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half an inch thick, running to a point In
front. the toes" turning up, Of course,
for otherwise they would catch in the
snow One stands In the middle, insert
ing the foot IN a strap, which closes
round the instep. Then one slides along
the surface of the snow in the best way
one can-whiCh at first, Is a very awk-
ward way. indeed
We drove down to a shooting lodge,
and then, having lunched, we called for
snowshoes and strapped ourselves into
them.
Now, then" said experienced Tom.
I'VE will just walk off toward the gully,
where there are some nice easy slopes
for you 10 begin upon.
With these words Tom glided away
upon his shoes, like bird upon the
wing. slid a dozen yards, turned, and
came back 10 US
Lovely, isn't ito" he said Come
along, just skate forward; keep the front
part of the skis well apart. OF the points
viii cross. and you viii come to a sud
den stop"
Billy made few awkward slides for
ward; one of his shoes went southeast
and the other southwest; one OF his feet
left the earth as though il would soar
heavenward. Billy sat down with some
violence.
Here. say, that won't do" he OBJ
served
What made the things behave like
that?" / said.
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MIMIC CLUB.

This game provides lots Of amusement
to company Of young folks. and TO
grown ones. too, II they wish TO join in.
All the players with the exception Of
two leave the room One OF the outside
party is then called in, and told that
new club has been formed and his name
enrolled. but that he cannot be formally
admitted unless he can guess the name
Of the club from the movements Of the
two members who remained in the room.
The initiate is then offered a chair.
and everything he says and every move
faent he makes is mimicked by the other
two.
Sometimes the new member. guesses. at
once but when unable to do this. it is
very funny to watch the effect that the
copying Of his every movement has upon
him, especially when six or seven have
been admitted
When The name Of the club has been
guessed, another new member is invited
in. and the same programme takes place.
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ALRERT'S GETTING BIG.

amt baby now; l guess hat pretty soon III
be e man,
For no one helps me 70 uudress; 1 grow as fast.
too as ] can:
Next April IN be six years old never was that
old before
I've got a sticbpin made Of gold. and don't wear
bib no more.
I'm bieger'n Eddie Thmston is, because he's Just
baby yet;
I'm muryer's little man, but his ma says at he's
her little pet,
And he's afraid TO 60 20 he'd unless they tuck BIN
in his crib
I'm tanern him. too-haf a head land when he
eats ne wears bib.
Pa SAYS il won't be vo-y long before I'll have to
pay NV way.
Because I'm gettiu' big and strong. and Iearnn
new things every day,
They say 1t beats all how I grow; they never saw
the like before;
III be a man. first thing you know, and I don't
wear a bib No mere
Chicago RscOTd-Hsrald.
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HOW TO HANDLE a TIGER.
savage Beast Easily Subdued by the
Act of a TurkOman.

Langd0n Warner, in the Centuy-
In q cage in the room in which lived
while in Khiva was a tiger from the Oxus
swamps He had taken a dislike TO me-
and every time I passed his cage he got
I'D and paced angrily toward me, snaring.
Into the cage Of this beast, at the COM
mand Of the prince. a Turkoman stepped,
armed with short stick as big round as
his wrist. With this stick he struck the
tigers nose as he made for him. and them
with palms out and eyes fixed, he walked
slowly I'D TO the shrinking beast and
stroked his face and flank.
The tiger snarled and took the mans
hand in his open mouth. I held my breath
and looked for the bleeding stump 10 fali
away But keeping that hand perfectly
stiH. with the other he tickled the tiger
jowl and scratched. his ear, till with
yawn and a pleased snarl the big cat
rolled over on his back 10 have his belly
scratched.
The man then sank TO his knees, always
keeping his hands in motion over the
glossy fur. and with his foot drew toward
him a collar attached - a chain. This
he snapped around the beasts neck, ana
rising to his feet laid hold of the chain
and dragged the tiger out.
This was only the second time that the
cage had been entered As soon as the
tiger was outside he espied the watching
party and started for them, but came up
short on the collar. II he had chosen To
use his weight and strength no four CT
them could have held his tether, but rs
il was the Turkoman found little difficulty
with him and held him, snarling. While
camera was snapped.
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Polly Evans Story Page for Boys and Girls


