| Show we learn by doing we lean by doing little folks no matter what the work may be just try with all your and find how one by one byoir giants flee don t say I 1 can t before you try but try and see what you can do fo if oure helped bi others why lis others do the i ork not you see happy bird 1 yo der tree how soft and warm he bu ids hia nest he as s no he p f om vou or me but tries to do his e best and it 1 kc birl e 1 atle ones your very best ou try to do you 11 find how easy 11 become the ta k t it seem hard to ou alice luther agton in kindergarten aws nuts and cards in parlor mas here is a clever li tie trick which will entertain all lour friends and as astonish them to it res so little preparation that it can be arranged in bait an hour and the fun it ft ill bring ou will repay ou a thousand times for yo ir trouble get to ir eng ish walnuts and t them neatly in talf through the little raised nm that goes around their centers then take out the meat select four face cards from a pack of cards four birgs and write the name of each on a sepa ate slip of paper fold the papers in a small corn pass and put each inside a walnut shell and g ue the shells neatly to gether As soon as the glue dries a little the cuts will be to all appear ances exactly as before now for the trick we will suppose that a halt dozen of your boy and girl friends are present awaiting the sur prise you have promised teem you give four of them the nuts being careful to remember which one has the the card from the nutshell shell with the king of spades and which the king of clubs etc now take the face cards from the pack and spread them fanlike face up in your band let each of the remaining mem bers of the gathering select a card and of course one of them will take a king suppose the king of diamonds Is selected you take that card back replace it in the pack shuffle them well and then announce that the king of diamonds has disappeared but ca be found in the nut which another member of the party holds give that one a hammer and allow or her to break the shell As the paper la unfolded bearing the name king of diamonds the deception is discovered but every one will wonder how the slip got there till they examine the other cuts magic with string some remarkable effects are obtain able from the use of a piece of strong string about two yards long t one end of the string make a loop big enough to EO easily over a person s head and at the other a tiny loop big enough to hold an ordinary pen cil ask some one to boier his ears with his flat hands now pass the large loop of string over his head and draw it tight across the backs of his hands keep the string taut and gently turn the pencil in the sn all loop round and round the person with the loop about his head will hear a noise like the firing of a battery 0 guns then gently flick the s ring with one hand when he will hear the boom of a heavy gun still holding the pencil in one hand fold a piece of paper over the string with the other and pass it gently back ward and forward along the string the listener hears a magnificent representation resen tation of the mashing of the waves on the seashore now take a spoon or anything hard and w th it scrape the tightened string spas medically the effect produced is thit of heavy thunder study faces of cats and dogs how many of our little men and women would recognize a picture of the face of their cat or doga most of us know our pets by the color of their coats by the shape of their bodies or by some lecul ar marking of their fur yet a writer for the magazine our dumb friend sas that close ration would rebeil as striking differ ances in the facial expression of ani mcl as there aio i 11 i nai face 31 once onnel a cit t 1 l epst fur to ached 1 ere an I 1 tefie biti sl ell v aich was of 14 angel cat a P 1 en t aloi e to sweetness of dispo hit on b it also to facial espre slon A S mple feat ai ingool feat that alvas gipps considerable amusement is tl leading a leedio on a f ir q lart measure says a writer in the amer can BO the leisure must be perfectly smooth without handles or rim the contestant seats 1 iselt iloh the side of th and raises the heel of one foot ti the t p of th tl r and in that position attempts to p it thread through tl e of an rl nar needie c ions as 1 e 1 beeps one nan I 1 upon the floor he is all right but j it let him litt that hand even with the end ot the thread twisted smooth and stiff and the eye of the needle made read ti receive it and he is almost sure to topple over without succeed ing it looks simple eno agh to the spec 1 ut the proof la in to ing it him i self I 1 have seen more sore and even bumped heads than threaded though now and then some ell balanced fellow will accomplish the feat suppose you try it the wolfs revenge according to an indian legend in the be diming the dog was put on the mo madin and the beside the alre hen the v inter came the dog could not encore the cold so he came down to the settlement and drove the wolf from he alre the V olf ran to the mountains where it suited him so well that 2 e prospered and increased until after awhile he ventured down again aad k alej ome animals in the settle the people got together and followed