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HOMEMADE Valentines.

The 18th OF February has come around
again, and. of course. everybody Is begin
ming to think of valentines. Perhaps you
may be glad to have a few ideas for "home-
made" valentines, which are always pref
tier and more interesting than those you
buy.
Take an envelope of any shape desired
and open 1t out fiat. by slipping q knife
underneath the flap and SO loosening the
mucilage. On the inside print the follow
ing verse:
To you I send, dear Valentine.
This faithful little heart Of mine,
Its every beat IL full Of love
For you, my own dear turtle dove.
The word heart may be pictured instead
OF printed, or cut out and pasted to the
envelope. The same way with the turtle
dove. the turtle being green and the dove
a soft gray.
Fasten the encelope again and on the out
side write:
II you but break, dear Valentine,
And look beneath-you'n surely see
The greatness of my love for thee.
Tie 1t with a piece Of red Irvine or rib
bon. then seal 1t with red wax or any other
color you happen to have, and the valen-
tine Is complete.
Another idea is heart sachet. The ma
terial needed is little piece of silk, cotton
batting and some sachet powder. With
the picture for a pattern, cut out two
hearts from the silk and two from the
cotton. Place the two silk hearts together
and backstitch together near the edges.
leaving an open space at the lower left
hand corner about an inch long. Then turn
right side out, sprinkle some sachet powder
between the cotton hearts. place them to-
gether. and then very carefully roll them
up and insert them in the silk heart OPEN
ing. With the finger smooth it out care
fully so that 1t fits in the silk case and is
perfectly fiat Then overland or catchstitch
the place that Is still open, and the valen-
tine Is finished.
MY Sweetheart may be drawn on the
outside
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09
Jim, a Valentine Story.
BY WALTER w. STORMS.

Curvature of the spine had left Jimmy
almost a hunchback. The disease came
when he was small and none of his COM
panions had ever known him any other
way. Before they really knew him they
used to see his little pale face at the win
dow eagerly watching them on their way
to school. By and by they grew to know
him, and then he would wave his hand as
they passed Or, IL the window could De
opened. he would shout at them his CHEEKY
''hello"
That he could not go to school was
Jimmy's hardest trial. He did want TO De
like other boys but his little, fran BODY
was not of the stuff to go jostling among
rough-and-tumble boys. He had easily
learned to read, and by good fortune his
home was well furnished with the best OF
books, magazines and papers. 80 II nap
pened that he read much more tnan most
was not like going to school.
Mother" he said, when he was nearly
twelve, ION my next birthday I am going
10 school, There was so much earnest
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cold and Old Sol had not once looked out
from behind the dull curtain Of clouds.
1.-The rope" which was far from its usual
siZe began to dissolve until Bertha alone
remained. CHANGING about her in the twi-
light she discerned Mary sitting upon the
opposite bank.
"Ho-hu-hu" she called "Going home.
Nary The brisk exercise had removed
all traces Of anger from the girls minds.
"Yes!' Mary called back. swinging her
skates, I've been waiting; ready?"
The girls lived side by side down the pike
and were in the habit Of going home to-
gether.
Suppose we take the half mile down the
pond then cut across Brambles woods and
run down the pike. It's rather late to-
night?" Bertha suggested. and as Mary
assented. she helped her to rebuckle her
skates. and soon they were ready to start.
The girls linked arms and struck out.
"One! Two! One! Two! Mary counted,
and their skates clinked unsteady.
Mary" Bertha said after short inter-
val Of silence. did Grandad Haskins really
tell you that?''
Eyes, honest, true. Bertha! He said that
every year on the second day Of February
the ground hog comes out Of his hole In the
woods, and If the sun is shining and he sees
to sleep, but II there is no sun, like today,
then he stays out. because that means
spring will soon be here"
"Umph!' Bertha answered with an In
credulous shrug of her shoulders. III he
comes out today he'll freeze to death. and 1
daresay he'll be glad enough to go back
They had reached the point where they
must reach the pond. The moon. rising
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Privileged French Aristocrats.

