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Show Qood Night and Oood Morning. A fair llttlo -girl snt under n tree. Sewing ns long ns her ejes could see: Then smoothed her work nnd folded II right. S And snld, "Denr work, good-night, good-nlghtl" good-nlghtl" Such a nilmber of rooks came over her . head, Crying "Cnw, cnwl" on their wny to bed Bho said, ns sho watched thalr cut lour Might. "Little hlnek things, gmid-nlght, good night!" The horses neighed, nnd tho oxen lowed. 1'ho sheep's 'lllent, bteut!"' enme ovc tho rond, AM seeming to sny. with n quiet delight Oood llttlo girl, good.nlght, good-night!" 3ho did not sny to the sun, "flood-night!" P hough sho saw him them like a bull of light: I-or she knew he hnd Cod's time to kee Ml over the world, and never could sleep. Hie fall pink foxglove bowed his hend; Vho violets rurtsfed nnd went lo bed; And good little Luey tied up her lmlr, And snld, on her Knees, her favorite prnjer. And while on her pillow she softly Iny. 3ho knew nothing more till ngnln It wn day: nd nil things snld to the henutltul sun 'aood-mornlng. good-morning! our woik Is begun." Ird Houghton. WORE CHESTNUTS And what question Ih thnt to which you must positively answer yes? Whnt does y-c-s spell? Why Is an author tho most wonderful wonder-ful man In tho world? BccnuBO his tall (tale) comes out of" his head! When is It n good thing to lose your temper? When It's a bad one. Why Is there no' such thing ns an entire day? Because overy day begins by breaking. Too Realistic. Tho day ot tho Indian bravo Is over, but If ho scalps no longer, ho at least remembers tho way It Is done. At n certain sideshow, two boys, finding themselves alono with an ex-chief, ex-chief, requested him to glvo a war-whoop war-whoop and show them how ho scalped his foes. Tho Indian evaded tho point, and after af-ter n tlmo tho youngsters fell Into a conversation between themselves. Suddenly Sud-denly tho bravo sprang to his foot with a scream that mado tho building ring; at tho samo moment ho seized his knlto, gripped tho hnlr of ono of tho boys nnd rnn tho back of tho blndo round his scalp. Tho youngstors were nearly frightened fright-ened out ot their wits, but tho chief laughed loudly. Ho had dono nothing more than thoy bad asked him to do, but ho had chosen his own tlmo. Magic Circle. Tell your audlcnco that it is in your power to place any person prcsont in '.ho mlddlo of the room and draw a :lrclo round him, out of which, al-'.hough al-'.hough his legs nnd arms aru freo, it nill bo imposslblo for him to cscapo without taking oft his coat. "I shall uso absolutely no torco to lotnln you," you must say, "and I limit not bind you In nny way, but all tho samo you will not bo nblo to get out of tho ring, struggle as you will, without partially undressing!" Your audlonco will bo considerably puzzled, and somo ono Is sure to offer to bo put In tho magic ring. Placo tho porson in thb mlddlo of tho room, blindfold him, button up his cont, nnd then tnko a plcco ot whlto chalk and draw a lino right around his waist outsldo tlm coat. When tho hnndkerchlef has been tnken off ot his oyes ho will soo thnt It Is Imposslblo for him to get out ot tho "ring" without taking oft his coat, nnd tho audlonco will laugh heartily at tho Joko. Scrap Basket Suggestion. To make n scrap basket you need four boards of wood, each about 14 Inches long and 9 Inches wldo. Then get a board' nbout 8 by 8 Inches for tho bottom of tho basket. Nail a plcco with brasshonded thumb tacks, so they will look llko llttlo brass knobs. After this Is dono draw a picture of tho American ling on ono sldo of It, of Russian on tho other, of Japan on tho other, ot England on tho other, nnd color thorn as thoy should bo with either oil or wator colors, or elso put tho flags ot four colleges In colors instead. in-stead. To Train a Canary. Sot tho cago on n tablo near whoro you wish to sit; after a llttlo confor-onco confor-onco with tho bird, Introduco a finger between tho wires, near tho fnvorlto porch, holding it there patiently, yourself your-self occupied with book or papor tho whllo. Prosontly, as It shows no disposition dis-position to harm him, ho cautiously goes up to oxamlno it. Than ho pocks to ascertain Us quality; mnybo ho fights It. That Is well; ho no longor fears it. Pay him with a llttlo bird food; put him away, Next day try hlra again. Ho mny go farther and light on it, or ho may bo sovoral duys gottlng thus familiar. Bo pationt. Onco this step Is attained, vary tho program by Introducing tho finger, ln othor spots. Ho will Boon light on it at any point or anglo. Then try tho door, at first thrusting tho Oncer under -it. Noxt time fasten it open, blockading egress with the rest of tho hand ns ono finger extends within. When ho porches on It, draw him forth a llttlo; next time, tempt htm to tho perch outsldo a little, and so' on. In n short time, you hnvo but to open tho cuge door, uplift n