Show hungry time when I 1 was getting better and they i copped me up in bed oh dian didn t I 1 feel hungry but I 1 knew the doctor d said he can t have much to eat yet so I 1 thought 0 things instead I 1 thought of basket picnic and of mince and apple pie of sandwiches and doughnuts and the tarts I 1 used to buy I 1 seemed to taste them almost such a hungry boy was I 1 my moti ei d sit and read to me any sto id pick out I 1 buea ou know already what the stories are about I 1 d 11 ten and imagine and it helped me do without but oh I 1 want to tell you ahat there s athing you can take in thinking or in stories in a dream or when awake that ever tastes so splendid As the first real slice of cake youth s companion parlor magic this amusing trick of second sight may be enacted with great success at any evenings entertainment A blackboard a piece of chalk and sheet of paper are the necessary re the key of the trick quire ments first announce to the company that it any one or number of the persons before you write down any word or number ot words upon the paper that ou without seeing the paper will then write upon the blackboard those very words of course every one will smile in credulously at this remarkable state ment and at once call upon you to prove what you claim you can do when the paper is ready direct it to be hidden while you turn your back and when the paper is invisible then Is the time when ou make ready tor our share of the tun which in the end ill be the lion s share place the blackboard in a position so the audience cannot see the front of it and then assume an attitude of deep concentration as it you were call ing up the invisible writing then say now if some one will kindly read aloud what Is on the paper it will prove that I 1 have written those very words the paper Is read and the time has arrived to turn the board around when the spectators see what is on it the laugh will certainly be on them for you have done exactly what you boasted ou would do written those very words A figure 7 story the figure 7 has always played an important part in history it may be interesting for boys anat girls to read a few of the traditions in which it figures it Is said in ancient history that on the ath day of the ath month there was a holy observance ordered to the children of israel they feasted 7 days and stayed 7 days in their tents the ath year was a year of rest at the end of 7 times 7 ears be gan a year of jubilee every ath year the land lay tallow every 7 years there was a grand release from debt and bondsmen were set free perhaps from thee old laws came the later customs in which the magical 7 plays so important a part A young man was bound out to service for 7 years prisoners were confined for 7 years or 14 or 21 according to their offense iu olden times a child waa not named until it was 7 days old because he was not thought really alive until then the teeth in a prop ariy constructed child are looked for in the ath month and in the ath year they are expected to leave the gums in favor of set number two A man becomes of age at 21 at 47 he is supposed to be in full possession of his physical strength at 75 he Is mentally equipped at his best at 76 if he Is ever to become grave and full of wisdom then is the proper time for him to begin at 77 he Is at the full tide of life and after that accord ing to this terrible rule of 7 he is to go down hill at a 7 times rate of speed wise auie a coal mine in a certain mine in coun ty pennsylvania Is a mule drawing loaded coal cars on a circular track feet beneath the surface of the ground no one has for a long period either driven him or said a word to him in connection with his work which he has been carrying on for many years when he hears the click made by attaching the second to his chain he moves off with the load it three cars are attached ho will not budge neither will he move if one is attached no amount of beating changes this resolution when he whistle blows at 12 clock he immediately goes to the place where his feed la left eats it with gusto then lies down to rest until the 1 clock whistle blows he then gets up and places himself in a position to draw car again when the 6 clock whistle blows no matter where he Is he stops work and no amount of coax ing or beating makes the slightest m pres slon or alteration on his mind the secretary bird the secretary bird Is a south at rican species though it is found far north as abyssinia it builds its huge nest of in low bushes or tangled under tile tt ng the female secretary Is fed by her mate the young mature in strength slowly sel dom leaving the nest till six months old the secretary bird differs from the other members of the hawk tribe in its exceedingly long legs it Is a bird of prey feeding on insects small ani mals and reptiles snakes being its favorite food these reptiles are often of the most venomous kind but of them the secretary feels no fear at tacking them with its great and pow erful wings and beating them to help after which it swallows the victims and headforemost owing to its value as a snake eater the secretary was called in great num bars to martinique to help destroy the poisonous snakes that overrun that island A dog deckhand portsmouth england Is the proud possessor ot a dog jack as the animal Is called Is an intelligent looking fox and hs greatest delight Is to help the men on the pier directly rope Is thrown from a steamer he catches it adroitly in bis mouth and runs with it to men who make the vessel fast jack Is a most untiring worker tor he takes up his position on the land ing stage every morning and nothing will induce him to leave until the day is done the dog was never trained to the work but does it simply because he likes it and because he has seen it done a number of times by the men whose pet he is the blind