Paris Cor. London Telegraph.
One more case of aristocratic privilege is
before the French courts. Strict entail
has been abolished in this country, but
modified form Of 1t exists. Count Rene
Jean de Bertier de Sauvigny inherited his
fathers title, estates and movable prop
erty. the last-named including four pieces
of Beauvais tapestry given to the family
by Louis XVI, and twelve armchairs In
Beauvais tapestry presented by the City Of
Paris. Count Bertier de Sauvigny has sold
the four pieces Of tapestry and the twelve
armchair to a Paris de: II In antiquities
for a total sum of f51 600. Both count and
dealer are now sued by a lawyer, whose
strange legal appellation Is "tuteur q la
substitution" and who acts on behalf of
the children who might be born eventually
to the count who is so far without issue
The solicitor for the unborn heirs asks
the courts to pronounce the sale or the
tapestries and furniture null and void, as
being an infringement of the rights OF
his clients that may be. 1t appears that
the counts father entailed the property in
so far as the French law allowed him to
do So That is to say, in his Will he left
only a life interest in his estates, &C, to
his son, who was charged to hand down
the same intact to his own children; The
testament specified that the entail was
limited to one generation, for the sole rea-
son that the French law forbade its ex-
tension any further. The lawyer appearing
in the present case was appointed by the
late counts trustee for the limited entail.
The court has ordered the dealer provision
ally to give up the tapestries. which will
be consigned to the care Of q legal officer
pending the result of the action.
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enough to smell at the offending missile and
this gained time for the s,ris. They reached
the smooth pike and now their progress
was more rapid. Down the road a light
shone from the front window OF Mary's
home. A moment more and they dashed up
the garden walk with the animal close at
their heels.
Save us! Save u.s. Bertha family
screamed as they fell against the front door,
which gave way under their combined
weight, and the girls scrambling to their
feet slammed 1t shut after them. Then
exhausted. they dropped down upon the
rug In the freight
The door opened from the kitchen and
Mrs. Haskin poked her head into the room.
Land sakes. girls. what noise you two
do make? Where you been any way. Mary?
You ought to have been home long ago
of his. He forgot and left the pigpen I'M
fastened, and it got out and ran away;
amt you seen 1t nowhere?"
Big-eyed the girls looked at each other.
then both maintained q sheepish silence.
Whats the matter, can't you answer
your ma when she talks?" Mrs. Haskins
asked irritably.
Il guess We saw 1t in the front yard.
mother. II guess it's out there now,
Mary stammered.
And there 1t was, rubbing It's fat sides
along the fence rails, blissfully uncon-
scfous that it had been mistaken for the
insignificant little gray animal commonly
called the ground hog.
AS Mrs Haskins went out to drive gran
dads treasure back into its pen the girls
rolled over on the rug In mt OF sup
pressed laughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09

We never get tired Of stories about Lin
coin. Why should we? He was our most
interesting American, and was himself
wonderful story-teller. Here are three
that will please children. They are told
by Thomas w. Lloyd of Pennsylvania.
When Lincoln was In Springfield, Ill.
he met a little boy who was introduced
to him and allowed to shake the great
mans hand. OF course the boy boosted
Of his honor among his schoolmates. who
wouldn't believe him, making his life
miserable by their unkind speeches
Young America, however badly he felt
was not going to be put down by little
thing like that No. indeed! He sat down
and wrote letter to Lincoln telling him
OF his trouble. After q while he received
letter (which IL still preserved). 1t
Executive Mansion.
March 10, 1851.
Whom It May Concern:
II did see and talk with Master George
Evans Potter last May at Springfield, III.
Respectfully, "A. LINCOLN"
From that time young George, instead
Of being laughed at, became the envy of
the other boys. The part Of the story that
most interests US Is that Lincoln at this
anxious time, amid the thousand things
demanding his attention, should have found
schoolboy. It shows US very plainly that
Lincoln hated injustice, however humble
the subject Of 1t might be.
Very few people, even grown-ups, or
teachers, know of the existence Of the
Abraham Lincoln car. This Is now a
thing of decayed wood and rusty iron In
the Union Pacific railroad yards at Omaha.
When 1t was built In the military shops at
Alexandria, Va, 1t was the marvel of the
railroad world. 1t was designed by Mr..
Lincoln. and armor-plate was set In back
Of the upholstered sides of the car to make
1t bullet-proof. 1t was in this car the
President always went to the front, and
1t was used to carry his body to Springfield
after his assassination. 1t is now said that
the colored people of Omaha are making
an effort to purchase this car and preserve
1t as a relic
It seems only natural that Lincoln, the
most American Of all Americans, should
have played the most national Of all our
games, base ball An old neighbor of Lin
coins who Is now q switchman In an In
diana town remembers how Lincoln played
the great game" His name Is Rooney,
and his story gives a hearty account OF
the man who, even when President, was
ready to unbend to hoyish amusements.
When Lincoln was spracticing law In
Springfield he lived q few doors from
Rooney and used to .wrestle with him.
Whenever Lincoln saw q chance for q
game or a wrestling match, he would rush
out Of his office, Notwithstanding the fact
that he wore tall silk hat and long
tailed coat. His tall hat was target
for the ball, and many silk tile was
ruined. In reaching for balls Lincoln
long arms did good service. He played
this game as he played all games-with all
his might.
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A Fortunate Error.

