Show foft THE 12 blag for with hands hands one thumb and four fingers apiece they built the temples 0 egypt ard greece sing for in many lands are things of use and beauty seen that without hands had never been without skilled hands no illy Is more lovely no nor can the swan more graces show than lady s arm commands 0 strength as of a giant s grip 0 firmness meet to steer a ship 0 swart male 1 ands frank hands tree har ds when shall my little ones grow great and clasp such huge ones for their mate who thinks who understands how hands of soldiers and kings and all those by princesses waved were once a baby s hinds ai d craved for jangling tos and shining things T sturges moore in the academy A good conscience after the great prince eugene had defeated the turks in the famous bat tie of zenta he entered vienna only to fand that jealous enemies had con to defeat urn they went to the emperor and accused him of hav lug deliberately ignored all the cm derors orders and when he reached the gates of the city he was met by officers who demanded his sword and informed him that he was under ar rest here Is my sword said he because my emperor demands it it Is still red with the blood of his en ercles I 1 do not wish to have it again if I 1 cannot use it in his service the citizens were furious when they heard of his reception and they sent deputations to him offering to guard him from his enemies with arms the prince refused all these offers I 1 wish no protection said he ex capt the protection of my reputation and my record when the emperor heard this he an bounced that he would listen to no further complaints against the prince and authorized him to do whatever he thought best after that on the field of battle without being responsible tor his actions to anyone the beasaw candle we need nothing but a candle two pins two goblets and two saucers which we promise not to injure heat the pins and press their heads into the middle of the candle opposite each other or if you choose run a hatpin or knitting needle all the way through the idea la to get an aal on which the candle anay balance and seesaw place the ends of the axle on the ruins of the goblets and light the candle at both ends it the candle does not balance when you put it on the glasse one end down or move the pins until it balances exact ly As the candle Is horizontal the wax or tallow or stearlene stear lne will drop off as it melts to catch it you put the saucers under the ends of the candle now the first splash in the saucer must come from one end as it cannot very well come from both therefore that end having lost some of its ma terdal Is lighter than the other the balance Is destroyed and the other end dips down the next instant there Is a larger splash from this low seesaw candle er end and up it goes and so on the seesawing is gentle at first but it increases until it becomes truly terrific so that the candle stands straight and down at the end of each swing and it continues until the candle is entirely used up say for half an hour it Is a funny thing to see and you can make it still more amusing to the little ones by cutting a strip of card board to represent a real seesaw put ting cardboard figures at its ends and attaching it to the axle tar enough behind the candle to avoid danger of fire curious mexican custom it you were a child 0 u ico and your brother or sister tell wibb or any other contagious disease what do you suppose the would do with youa no less foolish thing than to put you and all the oth er children of the family to bed with the one having the disease the idea Is that they may all catch the disease at once and be treated for it in its earliest stage not to mention that the cost for medicine is less than if the children were affected at different times A scent party here is the way to give a scent party blindfold each guest in turn one at a of course and seat him or her in the center of the room all the ether guests may keep the trial in view then bring in a haslet of such articles as are here named A bottle of turpentine a bottle of cam ihor one of peppermint a moth ball a lose a bit of salt codfish a leaf of rosemary an onion etc altogether the odors and perfumes of these articles are familiar to all when scented singly and with the eyes open it as astonishing and laughable too to hear the blunders of the blindfolded one as he endeavors to name the articles that are passed in rap d succession before his nose he will declare turpentine Is camphor peppermint a rose a moth ball will be a geranium and so on till his futile attempts cheate the greatest merri ment to the observers but when the test comes to those who laughed loud est their contusion Is perhaps greater than his as they grope blindly with olfactory nerves to name things they abow so well bul smell so badly aa during such a test one will learn how much the nose depends upon the ees to tell one things spilling salt Is unlucky the original superstition of salt dates froan the overturned 1 salt cellar which ia found lit hie painting called la sainte sener front of the figure of judas iscariot Iscar fot who wears the leather bag in which he carries the 30 pieces ot silver receded tor be braying christ Is the overturned salt cellar but why did the artist da vinci put the spilled salt before ju dasa because the ancients always at cached to salt an idea ot ruin and desolation when they burned dop a town they sprinkled salt over it to show that it was never to be rebuilt da vinci in his picture wished demonstrate that gotten gains jieh er could be profitable the obedient coin take a match box and remove the drawer hold the box in a position and place a small coin upon the mi idle of the top in offer to starting the coin make the coin go inside without touching it give it several light strokes on the side which you wish it to enter As soon as it reaches the edge tip the box lightly raising the end where tre coin Is until it is balanced upon the edse eds e another gentle stroke of bour finger an I 1 it will drop inside playing scout boys and girls may have great sport playing scout the only thing feces sary Is a patch of woods and of the counting out plans may be used to see who will be indians and who will ae scout those who are counted ou t ara indians and the last one left Is the scout when everything Is ready the scout hides his eyes to count while the indians scamper ot through and hide it must be agreed that no one shall go beyond certain limits i the scout may set out on his search with a shout and a rush or he may steal along lessly hoping to sur prise the indians to be caught an indian has only to be seen the scout calls his name and the indian must come