny brown bird you see fiut-
tering and hopping about on the dead
branch up there. Have you noticed the
small hole just beneath him, in the branch.
Watch that for awhile. The bird is the
house wren, and the hole is the opening into
his nest, which is stored safely away in the
cavity.
Look. there comes Mamma Wren from
the hole. and bark, there are little ones in
side 'Peet. peet. peet, peet," Hear them?
Now PaDa Wren is going in with food for
the babies. and mamma sits on the branch
scoldine- What is the matter Mrs. Wren?
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Hear that shrill cry from the woods. Let
us hunt him up. He is the teacher bird, or
the oven bird he is sometimes called, be-
cause his nest is like an old-fashiOned oven.
1t is built on the ground Of coarse grasses,
leaves and roots, rooted over with an en-
trance on one side. 1t is not easy to find
the nest, nor is it easy to see the birds.
Carefully-slOwly. There they are, running
along the ground. Mr.. in front and Mrs.
behind. We cannot get any nearer, l fear.
The back and tail of these birds are olive
green and the under parts black and white.
Now must turn homeward. "PeeGer-
wee" from away off in the woods comes
the plaintive call of the wood pervies, and
the wood thrush's ringing call, Come to
me-"
''Thump. thump, thump." the woodpeck-
erS are picking their dinner of insects and
worms from beneath the bark of the trees.
There is the handsome red-headed wood
pecker over there, and here in this tree is
the small black and white one. Yonder on
the ground is the flicker, another and very
common member of the wOodpecker family
digging for worms. You may know him by
the black crescent on his breast and the
red patch on his head.
Evening star., 1902-08-02
Insects That Play.

There Is an insect that greatly resembles
a grasshOpper. the chief difference being
that it has very long neck while the lat
ter has short, stubby one. This other in
sect has also two claw-lke feet. very much
like crabs, only smaller which II doubles
up In front Of ITSELF just like some people
do their hands in prayer. For this reason
1t is called the praying mantis
Should you see one lying on a leaf you
would surely think that It must be a very
good insect to stay there so long and so quiet
with its arms folded I'm such a suppliant
manner, but If the truth were known IL is
only waiting until some poor, little fly or
bug alights on the leaf near it, when the
mantis will snatch it with those two strong
front feet and make quick meal of il.
1he praying mantis is greatly feared by
other insects, but 1t is SO very shy and
quick that it catches many OF them.
Evening star., 1902-08-02

lows quick. tinkling song, July, July,
summer. summers here; morning, noon
tide. evening. list to me-"
Mrs. Bunting, on the contrary, is a plain
little brown bird very much like sparrow
in appearance.
All. here's a baby bunting coming home.
See him hopping from branch to branch.
Well done, young sir; you are learning rap
idly. He does not seem to be afraid of US.
We might almost touch him. But. no; here
comes Mother Bunting. She spies the
danger. There she is, hopping along the
ground. with baby number two at her
heels. "Peet peet.'' she calls anxously to
her son. which means, Come down here.
where can hide" "Peet peet, peet,
peet." in a much louder tone. calls Mr..
Bunting. He has heard and is coming to
protect his family.
There he sits upon that branch You
brave little soul what a scolding you are
giving us. We will not hurt your babies.
We have worried the eXcitable family
quite long enough. so let us take our leave
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he added: THAT was a fine one, your

he added: THAT was fine one vour
majesty.
Dear me. dear me, he guessed it, muf-
tered the king quite crestfallen. while Dor
othy radiant over Jacks success said !:
Didn't tell you. Sir King. that Jack could
guess them you know he is going to be a
cadet himself in a few years"
THAT reminds me of a Joke" said his
majesty, brightning up, but here the door
of the play room suddenly opened and be-
fore you could say Jack Robinson the logs
flew together, the king Disappeared from
view and the fire cracked and burned send
ing the sparks dancing up the chimney.
How quiet you are, dearies'' said n urse
Eliza as she approached the fireplace, 'sare
you asleep?"
"Oh, no, nurse" answered Dorothy in a
very low tone of voice, I'VE have been talk
ing to"
Lets go to supper" said Jack hurriedlv.
and grabbing Nurse Eliza by the hand he
dragged her merrily toward the door,
At this moment there came most violent
gust of wind that ratified and shook the
windows and doors.
Mercy on u.s. what night" said the
nurse, but the children only smiled. for
above the din of the storm there ca me to
their ears (and, as you all know, grown
people cannot hear these things) the voice
of the merry little monarch
Merry Christmas, children Good night
G-o-o-d N-i-g-h-t!"
tTo be continued)
Evening star., 1902-08-02
The Meanderings of Merry Monarch

