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Show X Z&ftkQ? )?Z1 - B ""a"- M ' " " " "ill s The Little Heart. A little Heart hid a thought of spite ?eVi.,n i1? lnocent white nwa; ..A'."r,,t whispered when It knelt to pray. "Nobody knows, for It's hid from sight?' nUAtnih?i"ttI.'? IIcart l?y wldo awake And tho sllenco spoko to It and said fed!1, "Ul "Cart' thol?Bht K Like a d'angor sign for safety's sake." Tho llttlo Heart heard, but heeded not: And It nurncd tho thought nnd kept It warm, Safo from tho tempest of Inward Htorm And thought. "In the morn 'twill bo for- BUAtt.h?t.bIuo sky wept: the sun was sad; And tho roses hung their dainty heads A,rtVip..lrYF..?ea,r? on th0 vlolot beds: And the llttlo Heart was far from glad. SAth..lBlV thought wns thrown away. And tho lovely ono rarao In Its place Then smiles a roso In each Ilowor faco Tho sun came out, and tho Heart was Bay. Youth's Companion. i ID ANY of you boys Lifc"'x nnt' B'rls cvor BC0 n tjg crocodile? That BBSH j enormous roptllo KSflBB which is bigger than ffSByy any animal known ") -r except tho elophant, tho rhinoceros nnd tho hippopotamus. It sometimes is thirty or forty foot long, and has a nugo jaw that can tako In at ono gulp a horse or a man. This horrid reptile used to bo considered sacred by tho ancient Egyptians. Sometimes the crocodllo was tamed, ornamented with gold rings and precious stones sot In its ears and bracelets on its feet. It was then set up for tho worship wor-ship of tho people, who would feed It with cako and baked meats nnd wines. It scorns strange, does It not, that any ono could worship such a frightful looking god? Probably it was because be-cause tho nntlves of Africa held It In such terror that they wished to appcaso it. Thoro seomed to bo ono thing that did not dread tho crocodllo, nnd that was a llttlo bird of which Herodatus and othor ancient writers tell us. It wouiu nop in tho cocodlle's hugo Jaw when It was lying on tho shoro asleep and feed with its bill on tho debris within tho torrlblo tooth. Herodatus called this bird a trochllus, and many persons havo tried to discover what bird It really was. Somo think it was a wngtnll or sandpiper, whllo others bcllevo It teU'" - '-- - ,i , n siduu, or crocodllo bird. Modern students havo found, however, that thoro really nro certain birds which nave this habit of going safely into tho crocodile's Jaws. Home-Made Weather Vane. An ordinnry clothes post or a stout strip of board nailed up against the fonco or a shed so that it sticks well up into tho nir Is a good plnco to fix up a weather vane. If it is mado to roprcsent a grotesquo flguro you will onjoy making it, and also enjoy watch-ing watch-ing Its nntlcs when It begins to swing, and to point tho way from which tho wind blows. First, whittle out an arrow and fasten fas-ten it to tho post, pointing duo north. Tho arrow Is to remain fixed. Now in tho top of tho post insert a stout wire, exactly perpendicular, and so firm that It will not bend nor cono out. Tho cutting out of tho flguro Is the chief thing. Select a piece of plno board that Is from a quarter to threo eights of nn Inch thick, and thnt will not readily split. Draw tho outline of tho flguro you Intend to cut, and saw awny tho edges, cutting closely to tho Hues wherever you can. Then finish tho flguro with a sharp pocket kniro. If only a small vano Is desired It may bo cut from a good, strong shingle. shin-gle. On tho wlro slip two or threo smnll round plocos of leather for wnshors. Theso will keop tho vano freo from tho arrow. Threo or four small wlro staples like . two-pointed wlro tacks will fasten the flguro to tho wire. Plnnlly paint tho woathor vano In bright colors. How Purple Was Discovered. Way back in tho tlmo of King Solomon Solo-mon purplo was tho color of raonarchs royal purplo It was called thon, as It is now. Tho Roman omporors forhado tho woarlng of this color by any undor tho rank of prlnco. Tho dlijcovory of purplo was achieved by av very .humble Uoy, a fisherman named Alonzo. Ills raastor, also a I iQ VKfH' fllw Hr la fisherman, left him In tho boat, tell-ng tell-ng him to watch tho nets. Whllo Alonzo did this ho also did something olso his master ono day discovered. Ho marked pieces of linen with letters and designs. A ring' which ho had found ono day upon tho Bhoro served as a Btamp for theso designs, but what attracted tho attention of Alonzo's master was that they wore mado In a color not then known tho color purplo. Tho master Inquired how this color had been obtained. Alonzo could not explain any better than by showing how it wns done. Ho dropped tho ring Into tho slimy matter of a shell fish. Tho mantlo of this creaturo had been torn In somo way and tho slimy matter was oozing from It. This mado marks on tho linen which, when dried by tho sun, turned into purplo. This color was adopted by tho king of tho country where Alonzo lived ns tho color of royalty, nnd has thus remained to this day. All Fully Stated. Best Stato for Arabs Ala. Best Stato for hogs Penu. Best Stato for miners Ore. Best State for flood Ark. Best Stato for doctor Md. Best Stato for a toper R. I. Best Stato for dogs Ky. (yi). Best Stato for a tramp Wash. Bost State for a poor shot Miss. Best Stato for an artist Colorado. Best Stato for wealthy sinners Mass. Best Stato for thoso who cannot pay O. Worst Stato for health 111. Worst Stato for all Texas. Two States oftenest together Wis. Ky. Worth more than nlno States put together to-gether Tcnn. THE LITTLE KELLAR A Trick With Checkers. Try this experiment with checkers, and see tho nstonishmont of your friends: A number of tho round wooden