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l«*af cheek* M*r m on It made for kissing, and her childish form for nothing harder. »urrly, than the mt >ft earr»» of lam, Mi* I» a loTi-Jjr twby, with gr«*at. ifray. Wondering rye«, and a mas* of shining br *M/* hair; and wherever those any «\r» light the war, *w«*« ? him I* sure to follow And *o it eotnea nkint that »he ha» l»r«**l m an at in* «»phere of love, and, drawing it In with evert known I nil this. breat One evening, being away from home on a visit and feeling, at the "mother hour* of twilight, just a "Wee. WC«*, little tut' hmue vieU, »he made the sad rial tod, and whom she loved so-well, was going, with a party of gay young people spend the evening away. to Hhe ws»u brave baby, and thoug her heart I» at heavily withd it appoint »»eut, and her lips quivered ami tear dimmed t f ?m,h eye*, »lie made no complaint lu»'e,d »he did am man v older people d * is I h d her a g***l bye U mile and irrow in a i <». I The < m»in, however, l*ry<*nd tin* front gate, lug touch of the Lltle hand* drew her i*»ek «ontlnually and mi giving up the part) ! e retraced her way to tin bright nursery, could not get for the Ltigi'r And, there, |n*r<'lied high with the ro*y feet hangup eoiowdateîy , and the night gow n doing duty a* a * ♦wit the sad little figure of the baby. It fii'rtlwl but one word to transform hef, when »he heard her cousin'» voice. n a table down di» pretty, white ban »her", spilng.nc up. with new light In her e)e 4 Mm!» on be* mouth and the ot ». arm oul*tr.*tohed, »he asked, with word over running each other in o ve And when the "Cousin** answered no, that »he had com«* back to tell them all about "Brer Rabbit, M the »oft arm* cla»iH*d about her neck. and with I a wonderful light In the upturned eye*, nod « great joy »peaking from every feature, this precious I»«bv mini«* the sweetest of ail »wed thanksgiving«», when »he •«aid. in her marvelously »oft voir.-, *<ih. Mk* ! have» .. tunny uhi.t* I «!»*' know what to do*** Wit* evei weder than! g v d. r»«n den-4 than till» fr.- .» tho»«* childish Up* their eugenic»*, "l*n! you do'iti* t party, Coital ti ? ** . , , . . ... , Si,lrrl„-.l II». III,-, . I S.», rum,-,ii, » 1 , 1,11 .1» (.,«■.»)., I fur »„rk aiiuiUK »«•«rw-u ana Indian. Mr. Murn-tl (a ». -i< r .»f Mi now Mother Drei» 1 \ and hflrhustamd have given to th« ilruth er* of the Chiktian Hehmd* the estate of the late General Cocke, *t Iklnsuii, | Va. The pisqwtt y covers I ?«*» acre», a large |»orUoii of whk h i» under eu L j tivation and very fertile of the *eln*d l* to train In the various trade* ** Mi»s Käthe: ine Drei el, daughter of the late Fro mb A Drexel, »»f Philadei phi», ha* token her final vow* in the i I.« oMrri, , iH»j % carpentry, i eoiorv* plumbing »t«mecutting, ct< Dr. Conan Doyle arrived home to find hirn*elf roundly scored by the I«on* don Medics Magazin»* for haring re* fSock a Cl)«!. corded fais«* and fictitious medical ex perieno ■» in ''Hound the Rati Lamp," i A scandalous breach of professional is not the first k>ok of that In 1 ».*? Charles Nodier, after* ward a memU*r of the 1'reneh Aeade fairy story Day of Ar-i Trilby* name my, published in Baris a entitled "Trilby; or the gyle, Manxman, it »*ook of the year, Manner's Trilby.' reeord in month I a feat un Hull Caine's "The •wem», has been the In spite of Du e '*1 has broken the i.i.gi.»; »I, where its sale in one amounted to 1*5.000 copie» rivaled since "Lothair" and Caine has • ns the lion of the London an mi banquet. The tri . isterpieee »eerim to have |* »*it \uttn»r eomposer, is ttmph of his gl'en ns. to ii perfect Manx fever. dying in N Harrison V ew Î ird, the . ork. fuit it is hard to name watrioa I r»*k utters the • noob .f , »liment* oil the female suf pi* stioit, which the pres* has voiced in many a day. Her article on ! The Form that is g * » »d «î > 1 ■■ . January hud so much . ! 4 ,, , >Jotherhood and ( iti/.