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III* no ttimu cheer, The chipmunk, on lb« abtngly aha* barfc'a boufh. t No* row*, now 11*1* with downward eye and ear, Then drop* hi* not. and cheeping. with a bound Whl*k« to hi* wludlnf fastnew oadei ground; The cloud*, like »w«n*. drift down the streaming atmosphere ) O'er yon bare knoll the polntwl cedar •hudow# Orowae on the rrl*p. gray mow: the plowman's rail Creep* taint a* *moke from black, ftroh-furrowed meadow*; The *!n*lo crow a aingle caw let# fall; And all around me every bush ami tree gay*, autumn'* here, and wluter noon will be. Who mow* hi* »oft while sleep aud , *1! nee over all. —Janie* Rn**ell Uw*U. A GROUP OF PROSE FANCIES. sfccognltion. A great open stretch of graft*-grown pla*n; a snow-white mnsa of tents from which smoke curl* upwards; an outlying border of tree* mid under brush kissed to gold and crimson by the early frost; and !u the distance the "Star Spangled Banner" marking the location of ihe United State* Arse nal; —such U the view presented by the encampment of regulars and vol unteers. • » • The road skirting the camp had never been more gay than In the clear, | cold, crisp November afternoon; the, gun never shone brighter upon stylish turnouts and handsomely gowned wo men ; and sturii; -looking soldiers nev er marched to more inspiring strain* than those poured out. by the military band. It was all *o perfectly In unison with her own reeling*, she told her rr If; foi she had never been happier. The winsome brightness of her flower l;ke sane added another charm to the tr .;ae. It was ii pby there were none to notice it just then; but everyone's fr.’C vjpa turn, d away from her car yinge towards the *pot where the sun made a streak of light upon the high ly polifhsd helmets and iabres of the i -thmicaUp moving regiments. * • • Presently the baud stopped, white the major shooied his cotnownde. and u small hoy moving: along the railroad I IVi» I o*9*o* iwt# ftmr ofm aM i —■ Iml 1b a t| i !r Ji I ■* W I*l VUV* *BP ins' ißitnwi hi » >n i H Tale. IK bee* Penp* ***■«> It kapt >n I Ami ib vb a< ika foal mt Ibe fa'd«ai where Ike »oa# ■ groakl ' saH ataßtit* fi ta Ike very dearoat qualßleel garden IB ail Ika a«* nt old Howlkera iowb; awd ike wall I* tk # * daarrot. BMlßtMrt »|*d I* *ll Ike 0Mf * j dea It I* aa Sow tfcat * little cht 4 ma m aver It by llp-taetag »»•«•* lit lop grow «**»•** and del rate feta* of wowd rftll pattern. Jaat beneath It la a Hit la roari* rft at b irtm ol th# ff^ B j * and aloof Ik* enihank . rol are ll«e ' liner Mile* renrlßf tkelr kaughty head* I* MM rone km#*c»» of Ihe r twgerlorliy *■ m*'""* •#■<» ** drea* Below, at* tb* g»!d*o-hr*r-*d * lOßrgtietltea not a> proud: and *1 ■heir f«et neat!# tk* tenderly ptak «lo ver bloom*. At Ik* hot to n of tke liao^ i u a tail peach tree tkat cover* the iwboi* flower-plot wtlh Ua akHlerln* 1 arm*, and even reaches orer Into the 1 ne*t garde u It la ao * r ret and coot and abady here lhat all the bullerflle* love lb# i pi*r~. and Ihe aiiall* crawl along «he graaa blade* In happy enjoyment. »ure of being undlaturlied la their laaluca# The aiillncaa la broken only when the 1 taller tiger Illy, wbo I* very wl* !ie !cguae of hla fr.at age of two tPreka., ■ dalgn* io I mod low and whiaper h!t» of aapleni advlco io the youngest dal »la*. Torlay a b-auMfit! nc-v daisy had juat opened her eyea to the aun'* kieses and the lily prepared to In- i I struct her You see *he hnew a great ideal, for she had heard the professor i living next floor rend It all out of a girut l-ock, when he studied In the , rustic bench In the shadow of the wall. The daisy did not understand It j all but she ga*ed nnblushlngly up al iher Instructor und pretended that ahe| did. which amounted lo the same I