wood-en men used In playing checkers aro plied In a column. If tho lowest ono In tho pllo Is dexterously hit with a paper knlfo or other suitable article It mny bo knocked away from under tho rest without disturbing tho pllo. This is explained in this way. Tho ono piece struck Is carried away be-foro be-foro it can Impart any considerable part of tho energy It receives to tho pieces above It. They Live In Tubes. There Is a curious group of worms Inhabiting tho seashores, which attach at-tach to themselves along tho length of tho body, bits of shell, sand nnd mlntito pebbles, thus formlnr a sheath, a tubular houso Into which they may retreat. From this funny ihImnoy Hko a mineral rag-carpet-ho worm expands Its brenthlng orgnis nt tho top whero a beautiful wavier bush of flesh-colored or scarlot teitacles or gills aro seen moving sofjy in tho clear water. Tho worm Is tvo to four Inches long, of a pnlo-red.tlnt, nnd with markings on tho bncWllko laco-work. laco-work. The striking torobiia of tho North Atlantic coast Is common among nnd under rocks, an on muddy mud-dy shores, and nothing wl surprise tho strolling naturalist morcjthan this gay and ornumontal wont In Its quaint self mado homo. St. Nicholas. The story of tho PloUr. One morning early In 18C an old plonoor emerged from his Itc cabin. Boforo him stretched tho Utlantic ocoan and bohlnd him tho hui office buildings of Now York and Philadelphia Phila-delphia shono In tho last rnyiof tho westeriug sun. Suddonly frta tho waves there apponrod threo bfound heads. Long tusks protruderiffom tho Jaws. ' "Walrus!" exclaimed ho, "ntau.ro as Nnpoleon was licked at WatoV,0!rt as tho brutes galloped up tho Wh. toward him. Ho hastened into his cabin, ste(i bis gun and flrod seven shots asw as ho could pullvytbo vtriggor. Wr 1 threo great beasts leaped at him and ono almost managed to selzo him with Us sharp talons, but tho steel-clad steel-clad bullots had been aimed well, nnd Just In tho nick of tlmo tho animal ani-mal fell dead. "A good afternoon's work!" muttered mut-tered tho old trappor. Ho returned to his cabin nnd called up tho American Ameri-can museum on tho telephone. Word camo back that a naphtha launch would bo sent right down to recelvo the valuablo prizes. Tho pioneer immediately im-mediately sot to work on tho carcasses car-casses and by tho tlmo tho electric searchlight of tho boat shono over tho sea ho had tho animals skinned and carried tho pelts aboard. Ho got $300 for them and thus his lucky shot enabled him to live In affluenco for mnny years. There nro exactly twenty mistakes In this story. What aro they? ON WHICH SIDE ARE YOU? Two children looking through colored col-ored glasses, ono said, "Tho world is blue," and tho othor said. "It Is bright." Two boys having a bee, ono got honey, tho other got stung. Tho first called It a honey bee; ho other, a stinging bee. "I'm glad that I live," says ono man. "I'm sorry I must die," says another. Ono says, "Our good Is mixed with evil." Another says, "Our evil is mixed with good." Two boys went to gather" grapes. Ono was happy becauso they found grapes. Tho othor was unhappy becauso be-causo tho grapes had seeds In them. Two men, being convalescent, woro asked how they wore. Ono said, "I am better to-day." Tho other said, "I was worso yesterday." When It rains, one mnn sayB, "This will mako mud." Another, "This will lay tho dust." Two boys examined a bush. Ono observed ob-served that it had a thorn; tho othor, that It had a roso. -EvSrr-raifli'ftrf tfiffl&ha coF to-smooth to-smooth out tangled locks on a cold morning has heard and wondered at' the electricity that crackles as tho comb passes through thq hair. This property of tho comb can bo used In an interesting llttlo experiment Cut out a lot of llttlo paper figures. On the noxt cold day, when your hair begins be-gins to snap and stand on end in its effort to follow tho comb, hold tho comb over tho figures. Tho llttlo pup-pots pup-pots immediately appear to bo en-(lowed en-(lowed with llfo. They commence to Jump and danco, or stick to each other and tho comb as If fnstoned with glue Often a llttlo flguro will stand on Its head; another, fixing Itself by ono hand, hold Its tiny form upright In a comical fashion; sometimes thoy will form themselves into long strings and go through all manner of seemingly Intelligent movements. Exchange A Small Bird. That kingfishers possess a romark-ablo romark-ablo instinct to avoid thoso flsh prov-Jig prov-Jig harmful to them Is exemplified by tho following Incident: A correspond-ent correspond-ent informs us that being Infested with these birds, ho sot traps for them in two of his ponds, ono containing minnows min-nows nnd tho othor perch. A capture was effected daily whero tho minnows woro placed, but on no occasion was a kingfisher caught near tho perch pond Tho latter flah aro injurious to birds' CHESTNUTS' If Mississippi wears Missouri's Now Jersey, what wjll Dolawaro? Alaska. What is tho difference betwoon a child looking up tho stairs and a child walking upstnlrs? Ono stares up stops; tho othor steps upstnlrs. If Aunt Dinah, while serving dinnor, woro to drop tlio turkey, what effect would It have on tho gront powors of tho oarth? The downfall of Turkey; tho overflow of Greeco; tho breaking of China; tho humiliation of Africa. Why can't a porson stnrvo in tho Sahara dosort? On account of tho sand which is (sandwiches) thoro. How camo it thoro? Tho trlbo of Ham was bred and mustered thoro. Why aro tonrs weeping toftrs IJko potatoos? Both spring from oyos. What flies high nnd low, woars boots nnd shoos, but hns no wings or feot?-DusLi . , ,,,, t t. |