a jolly old Ice King, heavy and slow
Deciared ne was tired Of perpetual snow;
And he said, I'm yamO0se to the zone that's
called torrid,
In the hope of there finding climate less horrid"
SO the merry old monarch put his best togs,
Ana away he went stumbling Ger icebergs and
bogs,
Up MI and down dale, through valleys and glens
IN ,S1 through the wild tangle of tropical fens,
MI weary and warm, the peregrnator
Fell sprawling mead first across the equator
Ah, mel! cried the trav'ler, Tim greatly upser
Though perhaps III get used to this queer country
YET
Just then. on each side came the natives to greet
him,
The stranger half thought they intended to eat
him.
And he said to himself, 81 very much fear
It wouldn't be healthy for me to stay here
though balmy the air Of the beautiful tropics
The natives indulge in too many odd dopics!''
And SO, having formed this adverse opinion,
The Ice King made tracks for his own cold
dominion.
e. LOUISE LIDDEII.
Evening star., 1902-08-02
Short Chemistry Talks.

You know, perhaps, that the principal
constituent of the air of the atmosphere
which surrounds our globe extends to
height of about forty-ffve miles above it,
and plays most important part in nature.
This air consists of nearly four-fifths of
nitrogen, and rather more than one-fifth of
oxygen. 1t presses on the surface of the
globe and every being on it with a force of
about fifteen pounds to every square inch of
surface, but as it presses equally in all di-
rections, upward as well as downward its
weight cannot be perceived unless the pres
sure be removed from one surface by some
artificial means
Evening star., 1902-08-02
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Dear Children: Read the letters in
Our Letter Box and see for your
selves what your young friends have
to tell you You will then understand much
better than we can tell you why Aunt
Dorothy wants all of you to write to her
whenever you feel like it, and why you
should make an effort to send her good
samples of your work She is ready to
give you much in the way of entertainment
on this page; so send along your letters and
they will all be read and answered. Do not
be afraid to ask for what you want most
Evening star., 1902-08-02

Never mind he viii soon be out There he
comes. Now go in, little lady. 10 your
babies. Oh. You jolly little wren. singing
and dancing about on the tree, on the
ground. everywhere Do you never grow
weary?
over there in the shrubbery along the
roadside. the catbirds have their homes
You know them, / am sure-the slate-gray
birds with the black cap and tail How
they chatter.
Down here in the border of the woods
live the indigo buntings, the Maryland VEL
low throatS and the red-eyed vireos-all
small folk who choose the ground and the
low branches for their nests
Here IS the nest Of the indigo buntings in
the crotch Of this bush. The nest is empty
Evening star., 1902-08-02
WITH THE BIRDS.
Saturday Trips in Fields and
Woods
BY HELEN HIGGINS.
lCnpyright. lgO2.I

Lovely June. with the blue sky overhead,
the fresh green of the foliage and the songs
of the birds, is the happiest and yet the
most anxious month of the whole year. for
the birds-the month of weddings, of home
makings and of rearing of young.
II we go ever so quickly through the
orchard. along the roadside into the woods,
we may be able to see little of the family
life Of the birds.
There in the old apple tree is a nest we
all know well-a mud-Iined nest with green
6h-blue eggs within You have guessed it
Evening star., 1902-08-02
The Beautiful Hands.
By MABEL WILCOX-Age IL.

