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H 18 . THE OMAHA D ILY HEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 15 , 'IBM-TWENTY ' PAGES. SCOTTISH CHILDREN'S ' GAMES Varlotu Pastimes with Which the Lads and Lassies While the Time Away. RUGGED AND MERRY LOT OF BONNIEBAIRNS IrrcprnMlliIn ltuniinrii | Upon Whom ro erty Nor leinpcut llnve the l > nit KHect " ( oino Uninm mid Tlielr t'urlun * > nni i. \CopurtoMnl \ , IBS1 , bu Wi/or L. H alieman 1 GLASGOW , Scotland , Sept. S3 ( Corro- ipondoncoofTiiB BKB ] 'llio llltlo lads nnd lassos of Srotl.ind are a rugged and merry lot. In no land In which I have wandered nro children more self-sustaining In oldrn or improvised pastimes arjd gaipos I have often thought , too , that whore their denials nro groutost , whore povcity pinches hnrdest , there could alwais bo found the choorlost little souls and the heartiest expression of childish hilarity among the "rosy-chooklt , " bllthesonio Scottish bairns * Geography , condition nnd weather can furnish no oxcop- tloni. It Is the sarno with highland as with low land children ; with the rugged , hungry lit tle folk of the western Isles ns with the romping rollickcrs of Glasgow ; with the wco pocno lairds and ladles anil fishermen's children of the bhotlamls and Orkneys as with the hard-headed , haul-listed bairns of "Aulo Reckio's" winds and closes ; and precisely the snmo with the llttlo nabobs of Iron or stone-girt parus of the cities as with children of the border towns and those of the misty glonu and corrloa of the north. Childhood In Scotland nmv know nsporltlos of onTlroiununt nnd rigor of discipline un usual to some other lands , but ttio compensa tion I * hero In the fact that Scottish children never "mopo " Once released from duty or relieved from discipline thcv leap to their games free ns their own wild winds and mists ; and the savages ! . Scottish storm that howls up llio foaming firths , or walls among the lochs and glens has for thorn no more terror than sunshine , wlion there Is liberty for sport nnd play. Somn Srntllnli Children' * ltliyiiie . The children's folk lore of Scotland li pe culiarly rich In counting out rhymes , which are hero called "titling oot" and "chapping oot. " As with the counting-out rhymes of the children of all countries , the ono 'chapped ' oot" is to bear the disagreeable or distinguished pirt in whatever game maybe bo proposed. In illusliation I shall glvo a few of the most popular of thcso in Scotland. The flrst examples arechlolly in use in the west of Scotland" Mr. 1'ostor's a very good man , Scoops the college now and than. Ahi n lie's rtonu liu fiKos n dancu tip to l > omlim , o'or to I'r.inuu ; \\ltli H bmck boavt'i mid a rod snout , Stun' j on j ou , for you are outl IViy , orroy , oVrthn mill datn , 1'ill my pock an' lot inu gang JCci'ny , iiipriiy. llc.-ketv. fick , Delln , dolm. .ih-mln-iek ; lluirlco , block , siiong rock , Zanty , jmnty , on a lock toosli ! Hi so , ese ; Mon's nose ; Kull uirrilch , I'cuiMi liro- . - > o. Iloro Is one in use by the children of the border shires Yon-rlo , taw-rlu , tlcUcry , sovcn ; Alain , crack. tlnalri , 'luven ; Tin , tun , mnskr , ilnn - Tci'illi'-duin , toodlcilum , twonty-onol Among those peculiar to Edinburgh , Glas govr and the midland Scotch countlus are : Ink , jilnk , papers , Ink , Am pain-push ! Queen , nuei-n. L'nroUne , Dipped her hull In turpcntlno , 1 ui pi nllnu nniilo It shine , Queen , queen , Caroline. Inty , tlnty , telhory , mothorj , Hunk for over , Dovoi , ding , Aunt , unt , looi'b ; Up the Ciiuiny , down the Groin , ' 1 fieri ) st.mds a bunny \\hlto horse : H can gallop , It ciin trot , It c. in < ury tbo mustard pot , One , two , Uirco , unit out goi sshol Aberdeen has - ' - " -'c-hnpping-oot" ihyme vrhlch. in its Fictich uninities , carries with It suggestion of the admixtma of French with the Scottish blood In this portion of Scotland , hundicds of i oars ago- I'enorty , fconerlj , flckcrty , faoj I'.l , ilel , ( luiniitn , iilclit' l.rklo , lilrkle , slolo a ro.iuo . , An , tan toot ist lock ! Originally , no doubt , "tuost.lacqucs , " trans formed into the pi esent Scottish "Jock" who Is thin "rhanpnd oot " To thcso should bu added a ton of the more cbnrartwistie counting-out rhymes common to all portions of Scotland. Kenuiy , luc'iiory , tickt'ry , toven ; I'll go il.ny. ten or oluvon ; I'ln , pan , inuiky dan ; Nineteen , twenty , tvrruty-onel Ono-Piy. \ro-ory , tlck-nry seven , Anaiby , i-mkorjr , ti-n , ulc'vun. Pin , pan , iiiusUalun , Dhick Usii , wlilto trout Tliut iiioniif yon nro put out OC tills ( j-n-m-e , NU'CT to com * In .ignln. One-ury , tuaiy , tloKcry lou , Bobs oflnugur , ) 'ciilli > iucu. Him In llio air. llsli In ( ho him , llonnlu wu lav-lo Miislni ; to thooj One , two , th re o-u-t ! l'oiiiiiu | Cimt ! ! ! in Itnjri mill lllrl * . There aio hosts of games in which the lit tle folks of both sexes unite , in and out of doors , and winch aio put ticulatly enjoyed lo holiday tlmo when their elders aie occupied in inoro seilous festivities One of these Is "JLubln Lo'i " anil It Is , alvuiy- productive of uienmlng ineii unciu , owing to orroisby nlayers in obojlngtho