Dear Niece: In my recollection 1t Is
proper to give a great number Of kisses
to one who has birthday, so have or
dered Hiiagretti to send you five-pound
box of Scotch kisses and other sweets
for your fifteenth birthday. Please do
not think I have designs on you, and
please do not eat them all at once. but
accept them with the dear love and best
wishes OF UNCLE jazz.
Dear Nephew: It is ten years since
have seen you; you were a little shaver
of five then, and now you are fifteen next
week. I send you many happy returns
by a brown baby bear, who will give you
the slaps and hugs that am not able to
bestow. Your affectionate
UNCLE JACK.
Dear Uncle Jack: Please don't say 1T
was a mistake, but only jolly joke OF
yours that instead of candy (Which de-
test) you sent me the dearest, cunning
est, most affectionate little brown baby
bear. I just love him and wouldn't part
with him for a farm. Your loving and
grateful niece, MAY.
P. SD rather have bear hugs than
Scotch kisses, anyway.
Telegram-Uncle Jack: Candy received.
Bully-an the girls like me now. Pets
ruled out Of our academy, so prefer candy
to bear. NEPHEW JACK.
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,or less than the old-fashioned Virginia


reel.
Then the heart hunt" begun. The couple
finding the greatest number of hearts.
which were hidden about n the parlor. hall
and library were to win a very mysterious
Prize. Genevieve set her heart upon get
ting this, and she conffded her desire to
Tom Bascom. Now Tom WAS a very jolly
good -natured boy. When Genevieve sug-
Gested that she should keep near Robin,
while she kept near Mildred. and that they
both keep their eyes open In order to grab
the hearts before the king and queen did.
why Tom never thought anything about
its Geing a strange proposal from a usually
fair minded little girl. but promised. Each
child was given a bag to hold his findings.
and sill went merrily to work. Soon the
rooms were filed with laughter. for hearts
OF all sorts and descriptions were cunningly
h!5deE here and there and everywhere.
Seine very tiny little lozenges, others
were made of candy, some of paper, silk
and lace. Some were plain and some were
fancy: some were boxes, some bags-all
sorts and descriptions. Bags were soon quite
well filed, and everybody was hurrying and
scarrying for the time was nearly up. Sud-
denly Robin discovered SOM hing under the
edge OF the old hall clock, and at the same
minute Tom saw II too-a string of three
small hearts. Both rushed for IL, and get
ting there at the same instant, ran into
each other, and the bags, being made of
eoic-ed paper and not very strong. burst,
and the hearts went this way and that.
Ce;icvieye, hearing the scuffie. was the
Grsl on the scene, AID she helped straightsn
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The Rush to the Cities.
From the Chicago Journal.

Within a few years, according to esti-
mates Of the census bureau, so per cent OF
the population Of the United States will be
domiciled in cities of 5000 inhabitants or
more. This. of course, is based upon the
present movement of population in this
country. Everywhere the country is being
deserted and cities are growing altogether
out of proportion. Good cause for alarm
may be found In this prediction. for most
of the discomfort in every age of the world
has had place in urban populations. Life
In cities seems naturally to give birth to
ideas of unrest. Revolutions have always
originated in towns. whereas country-bred
folks are slow to Join them. This is be-
cause In the country the people are better
off, They may lack some of the devices
Of civilization, but their life Is more COM
plete in the essential details. -
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The Teddy Bear.

