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six conicaI drops of another. or a whole caLdy
mouse or pipe OH dear. he did not know which
to get.
He priced them all. and finally he thought tnat
four or six small ones better than Just one
big ore, but should he get the four for cent or
the six for a cent? 1t was problem Thel d
bright idea came to him. He had never been TO
kindergarten, and he had never studied matte
matics but he inquired if he couldn't get half g
cents worth of the four for cent and half a
cents worth of the six for cent! The candy
sasd that certainly he might.
With great gravity he selected three balls and
two cones and put them In red and white striped
bag. Donald felt that he had made wise choice.
He gave ball sister, cone to the other
and the other three he ate himself
That night when he going to bed q startling
thought occurred to him.
"why, muvver" he said. 81 didn't give you or
faver any of my candy!
You weren't very generous with IT, Were you.
DOM" said mother, seriously What are you
going TO do about it Pc
Donald thought long time. 'I know he said
finally. I'll get anuver splinter in my frum. an
faver'H give anuver penny, and I'll buy five
more candies, and I'll give faver one, an you one,
an Helen one, an Stella one an I'll have my
self" Then the little huancier was asleep.
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SHOPPING.

I went to a shop once with mother,
And, oh, twas terrible oorei
She purchased some pins and some shoestr1nss.
Then-'Tommy, get up off that foorT
Then she bought some new stocking supporters,
Some needles, some betting, some bones;
And thought that the shopping was finished.
When she said. Raise your cap 70 Miss Jones'
I obeyed her, despite the elastic.
Which painfully snapped my chin;
And then let that strange woman kiss me
knew she would when she came inl
Then had a brief respite from trouble.
On wonderful stool that went round
I lay cross the seat on my 'tummy,
with my face and my toes toward the ground.
1t was glorious fun while it lasted
Twas only five minutes at most;
Then mother said "oh that stool. Tommy.
You're looking pale ghostT'
But some day when I'm grown up to manhood.
III tell you Just what will do;
I'll go back to that shop and go round on thas
stool
Till the world gets all fuzzy and blue.
And the stockings and shirt waists and towelr
Are dancing together in state,
To the beautiful. sdueakfty music.
Like the scrunch Of my pencil and slate!
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could make the little girl believe that fairy folk
would never do such things and that the gifts they
brought were always beautiful 1t chanced that day
that the little girl from the castle again drove
down past the cottage by the rivers edge, and when
she noticed the curious appearance of the garden
shook her head sadly and told the man to drive
faster. That night Eloise had a curious dream
about being dressed up in fine gown with long
train and taken out into the barren garden by
a beautiful. golden haired fairy with a shining.
gauzy gown of rainbow colors and wings more
beautiful than the most wonderful butterfly ever
seen. She dreamed that the fairy pointed with her
empty pots and in a twnkling there were living
shrubs and sprouted bulbs and host of green
their wee green noses out Of their brown winter
cradles. 1t was beautiful dream and when Eloise
awoke in the morning and rubbed her sleepy eyes
she was sorry she could not go TO sleep again and
e Ef her a All a bOu it. buf gancing out Of the window
what should she see but all the pots led with rich
bulbs, the beds all nicely spaded and most Of them
planted with glad. green growing Things The nttle
asleep But when she met her grandmother and
found that she also could see these w9nderfuI ~
strong green stalks and patted the tiny n new leaves;
then The little girl at last believed that It was not &
fairies must have done it in the night she sS eX-
1yGus ood ferT pse psope NeW everybody
will believe in them when they what they have
f0Re is FOR r me M1 here ed Ih az Wen if it Wasn't
by the fairies it must have been done by some
See eer T4 little peope Of oMeTand said She $50
think you safe in thanking the falrles until you
All through the short summer the flowers boomed,
seesd almost 9 as beautifai as that Of the castle
the hill, and all the children who nae lausheo at
in fairies were very glad share the nosegays of
buds and blossoms that the little girl gladly dis
foWers'' she said :'and these you know, don't
really belong to me- they were only ee lent e dre
Jack Frost comes TO the river.
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FARMLAND Snapshot Prize tZ'ir1nerS

