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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-21
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Ine young man announced as Mr..
and Mrs. Carew looked at one another
across the table, II have not, to my
knowledge, that pleasure" he said po,
ltely, and then stared with amaze
ment at the relief on his betrothed' S
face and the bewilderment on that of
the strange lady.
Il knew it!' cried Doris with heart
felt relief. "She said-she must be
crazy-that you We're her husband"
II her husband,'
SIS this your Henry Carew?" Millie
finally found voice to say to Doris.
Yes, of course it isl Now will you
kindly explain what you mean by say
ing he married you month ago."
Il never saw this gentleman before
in my life. | said l was married to
Henry Carew; in my husbands pocket
this evening l found the letter /
showed you just now"
In fact. except being about the same
height, there was not the smallest re-
semblance between the visitor and Mil
lies husband.
"Ah. the letter." cried Doris; that's
what so bewildered me-" She turned
to her Harry. Where is the letter |
wrote you by the first post this morn
ing, addressed to your club, which you
ought to have received:"
Il did receive it; at o'clocl, to-day.
when | went to the Acanthus for
luncheon. Il have it now."-he divcd
into his breast pocket of his great coat
why, no! it's gone"
How did it get into my husbands
coat:" demanded Mile; that's where
found it."
Henry Carew the second took the let
ter and envelope Mrs. Carcw produced
and gazed wonderingly at them
This is positively uncanny" he stated
HAS the coat been out of your pos
session" asked Doris. as he seemed
unable to give any explanation.
Let me think. | read the letter in
the vestibule and put it in the breast
pocket of my overcoat. | hung the coat
on Il peg in the luncheon room while
luhched. Then | put it on and went
out. No, l didn't. | had half an hou1
| to spare and had a game of billiards
ana gave the coat to a waiter, and he
| brought it to me when | finished. and
| put 1T On and went out. All. Is yon
| husband a Henry Carew?" inquired
| the young man of Mll2.
"Of course" said Mrs. Carew. impa
tiently. "or all this trouble wouldn't
have arisen"
Then | believe | know who youl
husband is was the triumphat reply.
Millie, who in her bewilderment wa,
| beginning to wonder whether the ex
istence of her Harry was not imagina
tlon on her part, gave him all her at
tention, and Doris began to think hel
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larger and brighter The dark hid the body
of the creature with those fiery eyes. They
came on and on. just over the tops OF the
prairie grass. 1t might have been Wild
cat prowling low on soft, stealthy feet
Slowly but surely the terrible eyes drew
nearer and nearer to the heart OF the
level land.
There in a huge old buffalo skull was
gay feast and dance. Tiny little field mice
were singing and dancing in circle 20 the
boom-boom of a wee, wee drum. They We're
laughing and talking among themselves
while their chosen singers sang loud d
merry tune.
They built a small open fire within the
center of their queer dance house. The light
streamsd out of the buffalo skull through
all the curious sockets and holes.
A light on the plain in the middle OF the
night was an unusual thing. But so merry
were the mice they did not hear the kins'
kins'' of sleepy birds, disturbed by the
unaccustomed fire.
A pack of wolves, fearing TO come nigh
this night fire. stood together niue uls-
lance away, and, turning their poin,ea
noses to the stars. howled and yelpe1 most
-dtsmally Even the cry of the wolves was
unheeded by the mice within The HShtea
buffalo skull.
They were feasting and dancing; they
were singing and laughfng-those funny
little furry fellows.
All the while across the dark from out
the low river bottom came that pair OF merry
eyes. &c..
Now closer and more swift. now hercer
and giaring the eyes moved toward the
buffalo skull. All unconscious Oh those
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These books are being selected for the
Sunshine" "Children's League" and other
children's libraries, by request, by an able
board of readers and wel-known educators
who believe that the secret of success in
children's libraries lies more In the person.
ality OF the librarian and In the elimina-
ton of harmful tendencies than In the act
I've direction OF children's tastes. The chill
dren themselves are arbiters in many in
stances after the books have been exam
ined carefully. The publication Of this list
will be continued permanently, and later
be issued In book form. The first selections
appeared in The Star of October 4.
70. Fighting the Dons; A Story Of the
Spanish-American War. by Gordon Stables,
en-, ND. Sturgeon, royal navy.
II. st. Dunstan's Clock, E. Ward.
IS. Wonder Tales From Wagner, Anna
Alice Chaplin.
70 The Story Of the Rhinegold. Anna
Alice Chaplin.
80. Santa Claus Partner, Thomas Nelson
Page.
81. The Bible for Children. Century Com
pany, arranged from the King James YER
sion, with a preface by the Rev Francis
Brown, DID, and Introduction by the
Right Rev. Henry c. Potter, DID. bishop
of New York, with twenty-four full-page
illustrations from the old masters
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Old Indian Legends.
DANCE IN A BUFFALO SIX