letdei's commands , L'hachlldion form In u ling. joining hands. frhcn tho\ \ Here MO play I.nlihi I.oo , lli'ie TVO pfnv laibln lliuu WH piny J.uliln IOD , A' nl a Biunnluy nluhtl The entlio g.uno consists In correctly fol lowing the sou ? Injunctions , us Now nil your rlslit hands In , All your ilht | ; liandt , out , Sluiku Ilieni i [ III If a little , And thun uhiil iiiund about The quickness nnd dexterity of the ( tile > ones ntonften icumrlcalile ' 1 ho il nt foot Is put through tin ) tactics , then the left font , the rlht mid loft c-.uv the nose , the thin the o\cs and llnallv the iu-ad , 'Ot-tni-'fi. and Lemon " is - * a good deal of a Inirli-burlN iiastlmo , An cldor boy and girl Btnnd and gt.isp hands Ono scuotly tuKcs the tiaiun Oiatigrs , " the other that of 'T.onions " I hey then proocud about the room and In whispers demand vuiloh nliio each of the plaj m ( tea has chosen , v hen the leaders npafn uiaephunds and lull for their respectUn aitlii'ivins. These ciasp their loaders nnd cathnthor about the alst and n test nf stroiiRth , accompanied by tre mendous uncouraging cherts , Is the icstilt A Jolly little is " cnmo "IIuMtinir theSllD- Ver. " After -hunter" Is chosen ttiobois | and glrjs sit. or rather snint , in a round ring > with crooked knrut , so that nklits and kilts will cover them. The "hunter" from the outside brings a slipper to any child In the ring , demanding- , "When will > o ha' It din ( done ) ? " Any dav limy bo men Honed by the recipient. at wiiich tnehunter" expnvucs satlsfac- tton , and with a cncory "A1 light ! " turns w y. The fun begins when the hunter ISo turn * and demands out Uio llppor. but u met with "Oh. 1 passed it on ! " until It is really discovered , ulili-h is no\c > r until the buntt'r liaiiuot with many tugavrlng adventures , when the ono in whoso | > os u siou thesllppor is found in turn becuuitxs thu long dlsiom- filed "hunter. " U ha MulUrr.t Buah" affords Inmilto variety of i hange in Its action nud appllcn- tion. Uois ; ind gltls may "go round by It " but | t Is usually n p-istimo for girls. Join- lub'nantti tnev ulng ; Iloro Hvxa round ty the intilLcrry bmh , Uulhi-rry tU li , mu'liirry bush ; H ro wo uiAriinnd by the juul'jwtry b.uh , Ua a com M 4 IroiJ uiorulng , Thlf U llio u'ay wofoiDbour liAlr On a culd uuil ffi' ty morning , - Uu Uiitr bruablujr thu toelb , walk Ing to school , sitting nt school , nnd countless other duties , pleasures and ihlrktngs of childhood being I m It ft ted in nctlon as "Mul berry Bush" Is SUDR. "Illir , - < nllr vVnlkpr. " There arc mjrlnd girls' games , nearly all of which , curiously enough , as In other En glish speaking countries , scorn to derive their greatest Interest nnd fascination to llttlo Scottish lassies from their nearness to the mock heroics in the com ting , love nnd marriage affairs of their eldeis The com monest of these are. "Rise , Stl'y ' Walker , " in which Sally "rises" and "follows-her guldmnn , " is trodden has lovely children , "first n gill nnd then a boy. " in which all of her w cdctcd Jois and sorrows are delineated with mitchlng nnd singing ; "In and Out the Window " in which , in ami out of Hups , with the Intel mumble singing and marching , a lassie evidently llnallv dcpiits , nnd her lover Is shrieking ! * enjoined to "follow her to Ix ndon ' " Name is " up > , "My Queen Marj , Mv UK" Is sl\t ( en My father's n farinor On yonder KICCII lie s plc'iitv ot money Tii dress inn s lu briw ! Thorn's ii.n' bonnlo luddlo Can take mo awu ? but there is a bonnlo laddie who gives her "Ha , lia , " and takes "her nwa , ' "Breakfast i'lme , " wheio "Bieakfast tlmo'scomlng on , " ns well as dinner , supper , bed , church , school , piny , and all other possible times , in which It Is exact nnd proper time "to catch a bonnle lassie. " "Beds , " in which "mlther" Is sought to buy "milking scales" for her daughter Ihoinothcr.iujhnsl.iuqulresvvheio the money is to come fiom. 'J ho fathers fenthi'r bed shall bo sold ' 1 ho successive quc'tles and ansvvci's then nut the ; father in the girls' bed , the gltls In the boys' bed , the boys in the pig stj , the pig in the wash tub , with the final dramatic shift of having the family washing "done by the iher side ; " and that most popular and \inlvcr il of all Scottish gills'pastimes , "Tho Gala blilp , " or "Mcuiina 'lansa " This tMcirinm Tansi" ( pcthnps "Mciry Matnnsa" ) is placed \ > y all the gills picxcnt Joining hands in u circle , upon which tnoy march lound and lound , singing- Tlneo Mine ? round goes thoijala , gala ship , And thteo tltnus round goes she ; Thru ) tlmt'htouml JIOHM thu it ila gala ship , And sinks to the boltoni or the -ioiil " Thov repeat this thilco , curtos\lng low. The llrst to curtesv is placed In the center of the circle , when the othcis sing ; Choose your maidens ono bj one , Ono by ono , ono liy ono ; Choose jouiiiKildensono by one And ilmvn goes ( all curtsoii Mvrrlina She chooses her maidens They tnko her to a distance , \vhen she is secretly told the name of her lovo'r. The remainder of the gills imitate sleeping and sing several s tn 11/13 to the effect tlmt they will "sweep the house till the bride tonics home , " when the bndo is now placed within the circle. and fiom a scoio to nn hundred stun/as , with marching and vailoua imitations of what the lucky brldo accomplishes or under goes are sung. Each one closes with "Down gors Mcuiina Tansa ! " and the head dude- ing ; and this wondeiful music drama of childhood is not concluded until the christen ing of the bude's Hist born , with : Np\t Sunday morn to church she must ge , A b iho on her knee , the best of 'a And doun goes Morrlnni 'lansa ! iilllll-H ITltll C'llrllllll > ! UIIUH. The lads of Scotland piadunte nt an early ago from the lough and tumble tfamps'of the alley , the sttoet nnd the school jaul to golf. foot ball and cricket In cricket the goil Is called the "hale. " If the bais canuot altoid wickets their jackets nnsuei instead. i\eii ] with countii bo\s the -ibsociation rules nro In higher icputu than the inoro famous i tiles of KugbHut Iho boys are well equipped before the latter digniti arihes. hi mar bles 01 "bools , " thoaio unluu sally skillful plajcts. If the mnrble ? be given up at the end of each game , then it is called "fuunj : " if not , "wunny. " In the latter , If nil a pUjer's maibles are lost he is teimcd "lookit " 15oth games may be plajed "kuuclcloi " " . " " " or "uimoy. . In "UnucUley" the knui'klu is used for shooting the "bool , " in ' -.liuicy" it is thiown ftom the hand. The moie teccnt games aio pla\ed by "stottin ' 1 the "bool ' against the ground a'nd wnll and catching it , enabling the "stottei" to get noiici the low of maibles If his "bool" fails to lay between the nnrlc and the wall he inaj bo ' 'killed" by the next "stotter. " 'Jho wild harum-scarum games of the school yaul and common aio principally "King. " "Horny , " "Whi'Ct , " 'Tiench Tjg , " "Too " " ' " " " " , "Cioss-J'ig"and "liaso" or "Caviu1 ( pronounced cavy. ) In thu game of "King. " ono lad --chipped oot" to chase nnd touch or "tig" another upon the head. Iho latter Joining hands with him another is added to thtir number , and so on until all aie cap tured , the last ono tnuon beginning tno pamo anew "Horny" and "Wheel" a-o similar to " . " In - ' " "ICing. -'Horny" the llrst boy clasps his bands when running to "tig , " unit matlir" on any part of the body , la "Wheel" the boys taken do not Join hands , but run singly ; and gi'iieially sides aio chosen , the attempt boliift to piss each other with the fewest possible being taken ; for those so c-apturcd must then Join the ro- spc'cti\o opposing sides. In "l'nnoh U'lg" the Hist boy runs after all the others until a boy is "liegod.1 The one taken must hold ono hind on the cxnc-t part of the body which has boon touched until ho succeeds in "lig nng" nnothor. The chief point in this game is to nhuijs "tig" on a iiorlion of the body difllcult to hold while ' tigging" uuother. This impedes the "tipgcr's" running and. enables the other bo.\r , to gatlu-r about closely and give him are ro > al teasing. "In "Too" the - ' boy that -'chapped oot" is put in a corner cnllod the "den. " All the others cavort about and tauntingly cry "Too ! " wlion the boy sprmgB fiom his dun and endwiTors to "tig" thn others. 7 hose taken assist him in his next sully from the den , when all others must. H possible , now lench thoden wnllo the pursuers aio out side , witnout being tlggrd. The increasing numbers watching the dm constantly add to the difllculties and dangers to outsiders in their attempts to reach the den untakt > n "Cioss-tiK 'ittiay .be plajed by a limited number of boj ana its slmnlo though Inter esting rules lender it of ton a most exciting gamo. 'I ho lender sUirts to run after another hd. A thlid bo ) runs between , and the leader must UIPII chase him. While this chase is going on , a Tomtit bov (01 ( it may be the lad Hut puiMicd. ) lutis botuecn. This one must then bo run .if let ; and so on until ono is"'tir"god" or taitcn , when the chase , by the latter , Is again begun. "Hum" anil "t imr. " The chief game of this central nature for Scottish lads is "baso" or "ravio. " It is pinned on a nanow , oblong utilp of ground arranged as follows : " 'Iho i-haller.gor for "cither side , ahvajs selected by Loss , goes to iho base and shouts after thn fashion of knlvjhts In the olden "I'll warn yo nnce , ill1 i ! warn yo t-vlcoj I no stun nil T warned tlirlco1" The oiipoiliiR slile sonilsoiit a champion to ; "lift" the haughty thallen&cr. If suirosiful I , the prisoner is scut to the den of the victor , liei-o ho muit rotnniu until ono of his own slilo aiux-nocls in forcing Ills \vny to thn pi ns onurtlthout boioir " " sin "tlg cd ] f ho is taken ho munt lonialn also ins until nn attempt at rescue - cue is made by another. Piiaotitus can only bo rt-smiod ouo at a time. If a rescue \l \ lci made the opposing side tends a ileol-footi-d iunner lifter lesouor uml pmnner. Danger awaits him. His icttiia U pot hips blocked hv a boy from the ether side. 