There is a tiny "bit" Of a town az the
end Of bit Of a railroad up in Scot
land. where some forty-odd years ago a
tiny bit of a lad was born.
His father was a tall, stocped-over
man. who wore hobnailed shoes and
loved to work in HIS garden. His mother
was a sweet-faced, fragile woman, whom
he loved better than anybody else on
earth.
Beautiful woods surrounded the village,
and mountains and valleys filled with
"braes" rushing down to the distant sea.
The boy grew up into slender rather
difident young man. and went across
the border to an English metropolis
where he secured a modest position on a
newspaper.
After a few years Of newspaper work
he began to attempt story-writing His
first book was a dead failure. The title.
curiously enough. was Better Dead"
Then his thoughts turned to the little
home village 0f-Kirriemujr, and he said
20 himself. well. know my own home
well enough TO describe it, anyhow. so I
/ think III try my hand at that"
So he did. and about the only change
/ ne made was in the name Of the town, to
which he gave tine name Of Thrums- The
/ resulting story. short and simple, but
written with tender touch, was sent TO
a publisher Much TO the young au-
1 th0r's surprise. il was accepted. and the
/ publisher wrote. Tell some more stories
about Thrums
So. az the age of twenty-three. the
young man-James Matthews Barrie
+ found himself on the ladder OF success,
And after that all he had 10 do was 10
keep on writing. Everybody looked eager
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ly forward to his stories and books, and
every succeeding one made him more
famous and more prosperous until to-day
he is said to be earning the largest an
nua1 income from his writings Of all the
book writer's OF the day.
And this is the man who wrote Peter
Pam the most popular play ever written
for children. which has also been pub
lished in a beautiful stOrybOOk. illus
trated by a fine English artist. Two OF
the illustrations are reproduced on this
page.
This storytelling its boy and girl read
eTs into the charming KensingtOn Car
dens Of London. with their boardwalk and
animal cemetery and fairies and all
viii ever be a favorite one in the same
class as Robinson CrusOe. "Gullivers
Travels" and Tine Water Babies
Mr. Barrie is affectionateIy spoken o.
as The Children's Playwright" His
knowledge and love Of children are won
derful
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On a splendid night in the cool Of the
year three young fellows sat. out on the
veldt in South Africa talking and laugh
ing over their campfire
They. were on their way to the hunting
grounds. and as yet it was quite safe
70 sit around the campfire without spe-
ciaI precautions against marauding lions.
And as they sat there one of their num-
Der. Teddy Vandeleur. made d proposition
TO his mates:
7 suggest. fellows. that we take turns
telling yarns these long nights around
the campfire. and fine the one who cannot
think of a tale when it comes his turn. -
WHO wins?" asked Bobby OakfeId,
laughing.
Why the one who has paid the fewest
fines, sure" put in Ralph Denison, the
third member of the party.
Lots were drawn for the first yarn, and
the lot fell to Bobby.
Chatterbox for 1907 gives the yarn, as
follows.
I don't know whether any Of you fell
lows have tried snowshOeing. began Bob
by. ski-running, as they call it in Nor
way.
was thinking of telling you how I and
another fellow. Billy Onsiow, took it up
one winter when I was in Russia. We-at
least I-had read about the competitions
at HoImen KoIleu, near Christiania. when
the Norsemen haYe their annual fling for
the great "ski-h0p.'
Ny Cousin Tom. being an expert snow
shoe runner. accompanied us to a coun-
try place in order to show and explain
how the thing was done.
The shoes are peculiar looking things
They are about six or seven feet in
length some four inches in width. and
are made Of thin, strong. seasoned wood,
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That when a robin catches big worm
he cuts it in pieces before he eats X?
That school children in the East Indies
are taught to remember the multiplied
tion table up to forty times forty?
That whales live about leo years, cam
els. seveaty-fyc; lions, forty; horses,
twenty-five: dogs. fourteen, and rabbits,
only seven?
That nutmegs are the kernels of the
fruit of a kind of tree that grows wild
in Asia. Africa. and some parts of Amer
ica2
That some birds can see mice and liz
ards on the ground when they them
selves are so high in the sky that we can
rot see them2
That Il caterpillar eats twice its own
weight in food every day?
That bees can fly for short distance
faster than pigeons.
That the King of Spain's full name is
Alfonso Leon Fernando Maria Santiago
Isidore Paschal Marcian?
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HOW WE LEARNED SKLRUNNING.

