| Show A memory system forget each kindness that you do As soon as you have done it forget the praise that falls to you the moment you have won it forget the slander that you hear before you can repeat it forget each slight each spite each sneer wherever you may meet it remember every kindness done to you er its measure remember praise by others won and pass it on with pleasure remember every promise made and keep it to the letter remember those who lend you aid and be a grateful debtor remember all the happiness that comes your way in living forget each worry and distress be hopeful and forgiving remember good remember truth remember heaven s above you and you will find through age and yeuin true joys and hearts to love you priscilla llla leonard in youth s compan ion game for sunday A good sunday game may be ar ranged by making up questions from the bible and offering a prize tor the largest number of correct answers here are some questions 1 who was reigning in judah when joseph returned from egypt with the child jesusa 2 who were the first called of the disciples 3 whose birthday was celebrated by dancing 4 with whom did jesus spend his last sabbath who was the only person accord ing to the sacred scriptures who rals ed a voice in behalf of jesus during the trial 6 who rose from the dead without the interposition of the prophets jesus or the apostles 7 where were the disciples first called christians 8 of whom was it said she hath done what she could 9 9 what are the first recorded words of jesus 10 who paid the hotel bill of a man wha had been robbed 11 to what king did christ refer when he said go ye and ell that fox 12 who asked jesus art ahou only a stranger in jerusalem T 13 who testified of jesus that he was both his successor and 14 by whom are we told to search the scriptures T 15 what Is the test the answers are 1 archelaus 2 john and andrew 3 herod s 4 si mon the leper 5 wife of pilate 6 the saints that slept aroe 7 at antioch when paul visited it 8 the woman who poured the ointment on the savior s head 9 how is it that you sought me 10 good samaritan 11 king herod 12 cleopes 13 john the baptist 14 our savior 15 if you have love to an other A new kind of trap over the top of an earthenware jar fasten a pie e of writing paper tight ly binding it with a string or elastic band in the center of the paper cut a cross as shown in the illustration set the jar in the closet and suspend by a string a piece of toasted cheese over the center of the jar it there are any mice in the closet the bait will attract them but just as soon as the first mouse reaches the center of the paper he will drop into the jar and the paper will fly back in place again ready tor the next comer A trap ar ranged in the same manner can be used for the capture of field and bar the trap waiting for more vest mice which make odd and amus ing pets A barrel covered with stiff brown paper can be used for common rats but they ill gnaw out unless the bar rel be partly filled with water A goose party A simple amusement was employed the other day to amuse a company of little folks A black sheet with a hole cut in it large enough for a person s arm to pass through was fastened be tween two portieres forming a screen to conceal the person ing the affair this person placed on her arm a stocking shaped piece of white canton flannel on the small end of which the head of a goose was fashioned eyes w ere formed of black beads and the mouth or bill was lined with red flannel one finger the first one and the thumb operated this and when the arm was stuck through the black curtain a most life like goose was displayed A little introductory speech was made telling the children that a wonderful bird had been captured and would upon being fed corn give them a souvenir of the party corn was then distria buted and shouts of delight followed as each child approached the wonderful bird the bird sometimes held the fingers in his bill and pecked at them in a anost natural way when the corn had been properly bestowed the bird withdrew behind the curtain to reappear with his gift to the child home made roses artificial flowers or ribbon and chit ton are in great demand nowadays and the girl of slender purse has discovered how to make chiffon roses at home for the petals she takes ti f 2 w A squares of chiffon and after folding gathers in the three raw edges draw ing them up quite tight and stitching them to keep them as they should be forms one petal and several of these together form a rose the squares of chiffon may be of various sizes graduating from quite small in the middle to several inches square for the larger petals the calyx and stem of an artificial flower may be added to make the reality complete or in making a trailing bunch tor a dress but when a solid surface of roses Is wanted as in the case of the new spring toques or as a binding round the hem or neck of a frock the stem and calyx are not necessary and the flower is fastened directly upon a canvas or net foundation of some sort exchange cut out the small pieces in this pic ture and paste together in the proper order when done you will have a tunny picture A word to the boys here is a hint tor our boy readers they are all interested just now in the japs they all know what splendid soldiers the japs make and what won drous endurance they have shown on the march and in battle the japan ese minister in london says that the sale of tobacco is prohibited in his country in the case of any person un der the age of twenty years the pen alty being a fine of 5 and that parent who allows a minor to smoke Is also subject to a fin tobacco was put here for a good purpose