a brave and handsome boy. He often asked ques-
tions about the dark forest, which half a mile
away from the castle. His father told him he must
never go into it It, but more his father
would not say. day he walking IN the
garden when he heard his old nurse and the cook
talking together. The cook said: 'oh! such a
monster and to think of its being only half mile
away-it makes my bones rattle and bis nurse
shuddered: but the moment he appeared In sight
they were silent and made believe they were talking
about the big red bow the nurses bonnet The
cook said: oh such bright red just like the hre
from his then stopped and looked confused
Prince Starlight exclaimed: What fire. and what
did it come from?' but she only said: go, your
resolved he would go and see for himself what was
in the forest and why all the people were forbidden
to go into ii.
The next day he put his riding suit and buckled
ON his little dagger, studded with amethysts
and pears-the royal coiors-then threw over MS
and donned his cap with black plunes. Mounting MS
pony Light Foot he rode along to the forest merriy
singing. Suddenly he heard deep roaring sound.
hut il didn't sound very near he thought it must
be the cataract falling into the lake, and rode
bravey Soon he heard such an awtul noise tnat
a mound of moSsy rocks, lay a hldeous dragon,
snorting and sending out flames Of fire from 1ts
his pony had tumbled him off and was running
away fast as it's legs could go, ana then Frnce
Starlight ran with all his might and nam, 100
and the dragon could not cross IL tney were
safe. The noise grew fainter and fainter as they
neared the castle. but they kept on running tiil
Prince Starlight never told anybody about his ad-
venture but his father must have guessed because
Prince Starlight asked more questions about the
dark forest and he and Light Foot always looked
s'a'e' ANNA AUSTIN JACOBS taged 49,
No 24s Millbank-ave., Greenwich. Conn.,
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The little girls IN the tenement houses DO not nave
many toys Their nnammas too poor to buy
them dolls and dolls carriages and chamber sets
and parasoIs and all the other pretty things that
the girls uptown have all the time. Just the same
as IL 1t was Christmas. So what do you suppose
they do? Why the mothers sit down and make
dolls
Make doli?" you say "Why, o1dnt Kno"
any one could make dolls
1t is not so very hard when you know how. This
Is the way they do it,
First mamma picks out two or three nice pota-
toes-yes potatoes, said-with large knobs grow
ing out of the ends. That Is to say. the potato
should be in two acts with little potato attached
to the big one. She washes them clean OF dirt and
sets to work.
THAT knob is going to be dolls head, you un-
derstand" says mamma Then she splinters some
kindlings very fine and sticks two little sticks in
the sides of the potato for and two heavier.
longer ones dow below for legs. The potato is a
potato STILL but you wait and what happens
next.
Mamma goes to the little desk and gets out the
pen and ink With these she draws one side
of the knob that is the dolls head two round.
round eyes, with curving eyebrows over them; a
nose that is generally long line, with little bow
shaped thing at the bottom where the nostrils come
and smiling Cupids bow of mouth.
Now YOU can see for yourself that potato that
has ewes a nose and a mouth is very uncommon
kind of doll, but perhaps you are not quite ready
to say it is doll yet. You just wait and see.
The next thing to dress the potato-that is. the
doll Mamma has a thousand and one ways OF
doing this and all depends what kind of pieces
and scraps she has in her ragbag and what sort OF
a doll her little girl pines for. Sometimes the
potato turns into an Aunt Dfnah in pink frock
and trrban sometimes into stage brigand, with
striped trousers cut bias scarlet plush blouse and
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
ALEXANDER'S BUCEPHALUs.
How the Youth Conquered the Fiery
Steed.


