Show FOR IDLE MOM MOMENTS E N TS some japanese magicians gici are so cle clever v er th that at while hile smoking they are able to to form rin letters and short words with the smoke mohe s that issues from their lips burglars entered a blacksmiths blad shop in alpena mich and removed plunder weighing about two tons among the things stolen were two anvils the young king of spain was recently 1 y reciting a geography lesson to his teacher and described an island as a body of land almost entirely occupied by insurgents A fat muskrat was in the habit of entering the cellar of W C bahr ate at east a at marion N Y and gorging itself with spring vegetables the Karin fanner erlay lay in ambush one night and with a pitchfork closed the career of the plunderer when the japanese are about to launch a ship a pasteboard cage containing several birds is hung over the bow As the ship slides into the water a string opens the cage and the released birds make the air musical with their merry voices ic the highest priced watch made in geneva costs it records fractional parts of a second strikes the hours and quarters and plays three tunes with gems to ornament the case the value can of course be increased to several thousand dollars |