thing. Just as they were In the midst «»• !the lesson, they wee Interrupted by a i limnau volet- for flowers never talk j when people are near- and soon a ! girl came Inlo view through the grerrn 1 foliage. The daisy felt that she too jlmd a kinship with her; for was not slu> too dressed in white with a crown of gold? She was Binging the song u tail it hail sung In the peachtree that morning, it was the song of youth uml gladness, hut the daisy did not •now. The grasses did not seem to be disturbed at h r coming, and the birds sung on ns though she wero no there She came to the foot of the wall, and ft voice on the other stile Rang; “The clover blossoms kiss her feet, she Is no sweet, she la so sweet." The lily wanted to turn her head, but an unusually heavy dew had given her a crick In the neek. ttud so she could only guess it was the voice of the professor s non. She had seen these two together ever since the day she coukl first remember, aud that had lb i u ages ugo. She 'wanted to listen to all their talk, but they stayed so long that she Rrew very sleepy and Kept all her Mark eyes open only through the powerful force of curios ity. It hud grown almost dark when she saw the girl's white mand grasp n poach, and the boy's brown hand quickly cover It. There was a whis- I>ering that, the daisy thought the murmurs of the wind among the leaves, and then the sound of a bird's wing brushing against a rose pelul. u'u-r a time they Went away, and the tiger Illy, thoroughly awake now began talking excitedly She wound up with, "It is—” ■Tiite"" asked the daisy, eager to show that she had remembered one word, “Oh. no! It Is a long word and hard to say. It is—” j tpthj a tTOTJBTVc au~NT»ATr hbbald -Viiii in - r g wf (i. .«- t# -B# an* I „... tT e vnt immi iMswed MMf #•* • Baa KAMI Ikke •*■* I MMBMa**aM*» AsßaHkhsiMl mafliNta* §a*n vs* MMHStßsne tanka wta B* * * : n -*>i a rental aflrtatahak *-a* , j., , ta»;'w mtm flsita Tne enne • *n<n*. •’ tatp nn *nw , «i*(M vraam* kkd kk* tata enr * • • A* Ike n~r—-- nita than tb* f*W* •TV. .r.tii tn heewlf I*• .I lw krtc kv «MM* of htMnue ( ii.* *7r ibere end «Mfc rtata«*d r*Mrt> threw li.iwtlf into BOMB fad • • • I •*>•«** nf hi* raff charm. #1 rr-ti mail* have MM kfflk hot he flattered them In eo rarelro* • »•*- iter that tb* nunil Mnp4d kne* h* •** ta>«hiM *i the b Mr **»*> « wen- UMM and ItMfltned k# kfaa BrowlM Am Blftr wtahed On* nifchi. *k«««h. ~n the mt sunlit Ink* In a eanra* vn no* nttlk n pretty btafl# tk# Xurtt. be hot not even tk* girl he t* gnlnfl in merry knowe of ibnt rp*‘ •ode e e e Onr -tepv. mber Jota fnnr veara after the flrat atimnwr. he rolled with a • i ranger at ike borne *be was visit to* Th biMteaß. n beautiful wodsan with rtd-gnld hair, who wa« all uncon-, vr-ott* of acting th# tbiod Kalrv. *l - *k# wa* born for the part, lain* out cm tb# verandah where th# 'three aat. and flun* n »prmy of n.aht l.’.oc nlr'g Jenaatalne Into the girl a lap Hhe »ov«d the fever ao aaldv from H. nsvorlatlona. lhat with a rry of delight *be preaeed It eagerly lo kef *The fragtam-e. with It* tntanorie*. almrwt stlflisl the man When h* had founrl hi# voice, he aald bravely. In spite of the amused glance* of hi* friend, and the girl'* forbidding rold tiaaa: "Wt»T you give me a piece of it? I never see It without seeing your face." The warmth and the hrlghtnea* of th# night reminded her of those other night* In a distant garden and the 1 dear sweet flower plead for him. And to -She looked Into hla eye* and smiled. ,\e he rose lo leave, he said while I itte other man still smiled qut**leally: Will you la* al borne alone tomor row eveniug?" * * * As you have doubtless heard she will be one of th * December brldea. An American Spy in Spain- That the spy sent by the fulled States