Show if I 1 were you I 1 were you whoever 1 ou are and especially it you are I 1 should hold to the truth and peace or war no he should sully my tongue neither a false nor slanderous word should ever my speech demean I 1 should scorn the slang ot the vulgar herd I 1 should ban the phrase unclean if I 1 were you whatever you be and especially yo ng and strong I 1 d be eyes to the blind who cannot see and the weak I 1 d held along I 1 should give an arm to the aged one no matter the low estate I 1 should solace the weary and cheer the lone and aid the poor at the gate if I 1 were you 0 sweet girl maid or youth in your halcyon morn I 1 shou d try to 1 gabten the poor man s lade and share in the burden borne I 1 should try to win the ear and the trust af ane erring tripped into s n I 1 should seek to soften the hardened crust II 11 the love of god shone in if I 1 were you and especially you with the strong young heart and hand I 1 should help with a kindly word or two those wrecked on the social the who pro under eclipse derelict on 1 fe s tossing sea and you IB eo from tf master s 1 ne ye have done it unto me alter C howden sky H gh orchestra nestra th s every boy or girl who has lost pigeons to the hawks should this little trick the chinese play the raiders of the r pigeon flocks A missionary in ch na writes walking near pel ing one day I 1 a long drawn whistling in the air looking up I 1 saw a flock of pigeons overhead what I 1 exclaimed do chinese pigeons whistle 7 there was a chinaman passing and I 1 asked him about it he took from his dress a set of small bamboos joined with fine wires as in the ac companying sketch and handed them to me it weighed only a few penny weights that Is what makes the whist ling said he we tie these to the backs of carrier pigeons looping the strings around the roots of the wings when the pigeon is flying the wind rushes into the bamboos and makes them whistle this scares away the hawks that the pigeon can bring its message safely sometimes there Is only one bamboo whistle but if there are more they are assorted so as to make a harsh sound when blown all at one time the little bamboo whistles must be made with care in order not to put too heavy a weight on the pigeons but no american boy need be afraid to try to do what a chinaman can do besides keeping off the robber hawks every owner of pigeons can have a sky high orchestra tale of a mirror dear girls and boys did you ever think of the stories treasured in that large mirror of which you have to be so calef P would you ever suspect from its shining appearance that the great glass has grown old by looking and reflecting 7 all kinds of pictures have been set within its frame many of your own some laughing and bright others pouting and sad the peculiar thing about a mirror Is that it always gives you back exactly what you bring to it there would be the boys and girls sliding down the baluster and father hurrying out to save the chandelier there you would all be around the pi ano singing my country of thee and there oh there Is your birthday party oh look at the ahll dren gay clothes and see the pretty decorations can you see farther back there in the corner where mother s great grand mamma looked when she was littlee and her cousin jack in his pink satin clothes bowing before the pretty little lady their games were stately in those days no romping for them little nellie dancing up to examine her new dresses never guesses what sad picture might have been there be fore hers and bow her fresh beauty would brighten it how the old mir must feel like coming from the wall and taking a turn with that round eyed little maid it surely must loe the little folks even better than the grown up people for they do not take it so many cares blowing a penny this seems hard to do but boys abo have done it say it is easy place a penny in the bottom of a wine or mousse glass cover it with dollar and then without touching either coin blow the penny out of the glass while the dollar remains in it to do this blow sharply on the side of the dollar which is next to you your breath will cause it to tilt over as though it were on an axis keep on blowing and a current of air will be produced which will sweep up the penny and hurl it out of the glass try the trick and see what success you have with it how shellfish talk many seamen will tell of curious clicking sounds heard on calm n gats at sea and the origin of the noise seems so altogether unaccountable that it has often created some alarm among superstitious fishermen A distinguished naturalist made a study of the sounds on many occasions and found that it was not a sustained note but made up of a of tiny ones each clear and distinct in itself and rang ng from a high treble to a bass when the ear was appi ed to the g of the boat the sound grew more intense and in some places as the boat moved on it could not be heard at all on other occasions 1 sounds resembled the tolling ol 01 bells the boom ing of guns and the noise of an aeolian harp for a long time he was unable to trace the cause but at length dincov ered that the