one day when Alexander was about twelve
years old. his father, King Philip Of Macedon,
took him. with the rest of the court, to see a
display of cavalry in large field adjacent to the
palace, says Fred Myron Colby, in 'The Amer
lean Boy" The handsome young prince with
his golden hair falling upon his shoulders anu
his fine eyes all aglow with enthusiasm. was no
disinterested spectator. you may be sure
At the close Of the review a Thessalian ap-
preached the King who was standing among his
officers. and said that he had horse for sale
which he wished him to buy.
What is your price. Sir Philcnicus?' asked
Philip. who. il seems. knew the man quite well.
Sixteen talents your majesty; but It's a royal
steed. and only kings should mount him.
And your price is royal laughed the King.
However let me see your beast III he suits US
we shall not quarrel about the price"
The horse was brought, huge black charger
of q ThesssIian breed that champed its bit and
pawed the turf like Pegasus He was a
ropns horse, too. splendidly built, saving a
rather large head. and giving promise Of re-
rnarkable speed
He has never been mounted, my lord" OBJ
SERVED Philonicus; doubtless he will be shy at
first
a dozen sayly dressed young officers stepped
bor51v forward 10 mount the new horse and test
his speed But the black steed appeared SO
fierce and unmanageable that the gay fellows
were glad TO step back 10 their places. One OF
the officers persisting in his attempt, was
thrown violently upon the ground, from which
ne arose crestfalen enough. - helmet be-
erirned with dust, and a brand cloak nearly
spoiled.
The Thessalian courser seemed In BAD hu-
NOR that morning. He reared and plunged and
kicked, and so far from allowing any one 10
,,,,,rr hin, he would not even bear TO be spoken
70. but would turn fercely upon his groorns at
the least provocation.
Take away your steed, Sir Thessalian." said
Philip angrIly. He is savage as Cerperus'
marvel that he has not killed thee ere now
Only Centaur could ride the beast
Truly he is possessed" answered Pnllonicus'
very much disappointed What aileth thee,
R,,cerhalus? Thou hast never acted so until
now"
Father" said Alexander. who had been very
quiet and obseryant now stepping forward and
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
THE LITTLEST GIRL

Auntie. went to school to-day.
And was the lttlest girl
sat in cunning little chair,
And a big boy pulled my curl
He didn't pun so he hurt u.
But thought he was dreadful mean.
So put my fingers over my eyes
And peeked at him between
I suppose that when you went 70 school
You were never the nttlest girl
You once were? Truly? Truly?
Did somebody pull your curl?
You sat in a great big wooden bench
So high you could swing your feet2
And at recess the big girls came
And gave you cookies to eat2
You marked with chalk upon board.
And spelled cat, cat?
Why, auntie dear in our school
We didn't do things like that
There were only little children there.
And the very first OF all
We sang some songs and then we played
With pretty little ball.
The teacher said the bail was red.
But knew that before;
We folded paper and played with blocks
And then we sang some more.
You say you marked upon your SLATE.
On your first day at school
And tried to read primer book
And learn a little rule?
And then, you really went to sleep7
And teacher didn't scold?
Why. auntie dear, how old were you?
Exactly four years old?
Why. so am I. 1t seems so queer
That you were once like me.
The very uttlest girl in SCHOOL,
It's strange as IL can be.
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HER FATHERS STRENGTH.
4 The Columbus Journal

From The Columbus Journal
Recently in q Columbus Sunday school the
teacher was telling her class of small pupils the
Interesting story of Samson, of whom she spoke
es being the strongest man who had ever lived.
Little Ethel a golden haired recruit. listened
TO the story with great interest After the teacher
had finished Ethel held up her chubby hand.
We'll Ethel asked the teacher. what is it?'
Samson wusn't strong as my papa Is.
'.Is your father so strongg queried the teacher,
smiling. -, -,
sOh, my papas offul strong replied Ethel with
emphasfs '.Why, heard mamma say that ne had
8 ellyfant on his bands-"
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BRAIN PuzZEERS.
PREFIxES.


Prefix a vegetable to '-tardy' and get a dish
Prefix cloth measure to knot OF RIBBON anu
prefix a vowel to the bottem Of thing and get
six consonant to competent and get piece
CT furniture. ..5 -a+
spring festival 49, s-+
The fve prehxes spell the answer OF the nrs'
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
THE ABSENT MINDED SNAKE.

A snake with bright yellow spot
Once tied himself up In knot
When asked, ''Why is this?"
He replied. with hiss.
That errand must not be forgot"
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11

II was especially difficult this week 10 ueciue o''
the best 'Fairyand snapshot story, as SO many
,.er,, good ones were sent by the little men and
women" Some of them. however forgot to write
on .'only one side of the paper, and So no mat
fer how good their stories were, they couio mo-
have been printed. Now. that Is point that ii'ut
NOT he overIooled-only one side of the paper must
-, sod and ali letters must be addressed to Lit
tie Men and Women. The Tribune New-H ork.
.oThe Adventure of Prince Starlight ny anna
Austin Jacobs of Greenwich. Conn. fuIniiea an an
story today On the honor list which is an a. es
peca large one this week are Mareara are re Wester
hoff. Paterson. \. j. Royal Pease Flusning, 4{,a ~
II. Crandeil, Hempstead. \. Y; Peter DEsu7a u
Newark. N. J.. Edna G Abbott BrooRyh' Warren =;
Beebe Brooklyn x Jeanstte d1z Ms a1en G9oeTs eoen
Nh Hanr, Hail East Orange n. j.; Elizabeth Fol
ger, Akron. Ohio; Edna Louise a1I,lt LamnleES Te"
York CITY and Mary Cushman, BROOKLYN N J.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11