government to Spain during toe war should have become the guest of Weyler himself, seems Incredible. The government selected ns lta agent a nan of position who has lived much In Germany. It was necessary for us to have a trained Intellect that would make no mistake*. HU story Is told In the November Cosmopolitan, and the most exeltiug pages of Dumas' Ac tion seem tame In comparison with the facts. Crossing the frontier In a first-e'nss carriage, he was by a trl fitng accident, brought into conversa tion with a young Spanish nobleman; presently who should come along but tho son of General Weyler. This ac quaintance led to his receiving many attentions from Weyler when they readied Madrid, und the general ac tually gave up n day to a trip to the Kse.urial. Imagine this grin arch enemy of ours laying himself out to please the secret agent whom the gov ernment had pent to find out the weak places iu Spain. How trifling the de marcation between the position of honored guest and that, of spy, who, if discovered, would have been all the more quickly sent to his death. The same issue of the Cosmopolitan con tains four pieces of Action by such famous authors as Frank Stockton, /. ngwlll. H. G. Wells and the lament ,.,l Harold Frederic, but none of It half so exciting In its interest us this true story. Fort. Gaines Setulinsl; According to tU# icport of the state chemist, the farmers of. Georgia paid out last year the enormous sum of sß.das.isO far gu i.-ui. It Is quite certain that the farui j ers may > xpec: to remain poor anti , hard up as b ug as they keep up that lick. NE'V HOOKS JUST OUT jindknl HtiMktakin* Just Completed . tv r*n« ir«i ' if in BOllflik I sv* I# ftUt* !%#•»* ■ ’! ««»% fn A##**-'* *' ft *** * mt •mmm ******* •eh*ihS *W* # :9 #* I'- wmf* w*m *ft*® ' Wt%**o' ftpHMkiN* * Ilf* II ' jin m%*t is mn ftfftftftftftft *••* f ||gg *f I ft# ante at* set SB weft iOß>e*’«d tbs* tk# tanrg knkdß ike t tkar 1 * nndivldek •tientlnn from flro« to tnta Tbta ■* t.pent |* neve* tHaa-d tn Am from anil if dlgronta«iß« nr tw> gv*B< etnb nvateanw nf grtal 1 la feet Ika tart roatnina all *ta *w*w*if • nment* fog • *<iervn*An- dronrotta nwvel Ijoren*« A* In Ong. tk* m»n »'tal la ii*t>wed with «h* Napoieonk Idan <f\ tk* wofld • ruatiwrot ta n ptoaraßqer and inteteatlM. n* well a* * decid'd, ly unique Agur* No tea* pro *r*»rthf| la Ike i haros trrt**Oo« «f Ik* r**l ke ro and heroin* j*a linpovwftahed Rn- • gttah uA-or and *k* broullfnl daugh ter *f n famous aupporter of M Oirto*. , Above all other gift*. Mr PWnber 1 too p»ata#*Bro tkat rap* one of hnow- Img jaat whro l« atop *nd ao th# book rloora at tk* mo«t dramatic rllmas. leaving la th# mlart* of the lover* of the romnntle school of Mku Intense regret that It doro not ronrlau* tndeA •a it tar The *»lum* I* baßdao-aely bound and la richly UlusWated ky tha well known art!**, B Wen* Cline-1 dtnat. The Atory of th# Railroad by Cy War man I.NVw York. D. Applrton * Co I tfulte a not aide niicreM ha* be«-n achieved l«y Ike Appleton#. "The Atory of the Wml Aeries,'' tdit.d by Ripley Hitchcock, and none of tfie seriv* ha* l«een more nopwotthy than Cy War-! man * The Rtory of the Railroad At Urol thought I hla would a-*u» ’«> t>e rather an unlntereatlng topic. Iww jas a matter*"hf fact no Subject h»* more for tomanllc narra tive. It would he indeed a dMßcult ( task for anyone to give’ll clear ron cept'on of lh- material to lie found for| the make-up of aueh a atitry than ha* Itcen given by Robert !