finger, and be is sure to II y to It; and ho may thus be called to any part of tho room to rest on tho familiar perch. Most birds learn this familiarity In a fow days, ye thcro nro thoso Who will bo two or four weeks about. It. Winter Quarters. "In the nutumn," remarked n naturalist, natur-alist, "the birds and bcnBts of the countryside occupy themselves in preparing pre-paring their supplies of winter clothes nnd bedding Just ns human beings would do." "And by their wlntor clothes." ho continued, "I do not mean merely tho extra thick Biilts of fur or fenther, but nil kinds of artificial rugs nnd blankets, blan-kets, which they manufacture themselves. "Take, first, tho wator rats, which aro famous l .ankct makers. They fill their lairs In autumn with sheets of tho gray vcgctablo down that grows on various plants In tho marshes and by tho banks ot rivers nnd brooks. Their beds nro often composed ot tho soft heads of reeds that havo bcon dried and ripened by tho nutumn sun, with rushes nnd vegetable down for bedclothes. "Then there nro tho field mlco, which make their wintry bedaVIth layers of dried grass nnd dead leaves, Thoy arc also fond ot a fow stray feathers and moss, but moat of all thoy prlzo tho whlto fluff of a kind of grass which makes for thcma luxurious luxur-ious mattress. Curiously enough thoy do not caro for sheep's wool or the hnlr ot nny animal warm ns It would bo. "Wcnslcs, on. tho other hand, do-splso do-splso feathers, and nro partial to hay and nlso dried thistles (a prickly sort of bed ono would suppose.) Thoy hunt for wool or hnlr, nnd, when they have collected sufficient, weave It up with tho hay into a very snug bed." A Dancing Pea. To make a pea danco push a pin halt way through It, then tnko tho stem of a claw plpo nnd push tho point ot tho pin down tho plpo stem, put tho pipe stem in your mouth, having broken it oft nt tho bowl, and blow up the Dot-torn Dot-torn very gently. Keop blowing gradually gradu-ally harder, when tho pea will rlso clear of tho plpo nnd stny up ln tho air without any support. Then It will begin to turn nround nnd over as long ns tho currentjf nlr Is contlnuod. You may chnngo the dnnco by shoving tho, pin down tho plpo nu far as its head. In that way tho pea will danco slowly, and sedately around tho edgo of tho plpo stem. A Clairvoyant Game. Thoro nro many BO-callcd "clairvoyant" "clairvoy-ant" games. This is a good ono: Two must know tho gamo and the others must not. Tho person who is to be sont from tho room understands that tho leader will give her tho clow to jH her answer by tho questions sho asks H when tho "clairvoyant" comes back jH Into the room. Somo word is decided lH upon; for example, "vaso," and when IH tho "clairvoyant" comes In the leader jU hixyn: "Slnco you know so much, tell jH im what word you hnvo chosen. Can iH you do this?" "Yes." "Was it a vlr- jH tuo?" "No." "Was It an animal?" H "No." "Wns It n satchel?" "No." jH "Was It an egg?" "No." "Well, what jH wns It then?" "A vase." That is jH right, they nil admit, and to tho un- H Initiated It seoms marvelous, although' H It is really simple. Tho leader, you iH jWlll notice, gavo tho letters for tho jfl word vnsc In tho articles sho men- jH tloncd ln her questions: "(V)lrtuc," "(n)nlmal," "(s)ntchel" and "(o)gg." LWU Pin Money. jH "Pin monoy" Is n common phrase, jH yot fow know its derivation. It was J not until tho end of tho seventeenth century that the modern pin was in- H vontod. After that tlmo the maker H wns nllowcd to sell thorn openly only H on January 1 and 2, so that court la-dies la-dies and fashlonablo dames allko woro obliged to buy a largo store on thoso days. So oxtrcmcly Important was this H yearly purchaso that apparently a spe- H clal sum of money wns obtnlnod from all indulgent husbands for it, and at H a later time, when tho pins became H cheap and common, womankind gradu- H ally camo to spend their allowanco on H other vanities, but tho old name, "pin H money," remained in use. H Tongue Twitter. H Can you stick a stick across a stick, H . Or cross a stick across a stick, H Or stick a cross across a stick, H Or stick a cross, across a cross, H Or cross n cross across a stick, H Or cross a cross across a cross, H Or stick a crossed stick across a H Or stick a crossed stick across a H Or stick a crossed stick across a H crossed stick. H Or cross a crossed stick across a H Or cross a crossed stick across a H stick? H "Baste the Bear." To play tho gamo of "bosto tho H bear," ono of tho plnyors is chosen bear. Ho sits on a stool, with a rope H about four yards long tied around his waist, tho other end bolng hold by tho bear's master. Tho othor'players run around them, flicking at tho bear with their handkorchlofs, tho master trying to catch them without lotting go tho ond of tho ropo or pulling tho boar over. Should ho do so, ho must glvo his placo to tho player ho last touched. Each player captured takes the bear's |
