=SHORTHAND= Writing _thoroughly taught_ =by mail= or personally. =Situations procured= for pupils when competent. Send for circular. =W. G. CHAFFEE=, Oswego, N.Y. =SHORTHAND= Slocum's Stenographic School, Largest in U. S. Circulars. Buffalo, N. Y. FOR 10 CENTS. The _St. Louis Magazine_, edited by Alexander N. de Menil, now in its fifteenth year, is brilliantly illustrated, purely Western in make-up, replete with stories, poems, timely reading and humor. Sample copy and a set of gold-colored picture cards sent for ten cents. Address T. J. GILMORE, 213 North Eighth Street, St. Louis. THE PANSY and _St. Louis Magazine_ sent one year for $1.75. A GREAT OFFER. Recognizing the superior excellence of the _St. Louis Magazine_, we have arranged to furnish it in connection with THE PANSY at the low price of $1.75 a year for both publications, the _Magazine_, under its enlarged and improved condition, being $1.50 a year alone. Those wishing to see a sample copy of the _Magazine_ before subscribing should send 10 cents to _St. Louis Magazine_, 213 North Eighth street, St. Louis, Mo., or send $1.75 _net_ either to THE PANSY or _Magazine_, and receive both for one year. Sample copy and a beautiful set of gold-colored Picture Cards sent for =Ten Cents=. [Illustration] THOUGHTFUL SANTA CLAUS. "I'VE traveled through the sleet and snow, Across the country high and low, To fill the stockings small and great That here in line my coming wait. In creeping baby's tiny hose The india rubber rattle goes; A handsome doll, with staring eyes, Will much the little miss surprise; And what will more delight the boys Than musket, drum or bugle toys? And now, before I climb the flue, I'll bear in mind the mother true, Who works so hard by day and night To keep the clothing clean and white, And in her stocking, long and wide, Some cakes of IVORY SOAP I'll hide." If your grocer does not keep the Ivory Soap, send six two-cent stamps, to pay the postage, to Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, and they will send you _free_ a large cake of IVORY SOAP. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Punctuation errors repaired. Page 74, extraneous word "a" removed from text. Original read (We must _make_ a way to a) Page 78, "word" changed to "world" (bit in the world like old) Page 87, "thoir" changed to "their" (relieve their pent-up) Page 90, word "the" added to text (the mantel and in) Page 94, "quils" changed to "quills" (his quills were always) Page 98, "recieved" changed to "received" (received for wanting to) Page 99, "Christain" changed to "Christian" (she had come to Christian) Page 6, advertisements, "are" changed to "care" (care of an aquarium) Page 8, advertisements, "choolboy" changed to "schoolboy" (of schoolboy life) Page 9, advertisements, "otherhouse" changed to "other house" (handled by no other house)