Show 6 p 0 TJID The Little Heart A llttlo Ucurt hid a thought of aplto peep JnltH Innocent white away And It Vlitiier iii whrn It knelt 10 pray Nobody knows for Its hid Horn sight But the little Heart lay wIde awnko And tho disuse mmlui to It and said Oh dear little heart the thought Is red Llko n danger sign tor setya Bake The little Heart hrnrd but heeded not And It nursed tho thought and Kept It warm Sate from the tempest of Inward storm And thoufiht In tho morn twill bo for got Dut the blue iky wept the sun was Bad And the roars hung their dainty heads Dropping tears on tho violet beds And the little Heart was tar from glad So tho ugly thought was thrown away And the lovely one came In Its place Then smiles a rose In each flower face The nun came out and tho Heart was pr Youths Companion ID ANY of you boys and girls over see a crocodile t That enormous roptllo which Is bigger than any animal known except ho elephant the rhinoceros nnd tho bfppopotamus It sometimes Is thirty or forty feet long and has A huge Jan that can take In at ono gulp a horse or n man This horrid reptile used to be considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians Sometimes the crocodile was tamed ornamented with cold rings and precious stones lOt In Ho ears and bracelets on its foot It WM then cot up for the warship war-ship of the people who would feed it with cake and baited meats and wines It loeml strange does It not that anyone any-one could worship such a frightful looking Rod T Probably it was because be-cause the natives of Africa held it In such terror that they wished to appease it Thero Kerned to be ono thing that did not dread tho crocodile and that was a little bird of which Herodotus and other ancient writers tell us It would hop In the oocodllon huge Jaw when It was lying on tho shoro asleep and reed with its bill on the debris within the terrlblo teeth Hcrodatua called this bird a trochllus and many persons have tried to discover what bird it really was Some think it was a wagtail or sandpiper while others believe It to be a kind of plover or Ute alc sac or crocodile bird Modern students have found however that y hero really arc certain birds which have this habit of going safely into the crocodiles Jaws A Small Dlrd That kingfishers possess a remarkable remark-able instinct to avoid those fish proving prov-ing harmful to them is exemplified by tho following incident A correspondent correspond-ent Informs us that being Infested with these birds he sot traps for them In two of his ponds ono containing minnows min-nows and tho other perch A capture was effected dally where the minnows woro placed but on no occasion was a kingfisher caught near the perch pond The latter fish arc injurious to birds HomeMade Weather Vane An ordinary clothes post or a stout strip ot board nailed up against the fence or a shed so that it sticks well up into tho air Is a good place to fix up a weather vane It it is made to represent a grotesque figure you will enjoy making it and also enjoy watching watch-Ing its antics when it begins to swing and to point the way from which the wind blows First whittle out an arrow and fas ton It to tho post pointing duo north Tho arrow Is to remain fixed Now in tho top of the post Insert t a stout wire exactly perpendicular I and so firm that it will not bend nor come out Tho cutting out of tho figure Is the chief thing Select a piece of pine board that Is from a quartor to three eights of an Inch thick and that will not readily split Draw tho outline of tho figure you ilntond 1 to cut and saw away the edges cutting closely to the lines wherever you can Then finish the figure with a sharp pocket Itnlfe If only a small vane Is desired it may be cut from a good strong shin f gloOn On the wlro slip two or three small round pieces of leather for washers These will keep tho vane free from tho arrow Three or four small wire staples like twopointed wlro tacks will fasten the figure to tho wire Finally paint tho weather vano in bright colors colors How Purple Was Discovered Way back in the time of King Solomon Solo-mon purple was the color Cf monarchs royal purplo it was called then as its It-s now The Roman emperor forbade the wearing of this color by any under Itho rank of prince The discovery of purple was achieved fey a very humble boy a f fisherman named Alonio Ills master also a fisherman left him In tho boat tell ling bl i4J watch tho nets While I Alonzo did this he also did something else his master one day discovered Ho marked pieces of linen with letters and designs A ring which ho had found ono day upon the shore served as a stamp for these designs but what attracted tho attention of AlonzoB master was that they were made in a color not then known tho color purple The master Inquired how this color had been obtained Alonro could not explain any better than by showlrj how it wan done He dropped tho ring Into the slimy matter of a fill ell fish Tho mantle of this creature had been torn in some way and tho slimy matter wan oozing from it Thin nmdo marks on tho linen which when dried by the sun turned into purple This color was adopted by the king of tho country whero Alonzo lived as the color of royalty end has thus remained to this day All Fully Stated Best State for Arabs Ala Dost State for hoesPenn Dost State for miners Oro Boat State for flood Ark Best State for doctorMd Best State for a toperIt IDeal I-Deal State for dopKy yl Dost State for a trajmp Wush I Beit State for a poor nhot Miss Dost State for an artist Colorado Beat State for wealthy sinners Mass Best State for those who cannot pay 0Worst Worst State for hulthIll Worst State for all Texas Two States oftencst together Wls KyWorth Worth more than nine States put together to-gether Tcnn Fun With a Comb Every boy and girl using a comb to smooth out tangled locks on a cold morning has heard and wondered at the electricity that crackles as the comb passes through tho hair This property of the comb can bo used In an Interesting little experiment Cutout Cut-out a lot of little paper figures On tho next cold day when your hair begins be-gins to snap and stand on end In its effort to follow tho ootnbr hold the comb over tho figures Tho little puppets pup-pets Immediately appear to bo en dowed with life They commence to Jump and dance or stick to each other and tho comb as If fastened with glue Often a little figure will stand on Its head another fixing Itself by ono hand hold its tiny form upright in a comical fashion sometimes they will form themselves into long strings and go through all manner of seemingly Intelligent movementsExchange |