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Show FUNNY ALPHONSO. Alplionao sits beside me with ft blue inqulr-iua inqulr-iua eye A host of questions silently propounding, And presently a storm begins, and round A "Vliat h tlnf" "What is that!" and then a "When?" nd "Why?" Till how lus tongue can serve the need To get tlirin out ot such a speed Is quite astounding. I ask him for a basket to accommodate rein re-in other words, I beg that ho will hear Ho hftens to each answer with a pair oi loving eyes, , , For something else, I plainly sec, has awakened awak-ened liii surprise, And all his thoughts arc far away, And nothing I can do or say Will keep them near inc. From buil to bud of knowledge liko a butterfly but-terfly he goes, And lingers not around them for a mln utc Dut off again, unsatisfied, to find unothct lose. Aud if you meet Alplionso and will ask him what he knows. He'll turn on you a thoughtless look, 'JLlicn glancing through hia "wisdom book," Find nothing in it. Now those who will ask questions should be patient for replies. And when you find Alplionso, plcaso to mention That wisdom asks for knowledge or it never would be w ise, But waits to hear the answer ere it seeks a new surprise, For all who'd reap the haneat fair That truth is l caring evcrj where Must pay attention. I Chicago ltecord-IIcrald. rAPEirGAs" WORKS. WKvto jet or ' rSSfeB Twist a largo piece of wrapping paper pa-per into n cono and make n smnll hole in tbo side near tho point. Hold it with the mouth obliquely downward and set flro to the rim. A jet ot gas produced by the distillation of the paper will Issue from the small hole and will burn If a lighted match is put to it. HOW SNAKES SPEND WINTER. The snakes aro retiring for the whiter whi-ter now, but they mnke little preparation prepara-tion for their long sleep. They simply crawl into holes in the ground, llssures In rocks, or benenth the roots of trees, and. there remain in n torpid condition until the wnrnith of spring nwnkens them. Sometimes n lot of thorn gather In n hole sonic distance from the surface sur-face of the ground, roll themselves Into ono lnrgo ball, and thus pass the whiter. whi-ter. Such a ball Is sometimes composed com-posed of hundreds of snnkes so closely interwoven as to be quite dltllcult to separate. Woman's Homo Companion. ZZZZ i INGRATITUDE. "Yes, Towser, after I've served this family faithfully for ton years they'vo gone and bought a phonograph." Now York Journal. TO MAKE A PAPER STAIt. The live-pointed star which Is seen upon tho uniforms of military men Is called in geometry tho regular pentagon penta-gon star. Its construction with the aid of tho rulo and compass is long nud complicated, so complicated, In fact, that tho description of tho process would bo useless. But for those who wish to mnke tho stur quickly there is a better way. Tako a slmplo baud of paper in which mnke a knot as Indicated in tho two Ugurcs on tho left of tho design. At (he top Is seen tho commencement of tho knot. Then draw It, holding tho band of paper very Cat and fold It following the lines A E and O D. T1eri is thus obtained In n twinkling the ordinary regular pentagon A B O D E It now it ho foldef so that the ? V Ts. edge O F takes tho direction A E, and then tho pentagon ho . laced before tha window or In front of a light, tho charming star of flvo points will appear ap-pear in the tianspareney, owing to tho differences In the thicknesses of tho paper. FLO ATIXG SPIRAL. A spiral of fine wire will float if It Is well oiled and laid gently on tho surfaco of water. Then if a drop of a strong solution of soap Is applied to the centre the spiral will make several turns in the direction shown by tho arrow that is, lu the direction in wlijch a clock spring turns when rt is bcU'g wound up. When tho motion drofof sonijsudB wU renow it and tho proms may be repeated many times, Alcohol or strong distilled liquor may ; be used instead of soapsuds with slm. I liar results. KOrE DANCER. Cut out of cardboard and color tho ilguic of tho dancer and fasten it by ono foot with scaling wax to tho head ot a largo acedle, the point of which is stuck In a cardboard circle ns closo as possible to the stage. Out of a larger piece of cardboard cut n circular holo of Just twice the diameter of tlie first card. If the small card Is placed within with-in tho hole in tho large one and mndo to roll arouud its edge it will be seen that the needle and tho Hgure movo in straight lino along a diameter of the largo circle nml thnt tho dancer turns completely round once during each complcto trip back nnd forth. If a tlueud Is stretched just behind tho Hgure on a lovel with her toes she will appear to bo dancing to and fro upon it In general the line (called a hypocy-clold) hypocy-clold) which Is described by a point In the elreuinferenco of ono circl roll-Ins roll-Ins Inside of another is n moro or less complicated curve, but It becomes a straight lino when ono clrclo Is Just half the size of the other. Hik CONUNDRUMS. Why do girls like to look at the moon? Becnuse thero is a mnu in It. What table lmsn't n log to stand on? Multiplication tnblo. Why s your eye llko a man being whipped? Ho Is under the lash. What Is the riddle of riddles? Life, because wo all must give it up. tf'uy does a calf wag his tall? Bo-causo Bo-causo he wants to. Why should a girl bo well stamped? If sho Isn't tho mails won't tnko her. Which Is tho most ancient of trees? The elder tree. Why is n dinner on board a steamship steam-ship like Raster day? Because it is a movable feast. Who. trndo would you mention to a short boy tSrow sir (grocer). Why i a piuiicako like the ocean? Because It contains bo many currants. Why i8 u city in Iioluud likely to bo tho largest city In tho world? Bccauso each year it is Dublin (doubling). |