DANCE IN A BUFFALO SKULL.
1t was night upon the prairie. Overhead
the stars were twinkling bright their red
and yellow lights. The moon was young.
A silvery thread among the stars. 1t soon
drifted low beneath the horizon.
Upon the ground the land pitchy
black. There are night people on the plain
who love the dark. Amid the black level
land they meet to frolic under the stars.
Then when their sh7 rp ears hear any
strange footballs nigh they scamrer away
into the deep shadows of night. There they
are safely hid from all dangers, they think.
Thus it was that one very black night,
afar off from the edge OF the level land
out of the wooded river bottom glided forth
two balls of fire. They came farther and
farther into the level land Thy grew
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A Catastrophe.

little baby humble bee
Fell In n morning glory.
Uncle Robert told So.
He never tells story
The bee, he could not get outside.
The flower deep;
He tried and tried, and almost died.
Then sobbed himself to sleep.
And when he woke, butterfly
Who came that way. said. mild.
"Ah / will lift you on my back
And take you home, poor child.
The baby bee had slept long
IT WAS no longer day:
So that they coaxed freely
To light them on their way.
At last when they reached babys house,
His mother and his sire,
Wrapped darling up in rose-leaves warm
And laid him by the fire.
The fire was a glow-worm,
A violet, baby's bed:
He had honey for his supper.
Chats what Uncle Robert said.l
ELIZABETH LOUDoS.
Mt. Vernon, Indiana.
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boxes are always made Of excellent ma
terial, and all very neatly put together.
Secure such box with it's cover and put
the latter securely in place with round
headed screws or nails. Carefully remove
the common nails from the front and back
and replace them some distances apart with
rcund-headed screws or nails. Now draw
line around the box just three inches be-
line Put hinges upon the back and catches
upon the front, and the chest is complete.
1t is desirable, however. to have tray
that can be set inside to rest upon cleats
attached to the inside of the ends. In this
tray can be kept all the smaller and more
delicate tools, while the saws, planes, ETC.,
can be placed below 1t in the bottom of the
chest.
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For the Work Shop.
A SIMPLE TOOL CHEST

The boy who works with tools should
first of all have place where these tools
may safely be kept. 1t seems to be mat
ter of pride with most carpenters not to
buy tool chest, but to make one, and
many very handsomely finished chests are
to be seen in consequence. In the case Of
the youthful woodworker, 1t will be best at
first to be content with a plain but neat
little chest. Later on, with more expert
ence, something more elaborate can be at
tempted. The cut shows such box as Is
used by dealers in boots and shoes for
packing their goods for shipment. These
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Coupon.
RULES FOR ALL CONTESTS.