'Jho daugois And complication * thus euuondorod at lau countless and most exciting , It it so hap pens that capluies and ropilsals aio equal ! und thn dons become empty , the opposing slue to thn ono goading the llrst challenger begins another game In ll'.to manner , id the side having the fewest prisoners In le opposing foices' den when the bated school bell rings , with triumphant j oils i declared the victor. Eixuu U Ilie NCI 0 Whcclor A Wliwin Ith its ro tary movement , 1 thn lightest running I'lai'hino In the uiarUct , rtml is unequalled forspi-od , durability anil quality of work. SoH bV. . K.iic-ustet-A Co , , OH South Six- U'cntlt titrt'ct Soiiurtille Journal ; Soitii-lic'i * or ether peoplu always uUtitut ajuau trbult itnorilly knon u to dj u his > rliUl.ci- > , For steadj nerves tuu road > tVop ut uo Aitt- , lt , John Hull 111 v/.sdttfir iuin' lietf * la ( t > as rg 'u 'ofl HAOAZINE8 OF THE MONTH. The American flookblnrtor for September Is full of interesting facts for the trade , by whom it will bo hlh'hlv appreciated , The American BOOK binder , 10 Lock street , Buf falo. N. Y. The Kindergarten Mows for September contains n variety of roncllnf ? specially adapt ed for tlioso Interested In child life. Its tnakoiip is i.ithcr heterogeneous Milton Bradley Company , Sprlnglleld , Mass. Army and Navy .Mazarine comes reptilarly every v.eok with fioah army news , shortsto- rics , and a ilcli fund of romltnsccuco und history , making it particularly coininrnclablo to our soldiers , ex-soldleisand veterans. The Army and Navy MaRjzlnc , 1503 Uearboin street , Chicago. The Bookbuvcr is out again with Its mis cellany of book i 3\leu3stories about emi nent writers , literary posslti pictorials and short biographical memoirs Special fca- tutos are the rovioiv of Robert Tredoilck Blum , pilnter and illustrator , and General I > j\v Wallace , author of "Ben Hur" Charles Sailbnor's Sons , New York ThoQuhorls the American edition of a monthly | I published tnertho water and Us October number is printed in tjpo consldcr- abli . smaller thin similar Amoiic.in Journals Its serials and shott stories tire attractUo and are llbei.Ul Illuntratcd C'assoll 1'ub- Hshliiir Comp.iiiy , 104 and 100 Fourth n\enue , Now York. Iho famous stoiv of Peter Schlcmlhl , translated from the Gorman and adapted for ' Work nnd 1'lay , " h.v Oscar Schlolf , appears In the October number of this monthly nloiiR with a\artoty of other delightful and InstriiL'the narrathi's for boys and Kills A Ulndcrg-.rtcn ilnp.utmcnt and a "Teachers' Supplement" uro specLil fc.itutcs , Work and 1'l.iy Cointutij , K.insaa Cltv , Mo. The nari\itl\o of a gtlrlybear hunt In 1SS1hllo on hla flrst o\ciluid journey to California , is told by W. Thomson lu the cuncnt issue of Kouunco , which plteo its ic.ulers as many as llftoen shoi t stoiies each complete in itself. Romance ) Publishing Company , Clinton Hall , Astor Place , New Yoi k. usuil monthly caU with a bunch of cilsp , shott stotles bound within its covers. The otilj fault there is to find with them is their hick 1 of vailcty In stjlo anil subject matter , which Is so thorough ! * English It is good reading , but the whole world Is not hemmed ri ri in i between thu walcis of thu English chan nel and thu lilsh sea Casscll Publishing Company , 101 and 106 Fourth avenue , Now Yoik. ' 1 ho university intension syllabus Is mndo the subject of diseussiou'in the September number of University Extension. The wntcr , Edwntd T. Doxlue , dwells on the Impoitaiico of making sueh outlines of lec- tuics attractive , being aiivanc-c agents as It weie , aiming to Interest the young and draw- thorn toxvard sciences that at the outset ap pear dieary anil uniuteiestincr. " 'IhoTrav eling Librari" is another mteicsting topic treated in this number. Ttio American So ciutj lor the Extension of Untveisiti Teach ing , Philadelphia. "Tho Regimen of Children After Wean ing , " by Lzia M. Hunt , M. D , gives the readeis of the Mothers ftutbei'i Guide , par ticularly those that me mothers of infants , : i varieti of interesting and valuable informa tion touching mattois of di t and Incieno Under the head of "Nuiseiy Pioblemb" mis cellaneous questions , uic answcied.detcrmin- iug thu proper thing to do In unions exigen cies ailsing in actual experience. The Baby hood Publishing Company , 5 Bookman sticet , Now York. Stories short and long , hariowlng and hu- moious , interspersed with a blight poem here and tlicie. run rich in Lipplncotts for October , with "Tho Hopburn Line , " bj Mis. Maiy J Holnifs.a complete story in fouiteen chapters , conspicuous m tile fi out. It is n tale of I\ew Enel mil life in which the homo and affairs of the heait become the central nttiaction. Another sinking narrative is "A Deed with a Capital',4' ) bi Cnailes M. Skinnor. 