Keep the ends apart" Tom laughed;
but not so far as that-point them both
the same way, but keep them six inches
or so from one another"
Billy got up and tried again. The points
Of his shoes now rushed toward one an
other ike old friends who meet after
long parting Buly's progress was in
stantly checked and he sprawled forward
on his face in the most ignominiOus fash
ion.
Billy scrambled up awkwardly. for one
Of his skies would stand on the other and
keep it down. He fell three times before
he finally stood erect.
You said it was so easy he said, re-
proachfully. stop laughing. Bobby" he
added. and try it yourself"
I did so, prohting by Bily's expert
ence, and slid carefully forward. Ten
yards I covered in safety then a small
birch tree suddenly rose up before me.
l knew no way Of giving it the go-by. !
tried to guide myself to one side of it,
and, To- one snOwshoe went TO the right
OF the tree the other 10 the left. and
found myself jammed against the trunk.
I say. help" l cried. Cut down the
tree. or take me out OF the snoWshoes.
can't move"'
Tom shrieked with laughter; so did
Billy. who ought to have known better.
''Try TO back away from the tree" Tom
suggested.
1 endeavored TO do so. This time the
heel ends Of the shoes crossed, and
sat down very suddenly, while Tom and
Billy laughed even more rudely than be
fore. / began TO realize that the art of
ski-running was not a perfectly easy
one even upon the level What would *
be- 1 wondered, when we reached the
hillside?
Bill took the first attempt. Tom had
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SOME PUZZLES.

John Smith made win leaving the
horses in his stable TO his three friends.
Henry Brown. George Jones. and Robert
Greeu-0ne-half Of them 20 Henry, one
third 20 George. and oue-Dinth 20 Robert.
And he arranged thar Lawyer Gates.
who drew up the will for him. should
carry out the provisions after his death.
Now. 10 happened that one OF the horses
eighteen in number died before the Will
was opened. and this caused Lawyer
Gates no end Of perplexLty, for now could
he give any one half OF seventeen horses.
or third. or even "a ninth
still the provisions OF the VIII had 20
be carried out So Lawyer Gates con
suited necessity-tue mother of invention
and devised scheme which worked
perfectly. with the result that Brown.
Jones. and Green each received his exact
proportion OF the original number Of
horses and yet no one was The loser by
the scheme
What was the schsme2
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like the arms Of a windmill as he went
around Then he stopped. and it seemed
as though a sort of explosion had taken
place There was no sound. but the
snow was cast up on all sides 10 great
height. and Billy disappeared. All that
could be seen Of our unfortunate VII
liam was the point OF a snewshoe stick
ing out OF his snow-grave. slowly wag-
Cling To and fro as though TO remind us
that Billy might still be found alive
somewhere down below if any one
thought it worth while to look for him
Until I glanced At Toms face. / felt
anxious about Billy. Could he breathe
down there? I wondered; and in how
many pieces should we find the poor
chap when we dug him up? But Tom
was bent double with heartless mirth.
and I concluded that probably he knew
! best about such disasters.
"WiII he he all right" l gasped
Rather" Tom replied. lie viii strug-
/ gle up In a minute
Billy did struggle up. There was a
/ kind Of upheaval in the white hillside
and from the midst Of the eruption APP
! peared our William, gasping. angry.
/ blinking. splutterng-snow ia his mouth
} in his nostrils. in his eyes Snow flied
/ his ears his pockets. his boots, had crept
/ between his neck and his collar: his
/ hair was white with il, and in the midst
/ Of this mass Of snowfakes blazed two
/ angry eyes. which shot murderous
! glances at us because we laughed lie
/ said nothng-he could not until ne had
got rid Of the snow which filed his
mouth. When he spoke at last he only
gasped- All right. Bobby: your turn
! now. You will think il awfulIy funny
/ when you have been buried alive in Wet
snow"
/ I'm sorry" said. but you did look
so frighnulIy funny coming out az the
hillside in a kind Of volcanic eruption"
oh, don't mention it, said angry VIII
liam.
We soothed him as best we could but
I he informed ne that the only cOnsoling
thing ] could do would be 20 take my
turn. while Die watched I braced myself
/ Up for the enterprise. took my position at
/ the edge OF the slope adjusted the toes
of my skis. and started
! On, the delight OF It, this rapid passing
through crisp air, And how well I was
doing it-ten, twenty, fifty yards in safe
/ ty, Why, it was quite easy. How dis
/ appointed dear old Billy would be, Then
suddenly. a check. q whirI through the
/ air sense of chill and suffocation. blind
/ ness, deafness. What had hsppened2
/ Where was I? What was this hard thing
| in my mouth? Why was L standing on
my head? Where on earth were my arms
and legs?
/ found all these useful members pres
/ entity. I also discovered that I was
/ chewing the end Of one Of my snowshoes.
/ I seemed to spend a century in making
/ these discoveries. but believe it was in
/ reality a short half minute Then 7
/ struggled up. spIuttered the snow out of
/ my mouth. and looked around
! one of my skis was AT the foot of the
/ hnl and close by stood Billy WnsIow.
/ laughing so hard his body was all dou-
/ bled up. For one minute I hated him.
/ then I remembered this laugh was his
due as consolation for his own trou-
bles.
| So that was the way Bill and 7 started
in to learn ski-running.
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important PeonIe.