LADDER PUZZLE
with rounds-p
The PEmabs 5pe es. wfTssh Ts 2 oT
which Is directly ION the ground, is peoPle "lio
love yhe sesona round ToI is kind of cheese
The third round Is a city near the ordi Nioun-
'ti.tn The fourth round an ancient city for which
rnqSerh Tss ,fh 3be round is a companion of Cortez
ACRoSTIC
J,itta1s smell the name of a New-Engiand city, a
nraciops stone; gem considered unlucky; an an
cient Egyptian ornament. ornament, a gem sisiiihSiAe nv
DIAMOND.
A vowel fit. cognizant, changeable. union OF three
conclusion. a vowel
SQUARE.
Form of address to lady. place of public contest
to eoondescend. spiritual being. like a man.
PIED COUNTRIES.
Breisia sweal. Bilzar. Slagrie. Menkdra, Crah1e'
.,,sy,rPs TO PUZZLES PUBLISHED JAN. 4
Boston. Chicago. Newark. Columbus. St. Louis
and Albany.
DIAMONDS.
.zEsr G#E III s=szr =SE
CROSS WORD ENIGMA.
Cicero.
LADDER PUZZLE
2 o =
MoNrREAi.
AAFoLEoS
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
Rudyard Kipling
cHARADEs
Benares CBen-ars)-
Paterson Patterson
DOUBLE AcRosTIc
Hawaii OrieI Mascagni. Ella. ramrod.
HOUR GLASS.
HISTORY
SUAVE
ICE
rITTssr
GRESHAM
QUICK ANSWER.
From Chums.
Johnnys elder~brother (who wants Johnny to go
on errand)-Ddn't YOU know was looking for
you everywhere
Johnny-No. I didn't II l had. you wouldn't
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THE ADVENTURE OF PRINCE STARLIGHT

Prince Starlight lived with his mother and father
the Queen and King of Moonland. The King mao
always been enemy of the King or ouniaho
which was south of Moonland At the christening
- Prince Starlight their only child. his fairy god
mother asked the King of Moonland what she
should give his son; but the King, not thinking OF
ANYBODY but himself answered: "A deep forest oe-
tween my country and the King OF ounlaio couii ~
49, .nd in the forest a big dragon who will keep
tbe Sunland people from coming into my
country again. '.An right, replied the fairy goo
mother: but she resolved that the little prince
should be a very good and brave prince tnoush sue
did not mention this part of her gift TO anypooy' o'
drove away in her butterfly chariot.
Ten years elapsed and Prince Starlight grew INTO
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
CHARADE.

Nv first means a big pile; my second is single
,eftsr that is sometimes used as WORD my tnlrd
relates to gum and my fourth to dishes My
whole is the name OF a state
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.

lam composed of twelve letters, and am west
ern seaport.
4 s. g. What a Spanish lady carries
q 9 g. Necessary to a fish,
10 IL Z A young boy
l. g. l. To be avoided;
II 10 10 An American statesman
8 & 10 @ T. 12 place of amusement
4 1T II. Piece of money.
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U w
n mai more
imagine o
noeran darfstw the
though he
id
peopIen grI
best storyyo hd d
81 Office
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A QUICK ANSWER.

From Chums.
Johnny's eder~brother (who wants Johnny to go
on errand)-Didnt You know / was looking for
YOU everywhereY
Johnny-No. | didn't. If / had, ycu wouldn't
have found
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
Animal Alphabet.

WAS an elegant Eel,
Who danced the Virginia
Reel
With a slippery slide,
Till the children all
cried,
"How smooth is the ele-
CANT Eel"
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DIAMONDS

CROSS WORD ENIGMA.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11

Form of address to lady place of public contest
= condescend spiritual being, like man.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11

WAS an arniable Ant,
Who wanted to slide down
a slant;
When his mother said
mo,
You mustn't do SC"
He replied, very well,
then, I shan't."
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1903-10-24

