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Show Historical Puzzle. H Two of Itoger Williams' companions In exllo wero lost In a dense forest til Can you find them? CH K sH amazement Wns there over such a remnrkablo re-mnrkablo egg? It had fallen from u height that played havoc with their eggs and their little ones as well, and yet survived Intact! Then one nfter another tramped on It, cawing loudly all tho while. At last, In sheer exhaustion and disgust, dis-gust, they all gavo It up, flew to tho top of their fuvorlto tree, and, still cawing loudly, watched ono of the ping pong players come out from to house and carry off this invincible egg that hnd bafiled tbol. boldest uttacks. Nov Vork Tribune. !, MICROPHONIC" TBICK. nero Is a curious Illusion In accous-tics accous-tics based on tliu couductlbtllty of sound through wood. Tako a long stick nnd nt ono end nlnco n real watch and at tho other a toy watch. If you will sot your ear jgnlnst the latter It will nppear to be s TOY' rl 'ilrtt'"'1' """ solng; you enn distinctly henr tho tick-tack, tick-tack, a fact which will produco the Illusion Il-lusion that it Is a real watch. Tho 3ound of tho ticking has tieen transmitted trans-mitted through the wooduecause of the conductiblllty of wood. In default of a toy watch yo enn simply placo your car nt tho baro end of the stick nnd you can hear tho ticking tick-ing of the watch nt the other end just is If It wero beside your ear. With his experiment you can perforin a llttlo llt-tlo trick; conceal the real watch under wero so well built thnt no holes could Sl bo niudo In them, nnd tho pantry waa itl so well kept that nothing was left ex- t'H posed to marauders. Moreover, there liH wero so mnny pet cnts nnd dogs that '11 a rat had no liberty. As a result tho ilflH rnt got nothing to cnt nnd finally !H starved to death (ill from trying to '.'H llvo in too high "style." ''M Tho other rat found tho hut Just dsH what ho wanted. Thcro wero plenty 'H of holes, tho provisions wero poorly lasfl protected, the barn was near by. The '1 cottago rat, accordingly, lived In plenty ''sH and enjoyed what was really high life "H for a rat. "For," ho said, "a palace '"H has fewer opportunities for n rat than H a hovel, aud they who nsplro should 'H consider what tho advantages for them ' H aro In. tho places which they seek." H )M A WAIISHIP'S MASCOT. , The mnscot of tho battleship Massa- 11 chusctts Is n three-legged dog named .'jl Itoirgcr. Tho dog wiis brought to the 'sH ship nt Culebra. Island, West Indies. jH When tho ship was in New York liar- vsH bor last winter tho dog was allowed to 'H go ashoro with several of tho men, aud ''lil while on the dock wns attacked by , '11 Bum, tho mascot of tho training ship -kH Hartford. iH For a whllo both dogs put up a gntno iH fight, until Itodger slipped nnd caught bis right hind leg between two planks. !H This wns an opportunity for Bum to M get tho better of Itodger, nnd ho rushed 'iH nt him nnd burying his teeth In the 'iH bnck of Bodgcr's neck, tried to shake ''sH him. As a result tho mnscot of the l1! Massachusetts had his leg broken, Zi ' tho boys separated them nnd carried M their pet to tho hospital, whero It was H found necessary to amputate It oH On his return to tho ship Itodger was M unanimously elected ail honorary mem- fH ber of tho crew. fflH |