RULES FOR ALL CONTESTS.
All contributions must be smoothly and
neatly folded
Pictures must be sent fat
One side of the paper only is to be written
upon
Name. age and address must be written on
each sheet Of contributions.
Pen and ink must be used instead of pen
ellis.
The subject taken up must be named on
each envelope the mail may be readily
sorted.
One subject only may be taken each week
by each child.
Parents or teachers should vouch for the
originality of efforts by writing their names
on the sheet that is used.
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1886 Columbia ST. NV; Catherine Cava-
naugh, 7O1 oath st. NV; Vivian Gordon.
Box SO, Falls Church. Va; Eda Schaefer
100 Pa. ave-; Helen Beidler, 1880 R. I. ave-
81 HI Street Northwest.
November go 1902
l received the nice book you sent me. L
am very much obliged to you for it. will
send the word square Of this week, which Is
e A r
z r / E
A r 8
r E T
/ sincerely hope 1t is correct.
Yours. respectfully,
SALLIE MASON.
II years old.
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CHARADE.
NV first, each sage must deeply do,
Ere he can truth disclose;
My next it flows in numbers sweet,
But never yet in prose-
If to my neighbors should go
To spend social hour,
My whole would sweeten every meal.
And rob time of Its power.
ENIGMA 1.
The priest wears me;
Long and flowing robe am l.
Monarchs wore me
In the days of pomp gone by,
He who did me,
Never must do me again,
Or he may be
Doomed to everlasting pain
ENIGMA 2
My first Is in love and never In hate.
My second Is idle, but never In pate.
My third 10 In only, but never in all.
Ny fourth 10 In never but never In tall
Ny whole II you meet and value your head
Either climb up tree or get under bed.
TRANSPOSrTION.
We went to the gedwind and the erdib
looked lovely. She received many rstpnees,
but they were not shown to the sgtuse.
The tbders name II deguerrt.
coNUNDRUMs
L When does water resemble gymnast?
g. Where are two heads better than one?
g. Why was Sampson like a popular leo
turer?
PIED VERSE.
En- aei1prty best how ehlotv best
All ghfnSt blot aegrt adm alinnSs
For e1t ader ode how ehiotv 81.
Eth afem and ehloty all.
HOUR GLASS.
Center To the rear.
1899 ]. To run after.
sss & Same a. censoE.
g. A eonsonauk.
sss A positive answer.
1900 q a helpful animal.
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over their arms. while others traiIed them
proudly along.
All, very near are those round yellow
eyes, Very low to The ground they seem
to creep-creep toward the buffalo skull.
All of a sudden they slide into the eye
sockets of the old skull.
Spirit of tho buff 4ior sqIeakHd 4 fright
ened mouse as he jumped ont from hUls
In the back part of the rkal.
"A cat! catn' cried other mice as they
scrambled out of holes both large ard Slug.
Noiseless they ran away il.O the dark.
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Aunt Dorothy's Corner

Dear Children: How many of you some
times long for something to do?'' On rainy
days. holidays or Saturdays or when you
have been kept in the house for several
days by cold or other slight illness and
have tried all the amusements you know OF
and tired OF them all, then comes the cry,
Il wish had something to dol"
Now, we going to try to start you in
the manufacturing business, so that you
may use your spare moments for the proht
and pleasure of both yourselves and your
friends, and the thing you are to make Is
happiness. The materials needed are not
many-a loving, generous heart and a pair
of willing hands are the first requisites ana
these you all have or may have II you WISH
Many of you know of the Children
League" organized for the purpose OF aid
ing and encouraging children in working Tor
the happiness of other children. The league
numbers thousands of members and has &C
C1mpiished much good, but has much more
still TO do. The Junior Sunshine Society is a
branch of the International Sunshine So
ciety Their object is the same as that OF
the Childrens League. 1t has 100000 adult
and junior members.
The juniors of this society have Joined the
Childreu's League and The Star is the
official organ for this neighborhood. The
president will write to you frequently, CIV
ing suggestions for work and telling you OF
the work of others.
ANY of you who wish to do what you can
to bring little sunshine into the lives OF
others may belong to the Children's Sun
shine League. and all you need to do to join
it is TO write to -----
Childrens Sunshine League, 90 9TH avenue,
New York city,
OR in care of your editor.
Send for badge II you want one-whlch Is
free-and pay your dues by passing on to
another a kindness of some sort. The Chill
drenS League pledge is to pass on such
kindness daily, though 1t be but kind
word.
You need not wait for the organization OF
a branch to become a member. Simply
write to headquarters or to me for the
badge giving your name and address, which
will be recorded and make you member,
with full privileges.
If you will read this letter carefully each
week you will find out for yourselves what
these privileges mean, and l promise you
they will please you. To begin with, we
Will give a handsome present to the men,
Der who sends in the largest list of names
for enrolment members of our league
be fore Christmas. A coupon Is printed be-
low for the addresses to be sent in:
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81 II Street Northwest.
Washington. D. c., Nov. %, 1902.