'Once intiBuiplo "twilight" is n gem in music by Eugene Cowlcs , accom panied with a poitiait of the composer. J B Lippincott Company , Philadi'lphia A piomi'icnt fcfttmoof the- October Har per's is the flist of Edwin Loul Weeks' ar ticles on the journey auoss 2'ciala whieh ho uncleitook last i car with the late Theodore Child Add ing much to the interest cicateil by the ai llclo ai o the illustiitiotis fiom sketches taken by Mr. Weeks This paper Heats the experiences tlipy mot with on the road tniough the country of the Kuuls , between Trebizonu and Tabtee/ , describing the latter as it appealed dining a cholcia scoutgo. Call Schur ? gives his views on tho'manifest destmj"of the United States. Unclergrad- imle life at Oxfoid Is done b.v Rlchai d Hard ing Davis. Harper & Bios , Now i'oik. "Camping in Mendoclno" is an illustrated sketch of California ! ! vroodland life , forming a line supplement to the admirable desciip- tion of camp Hfn on the coast In the cuirent Ovciland Monthly. The longest Jetty in the vvoilcl , localeil at the mouth of the Columbia , and the piocossc : . of Its construction are du- scilbed by Lieutenant Alvin H Sidenham Bicicling on the coast loceivrs a quota of attention , and "The Acted Slmkespe uean Diamu" dilates upon the standard stage leu uition of several characteis , Short stones and poems make up the bilancn of this valu able numour. Ooilnud Monthly Puolishing Conioin.v , Pacific Mutual I-lfo building , San Francisco. Jn the October Historm "First Consul nnd Empeior" is made the subject of a brilliant but biiof review of the lomantlo care'cr of- Bonaparte by II T. Rhodes , a rising his- toiian of much promise. In the bunds of this vvnter the theme , in itself full of Inter est , is made. ' to retain the real charm belong ing to It , which fe-v wilwis can successfully preserve. "HowJoo Warren Captured the British " by Harold Boinurd " ' , ; "King Plulip's War , " by Chuny Odgers , and ' 1'ho Baron of Pcntagoet" shed light on Aineiic-au history , and an installment of "Henii Uernaid , " a serial story of the Ftench revolution , adds to Iho historical wealth of this number of HIbtoila. The Histoila Company , Chicago. Foity departments in pioso and verse ihiracteri/o CuriPiit Literatuio for October anil lajg before the reader the whole world of today in little more compass than a nut shell. A now department , " 'llio World of Religious Thought , " brings the mugarino in closer touch with Its leaders on vital issues i elating to the great problems of life. Biovitj and pithiness rhnrnctorlzo Its rr-ad- ing In the main , nnd Its fortj or more poems are excellent selections that will bo appre ciated bv nil lovers of sentiment. Current Literatuio Publishing Company , OJ-BI Lafayette - fayetto Place , New Yoik. Woithluston's Magazine for October con tinues to maintain its riisp und cnecij tone , nnd appears , like wine , to improve with age , and puihaps this is the reason it points to a rapidly giowing constituency. J. Stanley Hi oMI'S spiona paper on the Piibilo'f Islands Is a vivid portrayal of life and scenes among the natives and the seals in that far off .section of thu world , nnd the line UluMr.i- tlous accomp injlng aUd no llttlu to thu ut- tiactlvencsb of the subject. Mrs. Li\cimoro com ludes liei papois on llfo In "Olo Vir- pinny , " "ThoTutei-Bug Puison" is a tale of real llfo in Tennessee , the clmiactcrs being disguised under assumed- names A D. Worthmgton k Co . Hnrtfotd , Conn The October New Peterson Magazine in its openiir ' article gives its rnudcrs a most in teresting account of Quccnsl mil. "Tho Laud of the Dawning. " by M McCarthi O'Leury , liberally spiiuUled with the fruit of the kodak and the photogravure pioccss , An other illustrated article , "DauijhtPisof the Revolution , " by Gliberta S Whittle , adds Jtibter to the issue. The enviionsof Phlla- dolphhaio described Inn graphic manner by A mm Whlttier Wendell and uioalso lllus- ti.ited. To meet the Inureasini : demand for cheaper periodicals the management an. uoiincu a reduction to fl a jear , beginning with November Sample copies , 5 cents. Pelcison Magazlnu Company , 112 South Thlid street , 1'hiladclphla The Globe isa quaiterly review of lltera- tuiu. society , religion , art and politics , and its issue for September to-.December has much in U to inspire thought. In a review entitled "John llutkln , " the writer , W. H. Thoruo , savs ; "With all duo appreciation for Mr , Gladstone's statesmanship and classic learning , nnd with keen appreciation of all thit Ruakin has done for the world , I' do not hesitate to chnrnotcrico this act of Mr. Gladstone's as one of the most foolish acts of his long and useful life , and I am c-outUU'iit that the future Judgment of Eng land will ovontualb sustain mo in this criti cism. " The Glebe Review , 710 Title aud Trust building , Chicago. hhoi t Stories for October has come around atf.iiu to umuio iu leaders wHliTi putvvtouk lu entry way fully up to tuo high standard of put nuiubon Us noluctloui anT varied and Interesting , among tbcmr beUjj ' , Mari - i gurot E. O'Bileu's cl ror prhe story , "Joba Tendon , Gcntlomnn , " from n skeleton plot by the editor. Other noteworthy features nro : "Undying Ix > ve , " and "Tho Breton Sisters , " both Illustrated stone * 'from the Kronnh ; "The Story of Cirillo , " a pathetic tale by Mrs. II Cavarzu ; "The Missing Hand , " a thrilling ghost story by Walter Tjlttlefleld , nnd an amuslni ; sketch , "Mend ing the Clock , " by J. M Birrlo author of " 'Iho Mttlo Minister , " etc. Current Litera ture Publishing Company , M-r.4 Lnfavelto Place , Now York Mr Ocorgo S Coc , a prominent binker , vvrites in the Engineering Maga/lne for Oc- tobur on "Tho Iteal Curronc'y of Commerce , " arguing to show that propeity Itself is in variably the subjcatof exchange icprcsontcit by money , "tnat the whole movement Is ono of property and not money " In Us applica tion to the question of cut rency , however , ho falls to bear his Ipsson in mind and wanders far Srom the legitimate deductions of his ptomlso In fact fostes all connection with it. The Art of Topographic * Mapping , " by Arthur Wlnslow ; , | ud " 1'ho Camel as a Fi eight Carrier , " by Edmund Mitchell , nro interesting eoiitilmnlons , The Engineering Magazlno CompfthV , World building , Now York. i ' A splendid plntiiro appears as n fiontis- plece ill St. Nicholas for October. It Is en titled , 'An Oriental Sentinel , " taken from a painting In the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Now Yorkf ' " "Tho Storv.of . a Grain of Wheat" follows the process of wheat raising from phntlng toijlu dual roduel Ion to Hour , and In the com so pf the narrative takes its readers among the sighls ami suenes nroutm farm and mill. The stoty Is told In a flow ing language , Imp'irtlng an Instiuctlvo les son in a way that will charm the youthful leader " 1'ho Pi luce's Counselors" is a pleasing fairy tale illustrated with pictures of its grotesque characters. The Century Company , Union Suuaic , Now York. The Cyclopedic Keviowof Current History for the second < iuartcrof thucar , \ is now out , much ImiHxncHl and In shape to hoof in estimable vnluo as a systematic up-to-clato chronicler of thu time's , practically classlllcd and conveniently indexed , so that while it is a current icviewof n hlch eider touching leading topics of the tiny it is also a compact history of events as they transpjro. It di vides Us space according to the importance subjects have and the attention they have received at the hands of the representative journals of the day. Altogether it occupies a unique place in our lltotaturo , which It lllls In a highly crouitablo manner. Garret- son , Cox i , Co , Buffalo , N. Y. "Medical missions occupy a recognised nnd important pkuo among the agencies cm- ployod in disseminating the gospel in the heathen lands , " saya the Church at Home und Abroid in this month's issue , which de votes its llrst pages to un account of the Agra Medical Missionary Training institute , India , acconip inking the article with a plio- togiuvuioof Or. ana Mrs Valentino , who have charge , together with the students re cently in attendance , nil natives , who have adopted the Eurppean costume aim make a line appearance. Amongothui-Lontributions of inteicst will bo fouud "Bantu Fetish Worship. " by U H. . Nassau , M D. . D.1J , and "Evangelistic Campaign iu Shikokcr , " by Kov. H. Lboinis , Yokahoma. Presby terian Boa-d of Publication and Sabbath School Worn1U34 Chestnut street , Phila delphia. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for Octo ber openb w ith an admirably cotnpieticnsivo and well informed paner on "Peipcmlicular Now York" by the piaphic writer , Peter McQueen It is pi.iUicully u histoiy of arUiiterturo in Now York fiom the Dutch crowstep gnblu ilovvn to the inagnlllcent fif teen atoned olllce buildings anil hotels of today , \shich a bcoioof illtisUalions ate given. Daniel D. Bidwcll contiibutes a timoli paper entitled "Iho Unifying of Oer- miny. " In "A Journey to the Gaulen of Eden" Mis Etta U Donulsoti gives an exrit- ing imitative of ti.ivel through the goiges of the Caucasus into Persia Several other aitlclcs of interest follow , concluding with short stones , suetchcs , poems and the usual buijlit and vaiiect dep u tments. Mis Frank Leslie , 110 Fifth avenue , New York. The cuiicut number of the Califoinian is out , Mipciblv illusti.ited and rich in matter peculiar to its unique Held. With cosmopol itan icatuies , it is strongly occidental in its loamnss Mis. Helen Grpgorj-rietcher contributes a charming and \eiy intoicstuis ; account of " 'i he Professional Beauties of .lapati. " In view of the contested views re- centlv expressed by travclois , the opinion heiem noteu has mete than usual interest , and goes , far to "settle the dispute. " ' "J'he Wild Woman of ban Nicholas Island , " by James M. Gibbops , accompanied with a ilnu and sinking fioiiUspleco by Alexander Hai- mor , > s full of n\j 'icst. "A GioupofAimj Ofilceis , " by Cephas C. Bateman , chaplain United Slates aiu > " , Is illustrated with portraits traits of Majoi- General O. O. Howard , Cap- Uim Charles King. Lieutenant Kobort Howe Fletcher , Captam John Bigelow , Jr. , and Chaplain T. G. Steward , D D. , and will beef of interest to Nebraskans. to whom u num ber of these oflieers aio well known. Lieu tenant rietchcr and Rosalie A. Knoll con tribute the lictlon of the number. The Call fornia Publishing Company , ban Fiancisco The centennial of Williams college is com memorated in the Now England Magazine this month by u nill } illustrated aiticlo upon the past aim piesent of Unit institution , by 1'rof Levoiett W Spiiug Williams college has a decidedly interesting tucord and hrul in Maik HoDlcIus.thc most inipiesslve pcrson- nlitj that has' risen among Amei lean educators caters Fiom the im\8 of Bryant to those of Gatlleld the number of eminent students it has sent to the world U notable , and prominent among theio uro Horace K Scitil- cter , editor of the Atlantic , Henry M. Alden , editor of Haipor's Monthly , Hamilton W Mabio , editor of the Outlook , G. Stanley Hull , president of Clark university , Wash ington Gladden , u distinguished w liter on sociology , and Gcneial Aimstroug , the portraits traits of each rcprodiiiTd fiom their class pictures , appeal Ing with the article "How- oil's Hoston , " by Sylvester Baxter , is de lightful reading , und vIth the beautiful Illus trations convey s nn elaborate impression of the Boston descilbed in the novels of Mr How-ells. Besides u stack of other illus trated contributions two charming suoit stones appear , 'A Juno of Long Ago , ' By Caroline Leslie Field , and "An UnllnUhed Story , " by Richard Burton. A few sinking grins of poeto act as a finishing touch or desseit to the litniari feist. Wan on F. Kellogg , 5 Park .Square , Boston. " 1'ho Psjcholgk-al Laboiatory at Haiv- ard , " by ileibuit Nichols , Is a pronounced featuio in October McClmo's and mete stionily thauany other vviitliiffclmiartcil/ the distinct and sped it line towaid which the pnvrc'ss of tin closing centmy is tend ing Uhe cjo of science lus penetrated the inmost rcc-esscs of the oaith and moasunid the planuts , and tlieir orbits , but thu now ox- ploiatioiib aim to Invciptot the other bldo of material being , the mental , and hotoa vast and piomlslng fleld Is open , ono that will not onli cnlaigo the capicllj of man but bioaden and clo\ato his being anil unfold a scope jot uniniacrlnccl. Next in Interest to the rcMilor will boa rev lew of that Yankee wit , orator ana stitcsman. Tliom.is B Hoed , by itobcrt P. Poilur Tlu-so m tides uic illustuitcd liboiall.v and In the incut approved bt leIxird Dunriivon " > , , giving his caieer as n war uniespomlcnt , > uchtsman and public man , by C Kinloch Cooke , besides many other attract ) vo Mid uhlj vsiitton urlU lus and atorics complete the ixmtcnts S. S McCluiu limited , 7-ia mid 743 Broadwai , Now York An unpublished diaiy of the trip has boon used bi John H Glover in the jnepjiatlon of "Taking Napoloou to St. Helena , " un aiticlo of unusual iutoiest appealing in the Octobei Centui.v. Mr Glover's account makes roiord of Napoleon s conduct on board ship , and of his familiar table talk on a Inreo va riety of topics , including many notable ovunts in his own histoiy Two famous uctois con tribute to Die pages of this number , Mr Coqucliii of the Coincdiu-Fianealso who writes on Borangur , the si eat French song wilt r , nnd the elder Salvlni , who gives the concluding chapter of his autobiography , dealing in topics .touching his visits to tilt United States , iu which he gives crltlca' estimates of Bcrnhauil , Mounotsully , ol Coquolin hlmscfj ) and of others Ho nlsc gives his iinprcssinns of Edwin Booth , ant much of general Intoicst lu regard to ihu parts of Ivoar , Q > riolanus , Samson and lugo , "Tho Cats of Henrietta Ronner , " the Dutch palutci , vilioso pictures uro a feature nt thu World's fair , is. the title of an article by Thomas A , Jauvjer. illustrated b.y engrav ings from some of the best examples ol Mrae Itonner'Sj ork. "Walt Whitmim ii War Time , " is ff\j > title of n collection o familiar letters fioyi the capital written to the poet's mother , and giving a graphic vluw of thu rapid ! vsuerwllng event * of those dajs Apoitraitof Whitman from a photo < 'inp' of the time nccoiuyaniea the letters Other articles , poems aim illustrations abound it profusion. The Century Compati ) , I mot Square , New York. A notable fenturu ot the October Rorluv\ Itevlftw * is nn nrticlc "Irrigation Idea nnd Coming Congress. " by William E sytlie , editor of the Irrigation Aire. The vritcr shows thtxt nlreadv two yoaw ago the stlmatcd raluo of the iirlcated lands was iOO.OOO.OOO. nccorcUng to the census f.uul hus reclaimed , wo aio Informed , rises in ftluo to f50 to f 1.000 per acre , and the social csulta of the establishment of Irrigation .onnnmiltles .ip | > caito bo scarcely less than ho enormous tnntorlil gain , The article Is cry tlmel.In . view of the coming tntcrna- lonnl Irilgatlon conprcss , to moot this mnth at Ixs Angeles , Cal A very striking .lea is presented inn pair of articles on the Ittivirnlof the Hlslorlcal Pilgi Imago " 1 he de.i of nil historical pilgrim Is to gather In group such as are interested in history and o make excursions over an appointed Itin- rary to those places In the country whore reat historical ovcnts have happened. Uter rovtowlng other pilgiimngcs a most lluring program for IS'.n is presented , the rrltcr aiming to conduct n prolip ot students li rough Now England and up the Hudson , topping at the spcchlly mteicstlng points , uch men ns William Lloid Garrison , Prof oh n FIsko. Thomas \\eiitworth Hlgniilson , 'resident E Bunjamlti Andrews , Richard Vutson Gilder and Mr Thi-oiloro Rooso\elt u appointed places to net as orators nnd iwsonal conductors" to the tourists The to view of Reviews , lu Astor Place , Now York. -I IMI'n , ADA ft. Within yournrms' onclrcllns fold There Ifc-s nil Joy that oarlli can hold ; A suptit ciinlont , n r.ipturo ileiip I only pruv jour love to Ueuu , Upon my lips vour kls m rain , You hold mo i-los till bliss Is piln ; 1 rutrli each trt'inbllng , wlilspored word Thun succlor never mcrtal heard. And closer .yet you draw mo , dcir , Vour tlnolibliig he irt I fcol and heir ; Oil , nc'M'i set mo flee , > ny lo\u , And count this bliss all uNn nbo\ MAK 1 > 1'It ITTt.K 0V 11111 ! 