/>ul»e Steven ' son In “Acroa* the Plain*." “When I think,” he write*, "how the railroad ha* been pushed through •tbit unwatered wllderne** and haunt; lof savage tribes; how at each *»age lof the construction, roaring Impromp tu cities sprang up and then died away again, and are now but wayside stations In the desert; how In those uncouth places plgtalled pirates work-j !cd side by side with border ruffians and broken men from Europe. t*>k jly oaths, gambling, drinking, quarrell ing together In a mixed dialect, moat ing and murdering like wolves; how the plumed hereditary lord of all America heard in this U»t fastness the scream of the “Bad Medicine Wa gon,” charioting his foen_ and then when I go on to remember that all this epical turmoil was conducted by gentlemen in frock coats, ami with a view to nothing more extraordinary thau a fortune and a subsequent visit to Paris, It seems to me, I own. as if this railway were the one typical achievement of the age in which we live; as It it brought together into one plot all the ends of the tvorld and all the degrees of social rank, and offered the busiest, the most extended and the most varying subject for an enduring literary work. If tt be romance, if It be contrast, if it be heroism lhat we require, what wus Troy town to this?" That ,Mr. Warman has made the most, of the possibilities Stevenson shows this subject to contain no one can doubt who has read, or at least learned of the reputation he has gained through his "Tales of an En gineer," “The Express Messenger" and other railroad stories. He writes from the standpoint of personal ex perience. and so he writes forcefully and entertainingly. Avoiding a much ns possible facts and figures, names and all dry statistics, he Is, still faith ful to tlie actual facts, and so has managed to compile what js in reality u valuable history of ap. Important phase of the civilization the nine teeuth century, even while ,he sustains the luteresi by his graphic descrip tions of picturesque life ill the West, that West which is beyond Missouri. He writes of types rather (ban of ac tual men iu the genuine experiences | tagg |At —»»♦‘•■t-ta- i iftiP hmmmmt *t» *•*•* ***** ****.. ?** | f%m mm* *» mm#***#* ft# tt# ttmm ■ : f mfirwiTTl ftp ' • | Ami * 4-«dk-K f ♦ • 1a f ft**‘‘Mil- IWp j "a eata|ta»4i Mrtm -» •* Rtata* 1 i . 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I j aak ntyaelf If It be e ten girt*. I n** (roll tt la *y own tnlod a rmnance of ! music. I may mark It* dlffcreni move menu aa though II were Indeed a ma gical acore. bat will the word* convey Imy meaning will other* kror my drrom-mustc a* I bror It? Or wi,l the note* I atrlke sound l>nt aa ibe tinkle of an accompaniment, while ike them* I Itself I* lost * "And so I have bethought me of calling upon you. who more than any living wan. peihap*. have made tnti i sic a reality to our gcneraPon. who hnve discovered to u* Irottlle* ir.de-; acrlhable. auhtlettea unending; that 4 tba mere sound of your name, evok- > ing. as It must, a thousand exqulaite .memories, may give expression to this my fancy, and make my mualc llve.” The Instinct of Atep fatherhood. by ldlllan Bell. (New York and Lon-1 don. Harper A Brother*.! The clever author of “A Little Sts-; ter to the Wilderness" ha* proven conclusively that not only can a wo man. and a young woman at that, sue-1 ceasfully Interview Mime of the great -1 est European celebrities . photograph the Cxar. and write of men —"From a Girt'* Standpoint"—ln aueh a way aa to have even the lords of creation them*Nves admit that she has mar velous Insight; but. that, most won derful of all. It Is possible for a South-1 cm story to be correctly written by one born and reared north of Mason \ and Dixon’s line. "Mary Icon's Marryln' ’’ is, for this reason, from a Southerner a point of; view, the most notable story in the i collection, the least interesting of which is that which gives the hook Its name. A Georgia woman who was a girl before the war and to whom the environments and events described in the Louisiana story