| Show TV tow headed baby baby like a butter ball half inclined to laughter half in lined to quail D amples n your elbows D in your chin lo 10 ks like god had made you to put dimples in looks 1 ke god had made you roly poly boy vi ath your mouth a pucker eves a dance with joy just to carry dimples ha you a pain dear such twisty faces are a s agn of rain half a laugh halt bryin don t know what to do gulping sobbing sighing tell you baby you stick like that to mother always when in doubt all the years of all your life and you can t lose cut houston port parlor magic to fill with smoke two apparently empty bottles kinse out one bottle with hartshorn and another bottle with spirits of salts next bring the bottles together mouth to mouth both will at once be filled with white vapors the vapors in question are composed of sal ammoniac a solid body generated by the union of two invisible gases to obtain alre from water throw a small quantity of potassium on the surface of a little water in a basin immediately a rose colored flame will be produced any chemist will supply the quantity for several of these ex pen ments for a very small sum to give a party a ghostly appear ance take halt a pint of spirits and having warmed it put a handful of alt with it into a basin then set it on fire and it will have the effect of making every person look hideous this teat must be performed in a room to make a card jump out of the pack take a pack of cards and let any one draw any card that he may choose and afterward put it in the pack but so that you may know where to find it at pleasure then take a piece of wax and put it under the thumb nail of your hand and fasten a hair to our thumb and the other end of the hair to the card then spread the pack of cards upon on the table and say come forth and the card will jump out of the pack magic breath halt fill a glass turn bier with lime water breathe into it frequently at the same time stirring it with a piece of glass the fluid which before was perfectly rent will presently become quite white and if allowed to remain at rest real chalk will be deposited to produce instantaneous light upon ice throw upon ice a small piece of potassium and it will burst into a bright flame to light a lamp with a piece of ice attach a piece of potassium of the size of a small shot to the wick of a lamp have also ready a piece of ice with which when you touch the po the lamp will blaze immedi abely to perform the experiment place the lamp upon the table before the audience question the ladles as to what means they generally employ to light their lamps it they answer in the usual way you may respond that you know a much better plan raise the lamp that they may per ceide that it Is not lighted then take the ice and touch the potassium which will blaze instantaneously ad vise the ladies to try the experiment at home when they wish to light their lamps diamond A pin and coin trick here is a very simple little trick which looks riot at all easy and quite as if the performer must be very skillful indeed take a silver coin a quarter or a half dollar and pick it up by placing the points ot two pins one on either side of the coin s edge you may hold the coin securely in this position it you press firmly with both pins now blow sma aly against the up how to hold the coins per edge of the coin and it will fly around and around revolving with great rapidity between the pins pretty panor game from red or pink tissue paper cut large medium and small rose leaves until you have enough to make an am mense full blown rose that will fit in a large salad bowl arrange these to mal e the flower as perfect as possible to as a of the leaves as there are guests tie green baby ribbon which must hang over the outside of the bowl at the bottom of each leaf thus prepared fasten a slip ot paper on which is written a prophecy of some kind for instance on one write you will have a long happy life on an other you soon go on a journey across water A pretty fancy Is to have a ring fastened to one of them which will fall to the one who receives the slip of paper on which 1 written all things that are good fall to you when these are all arranged each guest tal es one of the tiny ribbons hanging at the side of the bowl and they give a quick pull all together which scatters the leaves in all diorec eions leaving them dangling in the hands of those who hold the ribbon at the other end the mottoes may be comic or senti mental in either case they afford plenty of tun as they must be read aloud feeding captive birds the secret of feeding birds in captivity is to give them as great a va biety cf wholesome food as you can for seed they should hae a mixture 11 canary rape flax or linseed small groats and a little hemp and millet in cod weather more hemp and maw seed and a little lettuce seed occasionally particularly it there la any diarrhoea about for green stuff watercress groundsel chick weed and nearly any sort of tault but it should not be given to them wet once or twice a week for a treat a fixture of hard boiled eggs chopped small and powdered biscuit will be greatly appreciated in feeding them on t make things too easy kemem ber that birds dearly love occupation ol 01 any kind I 1 knew a lad once who ased to chop up the watercress to save the poor dear things the trouble of biting it off but t Is scarcely necessary to say that this Is a great mistake making a cork walk lots and lots of boys and girls arave seen a match box a horse fly a atone fence and even a board walk tut we are pretty sure that very few of you have ever seen a cork walk athi under certain circumstances a cork walking down the board cork can walk and this Is the way to bring about that unusual spectacle get as large a cork as you can find and stick side by side in one end a pair of flat headed nails then get two forks and insert them one in each side near the other end of the cork as shown in the picture now get a strip of wood four or five feet long and about two inches v ide and make an inclined plane of it by piling books or boxes under one end place the cork on this standing I 1 on its nail legs with one fork hang ing down on either side of the strip of wood start the fork swinging from side to side and you will see the cork walk down the board taking ulous stiff legged little steps on its nail legs can you spin the egg shell here la a trick which will surprise the whole family the next time you eat a boiled egg moisten the rim not merely the edge but all the raised part of your plate and place the empty egg shell on the wet surface the shell should be broken oft the a ay around so as form a little cup now it you hold the plate up and tip it slightly the egg will not mere ly slide but spin along the rim and ty continually altering the inclination angle of the plate you can make the shell spin all the way around