Written for The Star.
You may take away my dolly that I've loved 20
long and well;
You may have my new one. too, with curly hair
You can give my set Of dishes to poor little Annie
Bell
Cause love my little TEDDY" and I can not
give him up;
For all my other toys do not care.
I'll even give my saucer. with its tiny little CUP
But cannot let you have my Teddy Bear
At night he goes with me to bed. and when I'm
up and dressed
take him round with me most everywhere.
'Mongst all the things that SANITY brought me
love him the best,
Ny little fuzzy, wuzxy Teddy Bear
WILL g. sTIRRLIN.
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ness in his manner that his mother con-
scented to let him try 1t for a few days.
I'm going right along, mother" he de-
ciared. The teacher graded him according
to his size, not by his age nor by what he
could do. He read st. Nicholas and other
magazines at home. At school they put
him in the second reader. He could have
progressed twice as fast as his class. and
hk knew II, too, but there was no whisper
OF complaint. He did easily what was as
signed him and rejoiced in being a school
boy.
The fears which Jimmys mother and his
teacher had felt for his safety turned out
to be needless He knew they would rather
protect than harm him. They would have
fought in a minute any one caught trying
to impose on him. They knew, too. that
he was wiser than they, and SO honest.
Points in dispute soon came to be referred
to him. When a boy was charged with
playing unfairly the word was, Leave 1t
to Jim" His decision was final. --.
And how he did like to be called Jim !"
He aceped Jimmy as matter of
course; 1t had grown up with him; but when
he was thirteen and past he began to feel
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A Race for Life.
BIZ MILDRED LONG.

why. Mary Haskins, don't believe
word Of it!''
Mary's eyes snapped angrily. "Grandad
Haskins said 1t was so." she retorted. land
guess he ought to know.' Then bal
ancing herself upon her skates she turned
abruptly and skated down the pond.
Bertha watched the flying figure.
"Mad!' she exclaimed. well. I never!
Poohi Who cares anyway" and she began
to laugh as ''the rope" came swinging
around the bend. and catching the hand OF
the end skater she fell into step.
1.-THE rope" was composed of a long line
Of girls and boyS holding hands and keep
ing step to the fusic of the ciink. clink of
their skates upon the Ice: all who could
skate were welcome. for 1.-The rope never
cliQued. consequently on pleasant days the
string sometimes stretched from bank to
bank, and lone or pair skaters were obliged
to stoop while the shouting line of girls and
boys raised hands and skated over them.
But today the skaters upon the pond
were few, for the weather was intensely
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things out, while every one declared that
no one should have the disputed heart.
Time was called as the last one was
picked up, and then there were great cal
culations. Robin and Mildred together had
more than any other pair except Genevfeve
and Tom. Finally after counting great
many times to make sure, 1t was discovered
that Robin and Mildred had one less than
the others. So Genevieve and Tom won
the two big tarts. which were filed with
bonbons and candies. Then. all Joining
hands about the winners, they danced and
sang:
1.-THE Queen Of Hearts
She baked some tarts.
All q summer day.
The Knaye of Hearts
He stole those tarts
And carried them away.
THE King Of Hearts
Called for those tarts,
And beat the knave full sore.
The Knave of Hearts
Brought back those tarts
And vowed he'd steal no more.
AS the last words died away the little
victor. Genevieve, buried her face in her
dainty handkerchief and burst into tears.
She sobbed and sobbed, and no one could
comfort her. Mily lovingly put her arms
about her and drew her aside.
"Oh- Mildredi" sobbed Genevieve. ut Is
true, though you didn't know 1t. I am the
knave and I stole two hearts when Robin 8
bag burst, and-and-Ive had such a pain
in my heart. And I'm a terrible knave!'
Mildred looked shocked for q minute.
Never mind, DEAR" she said, forgivingly.
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Rules for Business Success.

Power to, see the future has certain
place in business-an exceedingly humble
one, however. It IL employed professionally
by some ladies and gentlemen at an aver
age price Of about dollar sitting. They
can see things afar OF, but not the landlord
who IL coming up the stairs to throw them
out, nor the policeman who Is coming
around the corner to run them in. Pres
cience and clairvoyance have no place In
the equipment of men who are able to make
q living in less hazardous and prosecuted
callings.
There are plenty of infallibIe rules for
success. Some men who have succeeded
are rather fond of laying them down for
the guidance Of the young. But nobody
least of all their authors-ever infaliibly
succeeded by them.
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DO WOLVES EAT MENp
Most Of the Yarns to That Effect De-
clared to Be Fakes.