were at one time actualities, declares It to be the most thoroughly natural bit of characteris tic literature of the South she has ever read from a Northern pen. She even considers it superior in some respects to the work of Southern writers, the perspective, as it were, making the proportions more correct. We have bad so much from Northern writers concerning the ungrammatical, down at-the-heel slave loving, or slave scorning—only the extremes are dealt with—and altogether impossible Southern girls of a generation give by that Miss Bell's story indeed gives cause for much thankfulness. A story in the collection which has probably been more widely quoted than anything this successful young author has written Is "A woman o. No Nerve*." Completing the group of seven sto ries are. "The Instinct of Step-father hood,” a New England story, "A Study iu Hearts," a modern society sketch; “The Heart of Brier Rose." and "The Strike at the Billy Bowleys.” Western sketches, and “Lizzie I.ee's Separa tion." OOODTHINOS IN MAGAZINES Dm Content* of the Christmas Harper *. Kilt tfkkiiJ In*tan fnfAt fM j Hr*'***.. * aetata <»* l maUrt'e ta It* 'Vta mm* bin 14 ip* m/t s*m t** * m»*-+ 99*0 9** ft# «fc» IftMAII t **■ *99909 * 9909 09 *99*o 999 *9 »*'i <* % Ik I# •*»-. * it# m*&*99 ilk*- d*> i&tm* ■-'•4# ■ <dlR v 0* 0-^0*099 Hft# Ik*.* *iHk A£ 0&5i*m000999t99 m'&* ft ft# IfttANMlft ( I*9 ftftftftMft 00 ft* ***9*9*o * * ftA#*ftpftl *ANtNAtaA‘ MiMH9 fVM*ft** Art** AiNlftHAkftA ft# ftS TOOO9 ■*ft*ftNl *omrn ftMft 99 ft# *o9l*o*9 **** 99/09 tff mm* *% mm* muM ft* *********** | Tft* A#f fAlrtt-g* ft»Pf ft# unTiniirt # * « «|g m * %9m. 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LfF*' roll | CO.I Tke autbor ta "Nellie'* Memories I* too well known lor n mmeat In fcer j stria to be other tbaa euperfluoo* la MolUe'a Prtnro" Mia# Carey nrtiro In ker kappieat vein. Tke tart la n-*t drop, neither ta H especially remaeka kle for great literary anpertorlty, bat tt . ta bright, wholesome. #Weel and thor oughly »ntere»d*>*. end will rank high among the popolar holiday booh# for young girl* While It doro not mom' i*e In ihe leant. It rontalna n numlwc of good leaa m* which are kept from be- j log wearlaome by the vividly human interrot* and tb* bright flaahe* of hu- , ' ra«»r. f The Mory I* that of two talented , girl*, whose father having made a failure of thing# fltianrial atrlve to carve out their own fortune*. When the painting of King Cam!#, which the art tat father f mdly believe# to be hi* masterpiece, come* bark for the last time, with the comment that the wave* look like lead, the two daughter* take it upon themselves to Improve the I family fortune*. That thl* I* done ' somewhat after Ihe manner of the Im provement In the life of Cinderella 1 doe* not In the leant detract from th- J charm of the atory; for wbo Aw* not ' In these daya of "ologle# and l»ms.” ' feel an occasional longing for the old fashioned atory In which everybody ! marries and "Uvea happy ever after?” Tho dainty volume la tastefull bound ' In green and gold. Vnder the Ban, by Teresa Hammond Strickland. (Chicago and New York. Hand. McNally & Co.) A typical Southern book by « cul tured Southern woman la always glndlv welcomed, and thl* South Carolina romance of ante-bellum day* by a South Carolinian Is receiving quite nn I enthusiastic recentlcn. The style In which the book Is writ j ten Is smooth and plesslng. but the English is a trifle stilted, just as were ■the manners of those of the good old day* of we love to hear the men and women of a pern ration gone by talk for hours at a time. In this, as In other respects, the book Is thoroughly consistent. The art ion is rapid and the Interest of the plot well sustained There arc some excellent dramatic climaxes, and