it I 1 do not mean that it will spin rapidly like a top but that as it goes around the plate it also revolves slowly about its own axis in the same direction now this you know Is just what ibe earth does in traveling around the sun so here you have an easy and pretty lesson in astronomy at the breakfast table it Is not exactly nice to muss with ones food but in this case it may be to make a daub of egg yolk lr the center of the plate with rays streaming out all around to depre ent the sun A cat angler cats can be trained as easily as dogs and form the same habit of fol lowing one about says a writer my big black tom has gone everywhere w th me since his kitten days long tramps in the woods coaching tours picnics no journey proves too hard for him once when we were start ing on a fishing trip I 1 locked him up quite securely as I 1 thought ing of course that he would not en the uncertain motion of the boat or the inevitable wetness of the sur but at the last moment he came bounding down the wharf and serenely established himself on the cushions in the stern evidently prepared to take fisherman s luck bilth the rest of us he showed no sign of fear as long as we were armourd he enjoyed the minnows that tell to his share and since then the collection of rods and tackle Is a agn for him to trot off happily to where the boats are moored he has now become quite an expert encee sport watching the water keen ly tor the ripples that tell of a bite and cocking his shiny black head ex on this side and that as the ine grows taut and the rod curves in ahe struggle his joy knows no bunds lunds when the victim la landed at at and he runs from one end to an other purring and rubbing his back against any projecting hand or foot apparently in an ecstasy of some one frivolously sug that in my black beauty re lived the soul of a complete angler and since then he has been ike to ils numerous friends and acquaint ines A bird tragedy 1 was sitting on the back veranda sewing one bright morning last said a lady living in a second story flat when something flew past me almost within reach startled I 1 glanced up just in time to see a robin alight under he eaves of the house opposite A i jr J long straw in his mouth showed me be was busily at work building a nest As I 1 sat watching his mate hopped in sight from under the hidden root and seemed most interested in the building process to which in the mean time the builder had added biag of wool ard straw much pleased v ath his progress my little friend hopped upon a branch of a maple tree close by and poured forth a short strain S a small boy strolled along and espying the bird stepped into the road and gathered a few peb bles advancing stealthily he crept closer to the little songster and in breathless anxiety I 1 watched him fling the stone 0 happy chance A breath of air at that moment lifted the branch and the stone went wide ox its mark the little nest builder startled by the missile flew off into the distance but after sailing in mid air tor a moment or two he re turned and lit upon a neighboring roof again the boy took aim and again I 1 awaited in breathless suspense but this time the aim proved too truel there was a fluttering of little wings and all was still alasi thought I 1 for the snug little half built nest under the eaves which was never to be completed and alas I 1 for the mother bird that would wait hi vain for her mate a return an autograph calendar the home made calendar Is just now one of the holiday gifts which 13 in course of manufacture and ceri i there la no gift which Is war ranted to keep new all the year in the same way that the hand inscribed calendar Is to make this calendar it Is first essential that no tor 1904 Is leap year slips of pa be cut of a uniform size thre inches wide by four inches long Is a fair measurement and then after having an inked line drawn across one inch from the top edge they aro ready to inscribe A line in red ink Is suggested the space above tha line Is reserved tor the date and may be added last just before the slips are mounted into a block and cement ed at both sides so that the owner may not anticipate the contents of the various leaves the leaves are now sent about to the various friends of the one for whom the calendar Is intended and each la invited to inscribe a leaf with an appropriate sentiment either nal or quoted but in the person e own handwriting As may be seen here are dally surprises all during he year for the recipient one of these autograph calendars la now in process of construction tor a young fellow at college and it Is being made by the young girls of his social set at home on some of the slips he will find a tiny photograph of the sender on another a sketch of some significant subject on an other an allusion to event in the past a reminder of an occasion 0 o cause him amusement there la ne opportunity here tor the display of originality and by the time each girl has done her best the calendar is sure to be filled this same calendar idea works up beautifully tor a birthday gift when it may begin with the birthday no matter when it cornea and extend through the following year to the next birthday it it Is preferred the slips ot paper instead of being mounted on a block and cemented may be per borated with two round bolea at tha lop and then mounted on the wooden back with wire hooks the same that aids favor on many desks enabling the owner to examine all at any time A tripod on a tea table some time when tea Is late and the family is all about the table waiting the tripod complete ou may surprise all by a very clever and at the same time simple and easy trick take a napkin ring and through it pass three forks with the points up ward and rest their handles en the table spread the tops ot the forks apart and inside them place a plate or any round dish which will alt with u the space they afford this will surely lock the whole thing and a heavy dish may be placed upon the plate without fear of its being broken boys should learn to laugh to run to swim to be neat to make a fire to be punctual to do an errand to cut kind lings to sing if they can to help their moth ers to hang up their bats to respect their teachers to hold their beads erect to sew on their own buttons to wipe their boots on the mat to pleasantly to older persons to put every garment in its proper place to remove their hats uran entering a louse l ouse to at end strictly to their own business to be as kind and helpful to their sisters as to other boys slaters philadelphia inquirer found ancient document while mr randall of the marble place in amherst N II 11 was removing paper from the walls he found a por alon of a newspaper and on it waa a notice of a sale of land signed by da vid balge county collector it was dated aug 1 1773 and was printed in the old fashioned lettering of the day |