in as a prisoner however a irl may do all he can to throw the scout off the trail when all the indiana have been spied the one who was caught first must be scout and he hides his eyes and counts while the others run away again as indians each game starts at the spot where the last indian Is captured A whole half day may be delightfully light fully spent in the woods at this game card trick the turned ca ds Is a trick done with the picture cards of the pack As a rule it can only be worked with the cheaper kinds of cards in these packs owing to defective printing there Is a larger white margin at the top than at the bottom lay the bon ois out in rows with the big margin at the top care must be taken tha they are all laid one way you now say that you will leave the room and that on returning you will tell which cards have been turned in your absence As there Is nothing to indicate the top or bottom of a king queen or jack this will seem impossible A glance at the margins however will show you at once which cards have been turned A curious old custom in many rural parts of england old customs hold full sway recently Becent ly at a fair in a small village one of these ancient customs was repeated the town crier arrayed in a three cornered bat blue coat trousers and gay waistcoat took his place by the market house and bravely shouted the following announcement oyez oyez oyez the fairs begun the glove is up no man can be arrested until the glove Is down now this custom dates back to the time of henry III the glove Is a big gilt model of a glove on top of a tall pole and for days it shields the criminal from jus tice and makes light the hearts of wrongdoers trick W th t 1 t jy i 1 1 1 1 1 can you make one domino support the shows how it may be done A politician are you my boy who happens to read this a leader among your play matesa are you fearless do you take pride in standing well and baa ing a good do the boys truax you would they be ashamed to do a mean trick in your presence then it may he you are ca out tor a poll but mind you I 1 mean a politician 0 the right sort one that cannot be bought nor eold one that tricksters and grafters will fear one who will give his best service freely and will angly to the nation or the state or the town and who thinks more of the in terest of the public than he does ot his own if you hope to be honored and respected and useful here Is a sure way to it dishonesty bluff and graft may win for a time but the square deal wins in the end ow it any boy has decided that he wants to be that hind of a poll or rather that he dares to be one of that kind for it Is going to take real courage here la what he should do head all the history possible it I 1 tully as interesting and ten thousand times more useful than trashy novels find out a great deal about civil gov eminent the whole business of the city state and nation see who the leaders are and make up your mind whether or not they are the right kind of men it chef are tearless and truthful kead the politics in the newspapers attend public meetings see how elections are managed even though you cannot vote get up de bating clubs and strive to win every debate you take part in talk when you have a chaice with any man who Is respectable of course you will wish to get all the education you can both from the public schools and the colleges many men have become politicians whose education was limited but the uneducated politician wll often find himself sadly hampered so labern all you can especially about history civil government ana conditions of people everywhere meantime chose a profession or a business of some hind be a lawyer or a teacher or a new paper man but above all keep a clean record be punctual and prompt in every engagement and always keep your word then when the time comes that a genuine man Is wanted one whom the people can trust you wilt be eagerly sought boston globe A musical glass this pretty experiment should be made with a thin wit glass goblet and it would be all the better the glass should have a high note when you tap it with your fanger nail cut out of stiff writing paper a cross with arms of equal length and laying it on the top ol 01 the glass turn down each end of the four arms so that the cross will not slip off having thus fitted the cross take it off the glass and pour water into the latter until it Is nearly full now wipe the rim carefully so that not a particle of moisture remains on it and replace the cross you can make the glass vibrate and give forth a sound by rubbing your dampened fanger over some part of the exterior that Is why we have As the glass should look called it the musical glass but an even more wonderful experiment may be made with it suppose for instance you rub your dampened finger on the glass just un der one of the arms of the cross the cross will not move but rub it be tween any two of the arms and the cross will begin to turn slowly as magic and will not stop turning until one of the arms reaches a point immediately over the place you are rubbing you can thus move your finger around the glass and make the cross enove as you please mus AI 1 you will enjoy this game blindfold halt of the players seat them in a circle and have a vacant place at the right hand ot each one the remaining players gather in the middle ot the room and remain perfectly still while someone plays a very familiar air on the piano cheri they creep cautiously to the vacant chairs sitting down they begin to sing disguising their voices ag much as possible the blindfolded players must try to recognize their respective neighbors by their voices the minute the pi ano stops the singers cease to sing then the leader of the game calls out all the blind people will now please name their right hand neigh bors all who succeed may play on the other side and new blind players must be chosen in their places A dog imposter mr george R sims tells in the ret aree a story of a dog impostor the animal Is a terrier and one night was found on a doorstep in rother hithe he was taken in fed and div and all the time en a night s lodging he hopped about on three legs he was lame in the morning and had a good breakfast continuing lame till someone opened the front door then he put bis lame toot down and ran off at top speed entirely cured of bis lameness but that evening the dog was observed lying on a doorstep door in another part of when the door was opened he held up one leg and limped in on the other three the occupants of that house had a pet cat and dian didn t want a terrier sa the cripple was gently put into the street again and to the surprise of everybody ha trotted off without showing a symptom 0 lameness |