10I/.VUA/KKS Mission Sunday School Teacher Hetija- nin. I was shocked loseo you nicking up n lalf-smokcd clgai etto on the sti cet as I came iown this morning. You ought not to smoke ho vile things. They are poisonous , tllthj Liui dlsaRreeablo to overbody , nuiunil jou Indignant Waif 1 don't smoke no cig'rattcsl ' I gits 15 cents u quart fur do stumps at do faot'ry I Willie ( j outl.Till son of the yacht owner ) s vou berth a narrow ono , Mr Tiggsf Tlggs Not p n tlcularly , Willie. Why ? Willie Because pipe said he was going o ci\o iou a wide ono after this. "Mamma. " said llttlo JCthel Fosdlck , nftor me of her early visits to the Stind ij schoDl , ' < lid God make ovoribody ? " "Yes dearie " Did ho ninko Mr. Uglymug' " "Yes. " " 1 vouldn't have thought it of him " Tommy When anjoody is ashamed thov : ot red , don't they ! Mis Ycrgor Yes , Tommy. Tommy Then whv dies papa alwajs pet ashamed only with bis nose ? * Little Mabel ( to diuggist ) Please , sir , i.ivejoii dot nniiln dat's good for bavin' swolleied live cents ? " # fa'ttle Willie , Tackt w hat's a ehiinn ) ? Lit- .lo Jack A chump is n boy that doesn't wet a i hump is IS XEIE BEST. RELIEVES PROMPTLY and .V wm atus * . 'SUBSTITUTION ( from U. S. Journal Medicine ) Prof. Vf. 1 l.r < k , w ho makca a specialty of Tplltpsy hasu Ithoat doubt trculcd and cured more cni-ca tlmii nnylh-ingPhjfkian ; liisEtirceeslsnstoiiisliin ; ; . Wo HembHahisn ] > iluablu u nrk on this disease Inch he ecncli with a lnrie hoitlo cf liia absolute cure , tree In any fiiffcrerwlio m ny send their P.O. anil lisprcrsail- dress. Ve art' l o inij one wUlitng a euro to ml dress , Prof.V. . II. 1-EKK12 , t D. , 4 Cedar ki. , New York TJSE l-lVMWatftG , , : Jl " &N0 A Bra Co. A , I.cw and Complete Trcstmoiit , conslstln" of fiDTPOSITORILH Cuprolos of OJnlmint and two lloios ot Olntmout. A novor-fullliiif euro forl'llra ol vnry nature nn.l deuroo. It mnkes nn operatlm with tlie knlfo or Injoctlonaof curholto nolil , vrL'.cl are pnluful and BoUlora a penunnent cure , end cif'on resulting lu doatli , unntcoseary. Wily outturn thlo terrible dlooaao ? Wo , nunrnntoo O DOXCB to euro iinv ojae > You onlr tmjr for Iwnoflts iccolvca , Jlo lx , 0 forts by mail , ocuiple free. Gi ] ronto < ' 3is uol li/our/irontd. OUIMO TIPATIfJM I Cured. bv Japanese Pllts Liver Pfcvenlod. Pellets the jjrrat MA'Kn nnil BTOXI AOlf HKaUIA'itH and UIOODrUHIFn IU Htnall , mild und plsMiml to tfiko , uepoUull oduptoU toe ciilkicen'o U3t > . Wixjsca U ccnte. QUAKAKTEEH Issued onlyty Kubn&Co.filo | , Neb Searles Surgical Disuensarv. AM ) PRIVATE ffiiSESSES \ \ i. c'tiitr < A i Aicnn , an HIM : Y > > I.S ot tin : Nur. . rnmi \ i , i III. < IIIIOUIGII ll\\ 1.1mini I l\ Kit , ItllKt'UA'l l * > .n , "IS III.IOI > , MvIN u.Hl KIIIM'.V IIUcin I 1-MAI.I , UKMCMOM ! " . HIM 1IAA- I HOOD criliil : , iiiilull fiirtiM "I J WEAK MEN , HYlUlOrKI.K ANU VAUIUtit KltK iK-rmiiilly ' and buctvJHtullj ouiuc A ! tutu vail lui.utii. I I III'\ > ils i ilM in. u pvci 'ty 1 ruKs riSTi'Lv KiiSt'itr i.-ruii'iny . ui I without Ilia ns J ( K | l ( II , ' H ir i ir 11 u'l i > AH in.il i ! ! < iof , i ijrh.ii of Jj'itjw murx at \ eltlit'i-Mi'X lx > itlvcli c-ur 1 . Call un vr < iiljr-ji nun Hit Jin ( or Clr-atin j 1'iv.i Jluai. H luiailS n > t > 11 illi t'n flnlKUIrway HuulU ul iwitlufll' ' > I tutu 7 < HP QcQi iD3 d Qia , ' > li < I" * hJutli lllliSt. Uf , OttUJCJ U 03.U13) , Oiuuliu.A l > . ADVANCEMENT Evcry lady is making more of a siucK today than ever before of The manufacturers are paying more at tention to design and color , The result : id lore We now have plenty of room and good i light , and have on show the complete new lines , which you are invited to see. We quote the following to show pro gress in prices : Per Yurd. New Moquette carpets $1.15 New Axminster carpets $1.25 New Gobelin carpets SI.40 m y m UI Ti-ini ill ] ] BASE ill BURNER. inoro lie.it and Tiinir less fuel than iiny oilier htovo. Wo liuvo Radiator. nun othiin oOO tosltino- niuls finm Omnium sot , Handsomest soft coal A larfje nssortmont nnd steve made. Holds lowpiicos. Remember twontyfour hours tlmt ousily. THEL icorD St la Iho orii.rnnl ) cli orlnt untlc.nt lutinir b.iss buiucir Handsomest , heavi est , bo-jl fitted mid elcmncbt Oalc mui'o ' Holds 11 ro 21 IIOUM with soft coal , Tel. J 01. 1116 Ring1 Ring Us Us Up. Up. 2407 Cum in Strest. ill Fr RUil PORTLAND , ORCGON , Do.iler hi Oregon Mid tuu luiulj. Dovolujioa fruit oiclnircls a The Best Fruit Land on Earth In tiauls to suit. IlomoUcud * on boltor tuniib tliuu ; ; o\oiiunout lioinusteada l-'or full ptrlietjluiti ddress THE STEARNS FRUIT LAND COMPANY. 1O7 PIRST STREET. PORTLAND , ORIJGON. rx cr nzr THE MERCANTILE CIGAR , BETTER THAN EVER ! Uudo uf il.p tln > i ijualil > uflUvHim lobux > dial eon l u.'Mtiftht. liml ! | In fiti > rf | 'rt lo tli -V i t ix.rtf.iKHra. . UiuiuUcUreil Jo i' . it U/CK iJUHtVil'll'Il.E ClUAIt V'.OTOUViS < .t J6