one or two scene* aio really powerful. The author Is thor oughlw conversant with the times and the people of which she writes, and at. home In environments which she de scribes with the accuracy of detail possible culy from personal exper ience. The race problem is dealt with In a manner entirely new. and gives evi dence of deep thought and studNy; a problem besides which the romance suppose! io be the leading interest of the book oftentimes becomes secon dary tn Importance. The cleverest characterization is displayed in con nection with ihe plantation negroes. 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Tke Farohln C'eiehraHon ky flarak drtie Jeweii la Ikl# Wttn*’v atory tke mat ekrorfol and keen lighted de j lineal or ta Nvw England life kna giten ■ 4 4m per meaning to Memorial day In !» country village and dtarloaed poo ' alkUittea ahlrk no on* *lll forget j *■ Hrbktop" ky Margnre! ttatt«m Hrtaeoe -An exqntaltely aympnthetta atory ta a bit wbo could not keep away from tk# river, fcl* friend wao would not I rove kit hook* and a wtae .. bool master »ko "robbed ' them to get her lo make two good men. Tbc Pence tommtaatan. The prove rommlaalon in Paris in drsrrll»ed knd lliuelniied In tke So j (ember mngaxlne number ta tke Oul ! look, to be putdlsbed next week l»y a Mil corrropondent In l*aiia. Thu j article contains aketche* ta both lha American and Spanish lommlaatooe, ! with portrait# ta moat ta ih-m. Jacob ■ A- Hit*. Ike author of "How the Other Half Live#. ' rootribule* a graphic ar -1 tide concerning the New York police j department. Mr Rlia ha* had #x ■ .epilonal acquaintance with the aieth (klb of Ihe department, and tell* th« atoty of many Individual deed# of he roism with enthualaßtlc praise. Ed ward Everett Hal* give* In Ihts lasua the eleventh Inatalment of hla "June* Rusaeil I-owell and Hl* ITlends." which will be concluded In the Decem , tier tnagaxine l**ue. It deal* rhlefly with Lowell’s life In England when he served at United State* minuter. »nd is fully Blurt rated. Paul Bourget, thb famous French essayist and novelist, U thd author of a notable story enti tled "Antigone,” which portray* with exceeding charm a gracious and lofty personality- Among the Ulust[uted articles in this number are a pictur esque account of a visit to the coun try of Sitting Bull, by Rosa T. Shel ton. with many striking pictures of Indian life from original photographs, and an article by Dr. A mory H. Brad ford. on Runyan's "Pilgrim'* Pro grero.” with special reference to a beautiful new edition soon to be pub lished. from which some remarkable illustrations are reproduced. 400 Pretty Home* and Gardens. How general the use of photogra phy is coming to be adopted by the ' modern magazine as a means of illtie | tration is shown In the announcement of The Ladiee' Home Journal that it la about to publish six new. distinct se ries of articles which will include not less than 400 photographs. The Idea of the magazine is to present one hun dred of the prettiest country homes in America, to encourage artistic archi tecture; one hundred of the prettiest gardens, to encourage taste in floricul ture; seventy churches decorated for festal occasions of all kinds, such as weddings, Christmas and Easter ser vice. etc.; ome forty of the prettiest girls’ rooms In the country; twenty five floral porches and vine-clad ! houses; and the story of the native wild flowers in America, told in sev i enty-five photographs. Over 8000 pfco- I tographers, in every part of the coun ; t ry, were employed by the magazine to gel these pictures, mul several thousands or dollars were paid in prize awards for the best photographs. The choice was made out of over 10,000 photographs received by the magazine. Fite engines are mentioned by i Pliny.