Show an sailing away balling sailing abay ayay aw ay with the wind abeam and tl e wide wide sea before sailing away in a loers lo 10 er s dream to the port of the golden shore idle hands on the rudder bands hope in the sunrise fair and the hearts as light as the sea bird w wl I 1 ite ablo afloat at in the morning air love in the dawn of 0 that tar far off time did you guess of the weary way dearest when life seemed a summer rha chime me could we tell where we went astray 1 silent tears through the coming years darkness for you and me and doubt and dread of the wilds ahead fell chill as we sailed a sea sailing ashore with a waning wind on the glass of a dreaming tide leaving the dark of the deep behind for the 1 gl gi t of the other side loosen hands from the rudder bands ah ali to the margin foam comes breath of land 0 er the golden sand 01 sweet is our welcome home william woodward in chambers jour nal A model explosion do you know how gen kutsky was blown into the air during the siege of insert two matches into the small aa 0 r rn P sides of a matchbox as shown in illustration and place a third one hor izon tally between the two upright matches plant a match in the mid die dle to represent the river and place it on the horizontal match as shown light the horizontal match between the rider and one end and you will see immediately how gen kutsky was blown into the air day for the veterans out of the trials of the civil war sprang the grand army of the lie ife its purpose was to keep alive in the breasts of the rising generations the knowledge of what patriotism is each year the members must meet together in order that their tion shall remain intact one day in each year years s gather ng must be given over to the little meetings of old corn com rades that he deeds of forty years ago shall not bp forgotten but shall be told and retold and indelibly stamped on the memories not only of the veterans themselves but of the veterans children and the children of the veteran vateran 9 children incombustible wood alum and glue in equal parts are dissolved in water strongly saturated with salt both solutions are mixed together dip splinters of wood into the fluid until every part is saturated let them dry and repeat the process wood prepared in such a way will not burn to make the trick more inter esting and to avoid the suspicion that the splinters are prepared mix them among other unprepared splinters aft er ar marking them in a certain way after burning a few splinters pick out one of the prepared ones and de lare that by your magic influence the splinter you hold in your hand will become incombustible hand it 4 over to the audience and it is easily understood that nobody will be able to set it afire cl C gifts A correspondent writes your readers will doubtless appreciate hear ing about the fancy articles we see and make while on our summer vaca tion they are designed for christ mas presents for prizes when the boarders have planned some special entertainment or for the church fair held each year in the little district school by the townspeople I 1 do not knit or crochet but my work may interest you the outer bark of the mountain birch Is very beautiful and am always looking tor for rare pieces with a few yards of half inch sati satir r ribbon some silk finished cotton to batca ar I 1 1 some large empty candy boxes tor for pasteboard I 1 con brive articles that sold before they re reached ached the fair my picture frame were 79 inches with ovals cut as per factly as possible fasten rasten a dainty knot of dried everlasting flowers tied with satin ribbon in one corner cut a piece of pasteboard size of youl your frame catch the bark to it lightly at 4 the comers corners then with a long of doubled silk finished cotton overhand the edges evenly taking care not to split the bark which should be a moderately thin piece if too thick it v ill c ci rl when dry I 1 cut a silt slit in the left side of the pasteboard for the insertion of a pic pie ture and silk slits rear pear the top to secure the ribbon with which it Is suspended the rich vivid green I 1 used this year was most effective with the pearly hued bark A watch stand was a little more ausy to make but so pretty when done cut two pieces of pasteboard inches and four pieces of bark same size place a piece of bark on either side of a pasteboard piece and overhand neatly together with doubled silk finished cotton taking stitches half an inch deep from the edge and nearly a half inch apart I 1 when both pieces of pasteboard are covered lay hel he together and hinge securely with silk finished cotton in two places at the top covering each fastening with a pretty bow near the base at left side attach a stay of ribbon 3 inch a long to keep the stand from spreading too far A tiny bow finishes this stay at the back of the stand the front Is decorated enough wibb the tiny brass hook screwed firmly in the center 1 inches from t a faff ani pm r the top and a design of partridge vines with kneir red berries and some del acate fern leaves painted in oils olla ar ranged as though held in ln place by the hook A little knot of the might be substituted for the paintings have made many of these watch stands and notice that they are always used bonbon baskets were just as pretty as they could be used red in making these cutting the birch bark as illustrated sew the corners from bottom to top and down again using same needle holes making stitches form an X Y tie the doubled bilk silk finished cot on in a bowknot at the bottom cut handle strip of bark 1 inch wide 9 inches long place ends inside of basket sides and tie securely with ribbon having bows outside arsh ass at center of handle on top fasten an artistic bunch of with a generous bow of ribbon the dandy fifth at washington the fifth new york heavy artillery veteran volunteers was one of the big gest regiments in the war it if it wasn gasn t the biggest over 5 men were re fruited for the three battalions corn this regiment during the three years and five months of ice the regiment took part in twenty two battles in whole or in part from 1861 to 1865 two battalions of the i regiment served as bodyguard to pres ident lincoln and his cabinet officers on november 19 1863 at the conse oration cration of the congress at gettysburg dedicated by congress to the falla heroes of that memorable battle our sense of touch the sense of touch Is dullest on the back the strongest arguments are those which contain the most truth coached n the gentlest terms when a man marries a grass widow t present him with a lawn mower if you would retain his friendship H |