sounds were made by the shellfish hundreds of them opening their shells and closing them with sharp snaps the noise partly auf fled by the water sounded ably weird he was finally led to the conclusion that as the made the sounds they probably had some meaning and that the clicks might possibly be a warning of danger when the shallow water was disturbed by the boat A spool gun aas ly made here is a g in that can be made in a few minutes get two rubber bands and a good s zed spool from which the the gun and arrow thread has been taken fasten one rubber upon the spool by binding it tightly with the other the arrow is any thin stick that will slide easily through the spool the best arrows are made of dowels which are three feet long and one fourth inch thick these may be purchased at any hard ware store at a cost of one cent each sharpen one end of the arrow and cut a niche in the other to use place the arrow in the spool put the rubber in the niche and pull both rubber and arrow out as far as possible if the spool is held in the left hand and the rubber is strong enough it will shoot the arrow fully fifty feet away A few more conundrums what bird is a peddler liked A hawk why Is a tight boot 1 ke an treed because it produces a corn acorn how do you swallow a doore bolt it why Is a watchman like a mill 9 because he goes his rounds why Is a thump 1 ke a hata be cause it is felt where should a starving man be senta to hungary why is the sun like a man of au iona because it turns night into lay if a farmer raises bushels of wheat in dry weather what would he raise in wet weather 9 an umbrella when Is a door not a doore when it s an egress a when is a note not a note when its duo dew when Is wine an eatable when it is a 1 atle tart why are e and 1 ue happiest 0 because they are in cai i ness while all the rest are in guiga tory where ra n comes from where does all the rain come froma from the clouds you saya yes but that doean doesn t go very far what are think a bit have you ever seen anything close at hand which looks like a clouda of course you have there Is the stream that comes out of the spot of the kettle or out of the funnel of a locomotive yes that is cloud and it Is exactly the same thing that you see up in the baky on a rainy day it may seem a tunny thing to say but a cloud is simply water dust watch the puffs of steam coming out of the engine and you will notice that quite close to the funne you see noth ing at all it Is only a few inches away from the mouth that it begins to look cloudy plant was suffocated A new hampshire man had a very choice tern which he 1 ept in his store and fearing that it would be hurt by frost during an excessive cold snap last winter he placed it in a tight showcase with a small lighted lamp in conff corner of the case when he came to the store in the morning he found his tern ruined not by the frost but by the burning out of all the oxy gen in the air in the case the plant had simply suffocated bottle for a ra n gauge any boy can make a rain gauge and measure the amount of a rainfall for himself the simplest form of gauge con fists of a funnel with a definite area say 12 inches the neck of which alts in a bottle the rain that falls into the funnel runs down into the bottle of course and the quantity is meas ared by means of a graduated glass any boy can measure the rainfall tor himself having provided the fun nel and the bottle the metal aylin der outside Is not essential let him fit them as described and then put the home made gauge them in a level open place away from trees and buildings with the mouth of the funnel about a toot from the ground the bottle should ba fastened in position to avoid being overturned by the wind and should rest perfectly level when the measure Is to be taken the water should be poured into a graduated glass and the number of cubic inches calculated which will give the amount to the area of the top of the tunnel A laugh ng plant there is a laughing plant that rows in arabia it gets its name from the effect upon the people who eat ita seeds the natives in the dis tact where the plant grows dry these seeds and make them into a powder A small dose of these causes the most staid and sober persons to dance and shout and sing and act almost like a madman for an hour after this the victim falls into a deep sleep and when he awakes after several hours he has no recollection of his antics A KITCHEN RANGE TO PUT UP this diagram represents a kitchen range though you would not perhaps suspect it A very little cutting and a little more folding will produce it in perfect condition so that it can be put into a doll s kitchen if you follow the instructions iou will find that there is not enough trouble to be worth mentioning about making it cut arkind outline then fold under and paste to the under part of the top of the range the parts A A A close the front by pasting the flaps to the sides then told so that the flaps paste under the letters on the sides paste the double sides together and paste the flaps D D to the top paste E E under the rim of the range and the work is done |