From the Philadelphia Press
Towne-He seems to be quite an i'm
portant person now.
Browne-YOure not telling anything
new. lie and his family always were inn
pOrtant
TOwue-Oh. come off
Browne-Its a fact. He started out as
a janitor, his brother is a policeman, and
his sister is a cook lady.
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4 Problem snireh

It was by class in arithmetic that the
following household problem was exact
Is solved
Suppose that in family of I'VE there
We're only four potatoes for dinner. and
the mother wants to give each of tine
children an equal share-how is she 60
ing to do it?''
For few minutes there was silence
in the room. while everybody calculated
hard Finally one of the little bows rose
to his feet. and, after attracting the at
tention of the schoolmaster, gave his un-
expected answer:
she mash 'enl, sir
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4 Rnrher'S PnIc-

The origin Of the customs of shaving
the face is lost in antiquity. The Greeks
and Romans had public shaving places
in connection with their baths.
In the fourteenth century the BARRIERS
craft was recognized as a profession. be
ing allied TO surgery. The BARRIERS were
confined, as to surgery. to the letting of
blood and leeching and the extracting OF
teeth, and the surgeons We're pr0hAited
from shaving the face
The BARRIERS sign was striped pole as
far back as 1850, the stripe around the
pole being symbols Of the bandages used
in wrapping the arm or part from which
the blood was to be let
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Smart.

A famous French painter had a fixed
rule that none of his pupils were to be
allowed TO smoke in his studio
One day. however he came into the
room and distinctly saw that one Of his
pupils had a lighted cigarette in his fin
gers, which he was endeavOrilg ineffeCt-
ually 20 conceal With a style of some
what heavy banter the painter went up
10 him.
THAT is a curious kind of pencil you
have got there, my young friend" he re
marked. May I ask what you propose
to draw with it?'
Clouds. was the ready answer.
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1t is a very curious thing that all over
the world there exists the same sUpersti-
ton In regard 20 the apparently trivial
matter OF sneeZing.
ia nearly every language under the
sun there is some equivalent Of God
bless your with which our Oldest IN
habitants fin the country will salute the
person who sueezes. To this salutation
OF France is added sometimes the ,. '8se
.and preserve you from the fate of
Tycho Brahe." who is believed 10 have
got rid Of a death of cold by single
sneeze-which killed him.
In England the regular saying IS;
cone for a wish; twice for a kiss; three
times for q letter, and four times for
dis9ppoir tnent." In Italy the salutauon
ie sirnpIv "Felicitat' or May you bee
fortunate" IN India 1t is customary
when one sneezes TO say. May you
liver' and the reply runs, Long LIE 10
you"
In ancient times the Romans. holding
the idea that sneezing between noon ana
midnight was a good omen. believed that
between midnight and noon IT was most
rnluckv. and If they should chance %
gneeze while getting up in the morning
rbev wO7Iid al once get into bed again
The Germans say Good heaith. De
cause they maintain. and not without
reason. that sneezing is warning OF
approaching catarrh and also marks the
moment when charm, wish, or sls-
restion may drive il away.
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a tiny blue flame playing in midair. so to
speak, in the acid between the candle and
the top OF the bottle
1t is a very pretty effect and curious.
It is accounted for by the fact that the
carbonic acid consisting Of one part of
carbon to two parts Of oxygen) is heavier
than the gas formed by the candle
flames
The flames will continue visible as long
as the wick Of the candle keeps its heat
and emits smoke
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a TOMTITRICK CANDLE EX.
PERTINENT.