- coi.l9 ''s.is .dea M fi!5 .,iic
is that the world is better every day.
1t may be that prayer when sin
cere and aggressive is a source of
will power which improves the world
in general as well as the individual
who offers the prayer.
Were you ever depressed by a story
you read or which some one told
you? Do you think that we should let
the conditions of the report to enter
and remain in our mind? Can we
drive out the thoughts from our head
the same as we would a vermin-
loaded bat flying In our houses?
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arc a nlanIv M Ind

boys which might have been taught to
enjoy doing things and do them right
also. Some time ago people with fore
thought saw that they must begin
to grow ability and earnestness the
same nc they grew wheat and corn.
so they started places for doing this
kind of work.
Many children are so situated they
have neither opportunity nor incen-
tive for any kind of useful work with
out which the end is poor judgment
and incidence. In some homes there
is 90 much civilization" the children
are the last to be thought Of and for.
kn..,, - No,,. Cun
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a I'm, Y
::ss9AI~=@
In my commission"
is high time he ceased to warn, and
begin to punish"
MY dear sweet Jane, the Crom-
wells are in their kingdom now;
do not pretend to keep foot with
them-and have troubles of my own;
pray God they be not too many for
mel"
1t was evident Matilda was not in
an amiable mood, and Jane having
said the few words that brought her
TO Jerery House that morning left her
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need help II we are depressed because
depression weakens.
We are not able to do good work
anywhere If our minds are poisoned
with the fumes of the acids of evil.
We can and we should train our
selves to resist those forces which
injure our individuality and cut down
our ability to comfort, encourage and
wisely direct.
Pocket Pieces.
DO you carry things in your pockets
or iewelry on you that have stories
about them? Tomorrow | expect to
be interviewed by a newspaper man
whom have never seen and my plan
is to talk about something | had in
my pockets to-day before knew that
Mr.. Unknown was to ask me ques-
lions. You may be given the story
which he writes my remarks into.
But 1t may be a woman with pen.
Gil.
Since last August my lectures to
audiences OF one for newspaper ar.
NJ M MD fu
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E7X NV
ITO be a King Is no.
sion," he said to Doctor Verify. 1T
squares not with my call or my con-
science. win not fadge with the
question again; no, not for an hour"
These three years were full of glory
and romance, and the poorest family
in England lived through an epic of
such national grandeur as few gen.
eratfons have witnessed. Yet, amid
1t all, the simple domestic lives of
men and women went calmly on, and
birth, marriage, and death made rich
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naratiOn fnr M IA IA

when we talk to friends with break
ing hearts and bleeding memories.
Bright Boys Scarce.
A man got boy to help him carry
bundles to a railroad station. The
station was used by four railroads.
There were two stairways, each lead
ing to two trains for two roads. The
man knew better, but by easy error
he started up the wrong stairway. be-
cause he was thinking about some
other subject and he nearly always
used that stairway when tsking trains
at that station.
The boy instantly corrected him and
he told the boy that he needed a man
ager as well as some one to help him
carry bundles. An employment bu-
reau says that the right kind of boys
are difficult to find,
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ity to talk over the affair with nell
uncle. When she did so, he regretted
her precipitancy, and refused to move
in the matter at all. ut would be the
height of imprudence," he said. THE
young man is dead and gone, and we
cannot bring him back, though Eng.
land went TO war with France IA
that quarrel. The Protector is Ill,
worn out with sorrow and anxiety,
and IL one of his old attacks should
seize him at this time, 1t would have
the mastery. And when Cromwell
dies, there is no question OF what will
happen. The nation will give Charles
the Second a trial. Then Matilda,
when Charles comes back, Prince Ru-
pert comes with him. We may need
the friendship Of Prince Rupert to
save ourselves. No one can tell how
this reputedly good-natured Charles
will act, when his hands are able to
serve his viii. will not then make
an enemy of so powerful a man as
Prince Rupert is like to be-"
1t was rarely Sir Thomas spoke
with such decision, and Matilda was
much impressed by his words. They
made her hesitate sull more about her
marriage with Cymlin.
During the first hours of her dis
covery, Matilda had wondered II she
ought to tell Jane what proof of
Cluny's death had come to them; for
In her heart she scoffed at the idea OF
Cluny returning to Paris to sell the
jewels. But Jane did not visit her
for some time, and she was daily ex-
pecting an answer from Prince Ru-
pert. This letter might be of great
Importance, one way or another, and
she resolved to wait for it. 1t came
mora ranidly than she had anticinated
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nCIhing.
II there ia ANYTHING we need oripi-