Ne'SrII'I6eOf u % 4@0F' no H0017'
Dear Editor:
l was greatly and pleasantly surprised
this morning when I received a book,
named THE Modern Conjuror." from Lip
pircott of Philadelphia, also a letter ex-
planning it was sent at request of Washing
ton Star 1t seems to be a very interest
ing book and will afford my friends and
self a great deal of entertainment. ! am,
with sincere thanks. yours, truly,
WILBUR H. d. DOWNS,
1876 + st. Sc.
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OUR STANDING OFFER FOR AWARDS
For CREDITABLE WORK.


Twenty-Five or more awards of books and
money will be made every month for the
best work sent in weekly on the following
subjects The efforts may be sent in al any
time. Awards will be made each week and
be sent by mail to the children whose adj
dresses are printed each week having
received the awards. Experts will be called
upon for judgment and the best efforts will
be reproduced on this page from time to
time. The subjects are:
Photography, any size or subject.
Drawings or paintings of any kind
JingeS Or poems.
New puzzles. original anecdotes and
original stories. the latter to be not over
200 words long.
Fill out the coupon below and send 1t
with your effort for the prize. Try for one
prize only each week, so that all may have
a fair chance. Do not send stamps and do
not roll manuscripts or pictures.
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was escorted home, in time for the party,
by throng Of people. Next morning the
two newspapers of Boston contained a de-
tailed account OF the incident under the
titles of "A Joke on the Blanket Brigade"
and He Got Home in Time For His
Party
Yours truly, GRACE r. 7,
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WASHINGTON, D. C.

Dear Editor-As / read your young folks
page every Saturday night and as would
like very much to win prize l will send
you this little piece Of poetry:
My wife and 1 at the window one day,
Stood watching man with monkey;
A cart came by with fat little boy,
Who was driving thin little donkey.
To my wife / then spoke, by the way Of a
joke.
There's relation of yours in that car
To which she replied, as the donkey she
spied,
"Ah! yes! a relation by marriage"
Yours truly, EMMY F.
WASHINGTON, D. c., November 23 1902
Dear Aunt Dorothy: l think a children's
page should have one nice continued story
and few short ones. 1t should teach the
children how to play a few simple tricks
and at Christmas time and Easter should
tell them how to make one or two simple
gifts.
OF course 1t should have Aunt Dorothy's
corner and the Sunshine Branch and puzzles.
But the children's page is very nice as 1t is
and l always look forward to the night
that 1t comes on.
Yours truly, MARY DARRAH.
THE OUTCOME OF A Lookup.
One afternoon in the year 1888 youth Of
one of the academies of Boston was acct
IDENTIFY locked in one of the rooms by the
janitor. Now, 1t happened that 1t was the
boys birthday, which was to be celebrated
by a party that evening. at his home. and
he desired very much to get out. The af-
ternoon was raw and chilly, and as in those
days houses were heated by huge open fire.
places. the lad kindled a glowing fire In the
great one which the room afforded, thus
managing to keep warmth in his body.
Great masses of heavy smoke soon poured
out Of the chimney and windows. attracting
the attention Of the passers by. some OF
whom. supposing q IRE to have started,
summoned the services Of the blanket bri-
gade. These brave men wers not well
equipped then, az are our dremen now,
having only wet blankets and buckets Of
water to aid them in their work. BY this
time vast numbers Of spectators had ASSEM-
bled, among whom were q few turbulent
spirits. whose chief desire was to obtain
an advantageous field for view As the lat
ter did not recognise others rights riot
ensued. which was not Immediately euelied
by the few police that the town afforded.
When peace had been restored It was dis
covered that the firemen were baf1ed by the
position OF the room where the fire was
supposed to have originated. and they were
inqniring for the Janitor. whose duty was to
guard the keys Of the building. After some
delay. during which the crowd grew more
impatient and restless, the janttor. with
the keys, was produced. Hurriedly the
building was made accessible and the flre-
men were soon upon the scene OF the trou-
bic. Imagine their surprise when they dis
covered instead Of q scene Of disaster, Q
bewildered little lad who had just been
awakened by their entrance. having been
lulled to sleep by the generous warmth Of
the fire and sense of solitude. When
Matterf had been Satisfactorily explained
to the hremen and the wondering crowd.
mighty cheer arose on the air az the lad
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fearful eyes. the happy m,e nibb;od at
dried roots and venison. The sing rs had
started another song. The Irdmmcrs beat
the time. turning their heads from side to
side in rhythm. In ring around ne nre
hoped the mice each bouncing hard on his
two hind feet. Some carriAI tnelr tails
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Sunshine League Pledge.