7.
Once there lived three girls who We're al
ways quarreling about their hands Each
one said, My hands are more beautiful
than yours"
One day while they were quarreling an
old lady came up and said, What lady
here will give me a glft?' No one an
swered. But a young lady sitting not far
away heard the question and answered, II
will The old lady asked what they were
quarreling about She then said, The
hands that help the poor are more beautiful
than any others.
That minute the poor old lady was no
more beggar, but an angel from heaven.
Evening star., 1902-08-02

every line of her body expressing the most
perfect gracious action. This is surely an
exceptional case. knowing. as we do. that
the feline race has a decided antipa thy to
getting their feet and paws wet
E NJ. JOHNSTON
Evening star., 1902-08-02
DESICCATED PROyERRs

A-INGo. EARB. ATYO, NDo, OAST.
FORB, FWH, UCA.
B-BRI. RCR. DGEU. COM, NEvE, ETO,
OSSA, NTI, lLYOU, 1T.
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now. though. Not long ago there were three
blush white eggs in it. The young bunt-
ings are getting their schooling now. They
must learn TO fly, to secure their own food
ana TO hide from enemies. Doubtless they
are out having such lesson now
MT Indigo Bunting. who really looks as
though ne had bathed in bowl of indigo
Is rather 10 be proud of. All summer
long you can hear the handsome little fel-
Evening star., 1902-08-02

ANSWERS TO JULY &c PUZZLES.
A nature story puzzle.
The bees are busy all day long
The bbbbb BIZ (awD day Ia long day
day long,.
BURIED AUTHORS.
/. wiggin.
2. Alcott.
B. Stevenson.
4. Howells
HIDDEN RIVERS.
2 East. East
3. Potomac.
4. School (schuyD XIII.
HOUR GLASS
I / M 81 3 q EITG
3. w K
). Row
6, T Rg
Z. A X y
Drop word puzzle (from Emerson)
''Chide me not. laborious band.
For the idle flowers / brought;
Every aster in my hand
Goes home loaded with thought"
THE CAw's ANSWER.
On neighbOring tree perched a crow,
And sang what he called a solo.
TIL the robin, they say,
Said to him one day.
Either learn something new friend or 20.
The crow. without pause,
Said, ''sir you've no caws.
'Tis jealousy makes you speak so."
l.. E. cHfTTENDEN.
CHARADE ANSWERS
A-Sometimes.
B-lreland.
CLAY.
D-Car-nation.
E-l.ife.
T--Nightingale.
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Three Little Rules.

1hree little rules We all should keep
4" make life happy and bright
smile In the morning, smile at noon
u AND keep on smiling at night
stella George Stern. In the August St Nicholas
Evening star., 1902-08-02
DRoP-LETTER VERSE.

-1-s-a-h- -T-r-u--h-n
Observation-Disclosures;
g. sS4-t-r-u-h
Evening star., 1902-08-02

SCRIPTURE DOUBLE ACROSTIC
The finals form the name of a man from
whom a nation took its name, and the ini-
tials that of one of his wives.
l. The Hebrew for master.
2 One of the lesser prophets.
3. A name given to some of the Roman
emperors.
f. The last king of Israel
3. Another name for a letter.
g. A king who was taught temperance by
his mother.
CHARADE /.
There was thing was three weeks old,
When Adam was no more;
This thing 1t was but four weeks old,
When Adam was fourscore.
CHARADE 2
I'm found in loss, but not in gain;
If you search there twill be in vain;
I'm found in hour. but not in day;
What am, perhaps, you now can say.
CONUNDRUMs.
1. What thing is that which is lower with
a head than without one? 2 Why is the
sun like a man of fashion? 3. Why Is an
inn like burial ground?
PUZZLES.
Uprights: Seven letters
Left: A city of the United States
Right: A state of the United States.
Rounds: Five letters
First, a relation; second, an imaginary
being; third. an internal organ.
BEHEADINGs
A. Behead an exposition and get the at
mosphere.
B. Behead to fix and get the last.
c. Behead not now and get chicken.
d. Behead somewhere and get fine
fabric; behead again and get card.
r. Behead a value and. get food.
f. Behead cold and get mound.
Evening star., 1902-08-02

W-t--t-e-n-m--e-s-s- k-e-,
S-e-i-s--b-g-n-
HOW MANY WORDS?
How many words can you make of this,
using each letter only once in each word?
EXTRAORDINARY
Evening star., 1902-08-02
PIED SCIENCES.

A-Coeeiilrtty.
B-Aegimmnst.
C-Chiypss. .p
D-Aalnrtu.
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THE ENCHANTED FIREPLACE.
By CAPT. THOMAS WILSON, U. s. A.
CHAPTER III.

Copyright, 1902.l
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