and k lied him b it his broth ers came from the mounta ns and took ich revenge that ever s nee the people have been afraid of the wolf miss sel nas horse when miss selina coddington once bought a little horse she said to all her friends my dears it isn t fair of course that I 1 should always sit and drive while he does all the work I 1 wouldn t have him think for worlds bis mistress meant to shirk so every other day I 1 ve planned of course he s very light that he should sit up in the cart I 1 think its only right while I 1 shall be between the shafts of course I 1 m very strong and tor an hour or so just pull my little horse along I 1 m sure that he could easily be taught to hold the reins I 1 think it very likely be laughed at for my pains but still if he enjoys the change I 1 don t intend to care I 1 wouldn t have him think for worlds his mistress was unfair evelyn glover in home chat A mag glass of water it you were asked to put a glass of water in such a position that it could not be lifted without spilling all the water would vou go about if perhaps you think it cannot be done use a wine glass for the experiment fill it to the blim with water and on it lay a card that is perfectly flat any p bece of thin cardboard will do that has levei been even slightly bent tor you must have t touch the rim of the glass all around place our hand on the card and quickly turn the glass upside down lou may remove your hand from the rad and the water will not run out because the outer air beefs the card in ts place covering the rim of the glass place the glass thus inverted on a perfectly smooth wooden table and slowly and carefully pull out the card the contact of the rim of the glass with the smooth surface of the table vi ill keep the water rom inning out even when you have removed the card and now vou have the glass tn the position called for for it certainly cannot be lifted without spilling all the water a little butter or lard on i he rini of the glass mould insure the success of the experiment A brave lad although ivan brooka of orient long island Is still a lad he has done as brave a deed as any heroic man could do the other morning several boys with 13 cearold ivan in the company slung the skates over shoulders and started out for a merry time on the ice although the harbor was fioren over the ice was not considered thick enough for safety the boy how ever gave it a trial near the shore and finding it firm they ventured further out little walter rackett 11 years old was so engrossed in the good time he was having that he got beyond the other boys suddenly the ice gave way under him and walter sank into the cold water As he came up he caught at the edge of the ice near him but it broke off in his hands by sl outing he attracted the attention of the other boys ho were afraid to go out to him and stood calling for help young brooks however kept a cool head and starting for the place where the poor boy was struggling soon pulled him out on the firm lea railway in polar circle the northernmost railway in the world Is a solidly built well equipped road in scandinavia the furthest sta tion of which Is a hundred and thirty 1 es above the polar circle it Is called the arctic railway and runs from the swedish town of lulea near the head of the gulf of bochnia to the newly built port of victoria ha ven on the fiord in norway this fiord is very deep and free from ice the whole year round this makes the pos tion of victoria haven very am as the large supplies of iron mined in the vicinity of this railroad can be shipped by steamer throughout the year the road was to tunnel sev eral mountains and at the point where the arctic circle Is crossed a station has been built so that tourists may be a lowed ta stop and note how imper Is the difference between tha frigid and temperate zones at certain wise dog A collie was in the of etching from his masters room slippers cap keys or anything he was sent for one day sent on the usual errand he did not reappear ills master followed and found that the door of the bed room bad blown to and the dog was a prisoner some das later he was again told to fetch something and as the wind was dign his master after a few minutes delay followed him he found him in the act of fixing the door firmly back alth the door mat which he had bollei up for the purpose and having taken this tulon the pru dent animal proceeded to look for the suppers the dancing snake cut a perfect circle out of a corn mon playing card with the help of a pair of scissors fig 1 shows how a strip of even width Is cut in a spiral way toward the center of the circle the other end forms the head of the snake and should be drawn with a encil giving it eyes ditc itc cut piece of cigar box wood to form the stand for the snake about 4 by 4 inches and stick a knitting leedio through its center perpendicular to the stand see s hang up the paper snake by its tall and place ohp toy near a stove or heater the heat will set the snake in motion and the hotter the heater the quicker the snake will turn A few conundrums spell enemy in three letters foe what trade has the suna tanner why la a spider a good correspond ent because he drops a line at every post |