We will also tell you In this column of
persons needing the happiness that you per-
hdps can give them.
Yours, sincerely. DOROTHY DAY.
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CHARADE.
HIDDEN COUNTRIES

ANSWER TO ILLUSTRATED PUZZLE
OF NOVEMBER %
Peace on earth. good win toward men.
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ERlGMA-
English authors-Dickens.
WORD SQUARE
Bear.
Erie.
Airs.
Rest.
CHARADE.
Nothing.
PRINTERS Pr.
Jingle. Jingle, clear the way.
It's the merry. merry sleigh. .-s@
As 1t swiftly scuds along.
Hear the burst of happy song
See the CLEAN of gfancee bright,
Flashing DER the pathway whftes.s
Gingle, jingle how II whirls,
Crowded full Of happy girls. .s>rs
HIDDEN COUNTRIES
1. Canada.
2. Ireland.
9. Brazil
4. Egypt.
3. America.
& Transyaal.
Z. Algeria. s'sia.-a
8. Netherlands.
ANSWER TO ILLUSTRATED PUZZLE
OF NOVEMBER %.
Peace on earth. seed win toward men.
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NIUVGaHHHi -
l| 81 CNMIO
i Rz4@4(

LADDER.
Uprights.
L. A boys name.
r. A boys name.
Rounds.
/. Not before
2. Juice of the pine.
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PIED VERSE.

En- aehpyfy best how ehlotv best
All ghfnSt blot aegyt adm aims;
For e7lt ader ode how ehlotv su.
Eth adem and ehlotv all.
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coNUNDRUMs.

L When does water resemble gymnast?
q Where are two heads better than one?
g. why was Sampson like popular leo
irer?
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ENIGMA q

We went to the gedwind and the cru
looked lovely. She received many rstpnee
but they were not shown to the sgtuse.
The fbdere name u deguert.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-10

short for the emergence of final and
authoritative judgment upon his work.
mat must be postponed; we must be
content to take account of him as he
appears in the moment of transition from
the literature of sections to the litera-
ture of nation. For Sidney Lanier was
d1sdnctiVely a national poet-one who felt
the stir of the vast movement of CO.
ordination which did not begin with the
close of the war, but which revealed
itself then for the first time and who
expressed in the depth and the largeness
OF his poetic conception neither the senti-
ment of New England nor of the South
new or old, but that America which is
to be so much larger, more significant.
more influential, richer in appeal to the
imagination than the provinces of which
it is composed
1t is true, some of the greatest litera-
ture has been the work of men Of small
communities saturated with local feeling.
whose deep rootage in the soil give their
work reality, concreteness, and close re-
lation to life; but that which gives the
work of the man of a locality authority
Is not its localism, but its universality.
There Is localism which is full of
character, individuality, flavor, pung-
ency! And there is localism which is
pure proVincialism. The localism which
is provincialism dies because it has only
a local interest; it means nothing to the
world. The localsm which reveals char
acter survives because everything which
brings man into the light, even in his
eccentricities, is significant and Of uni
versal interest. The ultimate judges of
literature will care nothing for the ad-
mlrat1on of Massachusetts for itself, or
Tor the joy with which Georgia recalls
It's achievements; but they will care i'm
mensely for the Yankee and the Cracker
Sidney Lanierwas neither Massachusetts
minded nor Georgia-minded; he was
American-minded. The air of the future
was in his singing robes; and it is easier
and wiser to interpret him in the light of
his own conception of the poets function