-nship should be i read \>\ ever) woman. Prof. Albert H. Hart a*k* Are fhir Moral Standards shifting? Henry King, editor of the M Louis "Globe »Democrat* tells some what of 1 be Pay and Rank of Journal l*K Pres Timing writes of The In ereasing < o*t of Collegiate Education, and iivmn I Ban bom give* The Annt '»my of a Tenement Street, The Review of Review» has a |H»r I trait of Hobert Louis Stevenson for frontispiece, an illustrated article 'lohn Burns, labor leader, by Robert Donald, and one on Dr. Henry S. Ltinn by Arcltdeacou Farrar, The Armenian 'Visk I» diseu»»ed*t length, and Arthur ! W, Millmrvfounder and manager of | ™ Industrial Christian Alliance of something of its j ''"t '* "g**. Albert Shaw write* about ' '*• Dryer'* New Chapter» on Current | V» sc riva n Question», and there is the j able Huiuutary of current liter«* oil n-.i t »0 e ». ud event« j ! rî a,. » i* . . î 'I i ri n^T At> * K n U 'v !S . fu . 1 " * thing«. A liiert D. V a ndam,; « h„ «rr.-.lnl • wn»U.m by hi« u.mnj mo- . I«i.,h. -Ao EnglUhinan In 1'arU," laviau a *nm at artlel«,. i.rrr hia »lg. nature, on Personal History of the Second Empire. * Kmorv HtniUi Ex Minister t»> Russia, writes of -• Voung C«ar and Ui. Adrli*rs. * **Ä Ku - 'J f«nj ln M» artiolr. on What ISul Bourget 1 huiks of l » and there is mimh else that U valuable and enter i Th«; Arena open« with an article on The Religion of Longfellow, by the ! Rev. W. II. Savage. V. R. Gandhi write« of Christian Mission» In India as Viewed by An Eastern Scholar, and there ia a noble symposium, by noted writers, on America's shame—the Age of Consent Laws, i Dy all odds, Modem Art is the choicat art magazine that our country haa yet produced. In general style, printing and illustration it is delight fill, and its literary quality has greatly improved in the course of the past year, tho' that is not yet its strongest point. It is published quarterly by «I. M. Bowles, Indianapolis. Mrs. Ward s novel, A Singular Life, occupies the first place in the February Atlantic, after the manner of aerials in that magazine, but the leading sep »rate article is the one that follows, I Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell's narra tive of her own experience in learning to read the lips after she had lost her hearing. Miss Jewett, Mrs. Wiggin, and a Virginia writer, Miss Ewell, tributed short stories. con M iss Thomas gi v **s one of her pleasant melanges of prose and verse, and the promised se ries of New Figures in Literature ami Art is begun by a paper on Daniel ('hester French the sculptor. Mrs. •hearses sympathetically the career of Celia Thaxter, Mr. Roosevelt • writes with authority on The Present Status of Civil Service Reform, and a Western educator, who has been heard ! before in the Fields I * , Atlantic, makes a clear i survey of Physical Training in the Public Schools. Among the reviews is one which criticises the three nromi nent English novelists, George Mere dith. Hail Caine, and Du Maurier The poetry in-ludes one piece which is like lyto be remembered. Houghton, Mifflin A Co., Boston, ! Knowledge is Wealth_Chemist* | " Von might have charged'that; young man tiw shillings for filling that pre j script ion. Why did you put the price at one shilling?" Assistant: "He un | der*tands Latin."-- Tit-Bit#. j "Vou 11 let me coine to your wedding, dear, of course?' "Well, I can't prom is»*. My people are so enraged at my boire that I hardly know whether 1 shall k* allowed togo myself ."—Boat on, Biuhjvt. c j /' ( hîe very good reason why country ! gL*ls grow old faster than city ones, î despite «il their advantages, la becauae l| »cy are so much more in the habit of washing the face with cold water Tlmt harden* ami r,.u»lu-ns the akf« it ha« th« effect that any exposure has u|am almoat auv surfaci P affable derinatolotfkt "'* u nuatoiogist. • » So spoke . . "d - a*Â D, SLÆ bv K r..»„4i„ tf d.im tänllrr kick.' Smythe: "Indeed 1 In Tompkins; ■' The Ten C»,n,manSmentl\ "hate Field * Washington.