Take short-necked. wide-mouthed bot
tie. which is fun of carbonic acid.
Gently lower "a lighted wax candle in
side it. by means Of long wire hook
from which YOU have suspended IT,
The candle light VIII go out but you
will find during the next moment or two
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\ TRANir's TRICk.

The lazy tramp worked . DAYS, at the
rate of hours a day; the other three
worked 4 days at 4 hours per day; days
at hours. and u days at z hours, re-
speCtvely.
-Four plus sixteen plus thirty-siN plus
one hundred and forty-four equals two
hundred)
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rohncco smoke scared Do.

From the London Evening Standard
\ new way of preventing deer from
doing damage to a holding has beeh
adopted by the occupier of Haddon Farm
in the heart Of the Devon and Somerset
staghound country Discarding the use
Of tarred ropes and other strong smell
ing materials in fences. he walks through
his turnip fields two or three times 4
night. smoking a strong pipe, the smell
of which. he says. frightens the deer
away. Before he adopted this device MS
farm used 20 be visited by scores OF deer
nightly
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Dagger in the Dukes Bouquet.

From the Pail Mall Gazette
There recently called 20 see the Grand
Duke Vladimir in Paris a person of I'M
impeachable appearance. with very
large bouquet. The visitor desired u
present his salutations and the nosegay-
No objection was raised IN the case Of the
former. but he was invited to hand over
the floral offering 10 a groom OF the
chambers. He did so. with no great
readiness. and the groom Of the chambers
discovered that the flowers sheathed
very businesslike dagger.
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Word Puzzle.

Here is a word puzzle NY whole is an
article Of furniture and consists OF nine
letters
Ny 3. s. Z. is a color
Ny >. ., g. is the wait for or stay
where you are.
NV 3. z, S. : is empty
My !. s. is grassy earth
NV .. 3. 4. is thought
What is my whole
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Book Puzzles.

1.-Grape-gape. 2-Po. 3-Cabin-Can.
a-Ideal-dcal Mum. e.-Sno@-now. T.
-Bo3t-bat S-Thorne-throe. Clark
lark 10-Cab-crab u.-Mouth-moth. l.
-Pit-spit l3.-Cat-coat. 14-Beacon-
bacon.
The book is Robinson Crusoe.
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Oh! Thunder.

"See!" said Willie. see the clouds;
Where are the going, WONDER
We'll" said the captain, since you
ask.
I think they are going to thunder"
Cornell Widow
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To Re Exncf

Were you out in all that rain?" asked
Mary.
No said the young woman from Vas
sar. Il was merely in the portion Of
the rain that descended in my immedi-
ate vicinity. STRAY Stories
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4 EnIHe AIlrm.

4 little girl. unused to surpliced choirs,
on seeing such choir enter the church,
whispered IN dismay to her mother:
They're not all going 20 preach, are
they?'
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ANSWERS TO JANUARY 20
PUZZLES.


1-Ass-ass-iu- Z-Eim-Ou-0. 3.-Co-
nun-drum. -COW-ar-diCe 5.-Car-pen-
fer
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UMBRELLAS AND SNEEZERS.

Il is a popular error 10 suppose that
John Hanway invented the umbrella,
which was no novelty even to SIENNA
cherib.
4 bas-relief in the British Museum
shows Us that AssyTian monarch enjoy
ing the advantage Of both coach and
umbrella as he moves AT the head Of his
army. But long before his day, under the
dim dynasties Of Young China, the UNI
brella was in high honor.
4 Chinese legend attributes the In
vention to the wife Of Lou-pan, cele-
brated carpenter Of antiquity. Sir.
said this wonderful lady 70 her husband,
you may make with extreme cleverness
houses for men. but it IS impossible 20
make them move. while the object / am
framing for their private use can be car
ried 20 any distance. beyond even a
thousand leagues" And Lou-pan- sJupe-
fed by his Wife's genius. then saw the
unfolding Of the first parasOl-
The umbrella and the sunshade are es-
sentially the same An umbrella is mere
~ a shade As such fl haUnts the mys-
teries. the professions. and the gorgeous
ceremoniaIs Of the East back into the
morning mists of history.
In India it was always an emblem Of
majesty. The Mahratta Princess, who
reigned al P0ona and Sattara. held the
title of Lord Of the Umbrella
But so hard is It 70 keep track OF an
umbrella that many mere American
would fOreg0 being q Mahratta Prince II
he could be lord Of his umbrella for
three months together
Wouldn't you?