seemingly there are many men who use it to their comfort and without inbur but the boy who smokes cigarettes or who uses tobacco in any form while he Is grow ing will be the worse for it and it he uses it to excess he will seriously am pair his health it he does not weaken his constitution the boy who ft ashes to be a strong and healthy man will do well to learn a lesson from the japs alabama age herald libeling the lion in shakespeare s time it was bellev ed that just as some men could not bear the sight of a cat so a serpent would not remain beneath the shadow of an ash tree and that the squeaking of a little pig would scare an elephant or the crowing of a cock a lion it is perhaps true that in spite of its vast bulk the elephant is denous but it would be interesting to learn why the cry of chanticleer should be the lion s terror as the poet du bartas sang yet reginald scot in his dis covery of witchcraft says that though a man would hardly believe that a cock s crowing should abash a puissant lion nevertheless the ex peri ence hereof hath satisfied the whole world james I 1 however be ing the english solomon took the libel on the lion so much to heart that he tested the courage of the king of animals and found it was quite proof against the crowing of a cock so that s all right ever faithful in 1898 henry collinson was drowned whilst bathing at scarbor ough his clothes were watched by his irish terrier which scarcely lowed them to be removed on the day of his funeral the dog followed the hearse to the cemetery and stood by the grave throughout the service dur ing the next five years the faithful creature visited the regular ly until on the morning of oct 28 1903 it was found on its masters grave dying the depth of its grief and love for its old friend and owner was as beautiful as it was sincere it we may trust the poets such devotion is not unknown on the part of the dog but it must do humankind good to read mark learn and inwardly digest the lesson taught by this noble terrier at scarborough it throws a fresh light upon the thoughts of the collie and newfoundland of burns poem which rejoiced they were not men but dogs proverbs in japan A game popular with both grown people and children in japan Is played as follows one hundred well known proverbs are selected each divided into two parts each part printed on a separate card the host has the hundred first halves which he reads aloud one by one the hundred second halves are dealt to the other players who place their hands upon the 01 thick mat of rich straw on which they sit As the first halt of any proverb is read the holder of the second halt throws it out or if he sees it un noticed among his neighbors seizes it and gives him one of his own the who is first out wins it f a very simple game but it affords a great deal ot amusement to the play ers for the quick sighted and keen witted are constantly seizing the cards of their duller and slower neighbors this leads to much laughter and good natured teasing A cat of the snows in the high land of tibet and in the cold and snowy steppes between gnp country north of himalaya and south of siberia there Is a beautiful cat with silvery fur and a glorious bushy tail that is marked with many coal black rings exquisite shadings 0 chocolate and yellow are drawn it fine lines over her here and there making her probably the prettiest ot the small cat animals in general appearance and size she is like our pussies but she is a savage little thing and so tar the only apeci mens that have been brought into eu rope or america have been dead ones for no hunter has been able to take any alive the cat is called the manul cat and now that something is known about the tibetan country it is probable that the pretty creatures will be come residents of the big zoological gardens before long and they may turn out not to be so hard to tame after all gen sir lan hamilton says that the evening before nek was taken in the boer war a pretty oung dutch lady came to him cry ing and begging him to rescue her calf from some soldiers who were about to convert it into veal she spoke fair english with a trace how ever of foreign accent and after saving the animal s life for the time being sir lan inquired of her where she had learned english then she told him that ever since the jameson raid it had not been thought the cor thing to speak english at oil s nek but that she and her girl friends had kept up their knowl edge of it because they simply could not exist without their english nov els TALKING the principal ingredients of the great tall ing pud billed dillo are easy to assemble first there Is the skeleton shown in fig 1 this consists of any medium sized small boy with a backbone in the shape of a wide board strapped or tied securely to his back then pile on and stuff around it small pillows adding and rags to help fill out the body which Is now incased in a sheet wrapped and pinned about the boy and the board as in fig 2 now make a large ball of rags with two flat pieces of wood fastened upon it for a bill paint eyes on either side A ile ia a ai A i with black ink or colors pin the head firmly on the bod then make the ebbed feet from an old pair of leath er driving gloves if you cannot pro cure them stout brown wrapping pa per can be used instead it you ve carried out these directions carefully and look or have made your friend look like fig 2 the great duck billed Is now a real ity and Is ready to perform in any manner from a dance to a lecture on his prehistoric ancestors of which he is the only up to date specimen in ex istance whatever he does Is sure to be a delight nd loy to his admiring audience i f 4 |