prophets game the players stand in a row one behind the other the second one in the row lightly places her hand over the leader s eyes and says prophet how much of a prophet art thou at the same moment another player sneaks out of his or her place in the row and touches the prophet s hair or cheek the prophet then inquires who disturb eth mea in reply the disturber must make ome sound she may cough pr grunt or or make any other kind of sound she pleases the prophet must try to identity the sound and say who it Is it successful the prophet Is released and the cap aured one must take the place aa mr a ranger in the game reserve of the transvaal gov eminent was riding homeward on the evening of aug 26 1903 a lion made a sudden spring at him the horse gave a tremendous bound which caused the lion to miss his prey but the sharp movement threw the rider out of the saddle whilst the lion rushed after the horse another lion dashed up seized by the right shoulder and trotted off with him growling the while as a cat does when walking off with a mouse the lion carried its victim with his face upwards and though sut terrible pain he luckily kept his senses after a trot of yards the THUNDER IN A GOBLET did ou ever hear of thunder in a goblett of course it would have to be miniature thunder or it would beatter the goblet and indeed jt is go small an edition of it that the noise ts like the popping of a cork from a bottle but the principle of the thun der is nevertheless there that Is the in rushing of air to fill a vacuum here is a pretty experiment show ing this take two goblets and place them mouth to mauth then put around them where the brims meet a rubber band about an inch in width to prevent the passage of air try now to pull them apart and yon will find that chev stick together ranger recollected that hi knife wae in his sheath in his belt with the utmost difficulty he managed to draw it with his left band and when the lion to a stand at the foot 0 a great tree stabbed twice with his left band in the region 0 the heart the lion dropped him a once and he struck at its throat with all bis force the animal now jumped back a few feet but still growling remembering the effect which the human voice is said to have upon wild animals stood up and vio bently abused the lion at the pitch 0 his voice the creature turned tall then began to moan and by and by fell down dead at once climbed the tree which waa fortunate as the other lion came bounding along with the ranger s dog brave chasins him it charged the dog a few times but presently grew tired of the sport and went away now tied himself to the branches lest he elgh taint and tumble down but his blach boys coming up they removed him to camp and then took him to harberton Dar berton hospital although blood poisoning set in he gradually recovered after several weeks in bed but it was months before he could use ats right arm and shoulder on the morning after the encounter his horse was found not much the worse for the cashes inflicted by the lion s claws amusing tests show lour guests a common stick as big as a walking cane and tell them you can make it hard tor even the i strongest to carry it to the next cor ner some one will be sure to laugh at you challenge him and when he accepts take out your penknife and cut off a very tiny sliver and give it to him to carry to the corner avery body will see at once that it would tire the strongest man to make enough trips to carry the whole stick at that rate and the laugh will be at him lay three pennies in a row on the table and challenge the guests to change the position of the center penny without touching it so that it will be on one end of the row instein of in the middle after they give up pick up the penny at the left end of the row and transfer it to the right end then the penny that was in the middle will be at the left end and yet you will not have touched it hucklebee Huckle jee bread bread is a game our grandparents used to play when they were children the player eat down on a cushion clasped his hands about his knees and at a one two and three rolled over the trick is to sit up again without unclasping the hands them as before and that to pull them apart requires more force than when they were empty the reason la that the water does not expand like air so that tho moment you begin to pull the goblets apart the vacuum Is formed and the pressure of tho out side air makes them adhere more closely because the vacuum Is greater you may think that it Is the rubber band that Is holding the goblets tot gether but still another experiment will show you that the only purpose served by the band Is to make a tight joint so that air cannot pass through t it cut a ting from a sheet of rub j her and put the goblets under water as before into one of them put a goblets ready for the experiment very closely so closely indeed that vou may swing them as a pendulum without their separating but pull with still more force and they will come apart ath the noise that I 1 have mentioned let us make another experiment with them immerse them in water contained in a vessel large enough to hold them both readily and while still under water place them mouth to mouth put the rubber band around them while they are in this condition and havin taken the out of the wat er you a fir i can swing piece of ice and over its 1 place the rubber ring bringing the other goblett against the ring too so that they are mouth to mouth with only the flat rubber ring between them now when the ice begins to melt the contents of that goblet contract forming a vacuum and the pressure of the ie air holds the goblets so closely together that you may handle them out of the water without their separating to have perfect success with these experiments it is only necessary to use care in preparing tor them |