st. Croix In Recreation
A skeptical person, calling himself st.
Croix, has been trying to find out whether
wolves and bears are malinged by the pop
ular stories Of their man-eating ways.
First he tried running down the stories
told in newspaper dispatches. Fooled In this
effort, he turned to the Indians. They
knew the grey wolf, having wintered and
summered with him. Had they ever known
of an Indian being killed by one? N-no;
but Mingan was very crafty and very
much to be dreaded.
Quite SO, but once for all, had he ever to
their knowledge killed q man? No, but
they had heard. So IT went; always the
same intangible, unconfirmed rumor and
the same absence Of proof.
Now for few facts as to the wolf. He
can go eight days without food and can
then eat forty pounds Of meat at a sitting,
80 the Indians say. This is pretty fair for
an animal weighing but eighty pounds
Yet we do not know the length Of the sit.
ting.
The wolf will not venture on glare Ice.
he never crosses q lake until there Is
enough snow to hide the Ice. To wetting
his feet he Is as averse as the domestic
cat. He will not kill his game in the
shelter Of the forest, always driving 1t into
some open place for the kill.
When chasing deer he goes at leis-
urely lope. sitting down at intervals to give
the most dolorous and blood curdling
bowls. This drives the poor victim into a
wild gallop and soon exhausts it, and, as
the wolf never tires, he Is sure sooner or
later to catch up with the quarry.
In winter the deer often makes for some
wild rapid into which it plunges, knowing
that the wolf will not follow. Too often the
deer browns, but better such death than
one by the fangs
In summer couple Of wolves will Sc
cure all the deer they need by very simple
tactics. Having put up the quarry, one
uvnlf driH Hxyn ycfo tr l.
lake-I speak now Of the Laurentian coun-
try-and on reaching the shore the deer
plunges- unhesitatingly in, for its instinct
tells it the enemy will not dare to follow.
So on 1t swims, while the pursuer sits
on his launches and bowls dismally, no
doubt because he sees his dinner escaping
At length the tired deer drags itself YEARLY
from the water and shakes the drops from
its coat on the sun-warmed strand. Then
the companion wolf, which has waylaid its
coming, springs at its throat, and when the
first wolf joins him they have a gorge that
makes them Independent of fate for a
whole week.
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WORLD FULL OF GOLD.
It Falls From the Sky and Sloshes Up
From the Sea.

From Moody's Magazine.
The worlds gold supply is absolutely in
exhaustibie no matter what demands are
made upon 1t. Hitherto the attention OF
miners has been entirely directed to com.
paratively rich, easily worked deposits. But
1t has to be remembered that gold in small
quantities occurs in enormous masses Of
rock throughout the world.
Almost all volcanic rocks and the forma-
lions derived from them, such as granite,
serpentine and rhyolite contain appreciable
quantities Of gold, and vast deposits Of sed-
imentary rocks derived from such volcanic
formations contain gold in concentrated
form, and are today in some localities prof
ftably worked.
Profit il and always has been the incen-
tive to gold production. Should there ever
be need for working the volcanic and sedf-
mentary rocks that are auriferous the
means of probably working them will be
found.
Experiments have shown that gold is reg
ularly falling to the earth, in association
with cosmic dust. and day and night set
ties all over the land and sea. Some Of this
gold, when concentrated by wind or water
or dissolved by acid surface waters and res
deposited In a more concentrated form, Is
reCoveraDte: -. thu ~. .,,, ~. .,eo
ahe 49, VI 10 eT n.tIn 500 .t.at e.
Gus. anu 49,. anere 1891 f..ura 9hare "h,,Id III
-.ro.S;nar,, Somora for onoid -. -
an sHtroru,mS ue, I,otot bT ELL means ans
couio oe aoa au nUt pioA'"o'y ieouoihs 'ne
golo LII lhe seaM e..
Inc area u Tue SEQ oe I. 10 .luch salser
ahan ina. tue s+ s,t t th rs
land. 1t is composed Of mountains. plains
ana piateaus; OF lgneous, metanferpnic anu
sedimentary rocks Which contain grea6
areas OF gold bearing ana otner minerai
veins. ,.....-... -
Only IN Few instances however, wnere
the subm arine GOLD neids are close to the
land will 1t be possible to work them as the
submarine coaa het1s are now WorkSo.
But those oceanic gold neids on winch the
veins outcrop az the SURFACE are Sup]ecS 20
constant attrition by the waves rms
causes the shedding OF gold, which Is con-
centrated by the sea ana washed ashore.
Gold deposits thus FORMED exist In many
countries and they are remarkable In that
they are renewed or enrlcned Dy almost