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Show I - B Making a Sundial. H If you over should loso your watch B you can mako n Biindlal out of a wator M tumbler. Tnko a plain tumbler and B closo its top with a round slat of wood H Into the center of which stick a lam- B ing needle. On the outside of tho BBbBbBbBbBbBbBBi rvL fr-sti -. vS - ?v Ss b I bbbI i h.? v-J bbB Wsfir bbh illiiitii bbbbbb m -glass pasto a narrow strip of paper m which hsia been soaked in oil. Thim l place tho glass on a slanting picco of H -wood and the sundial is ready. At 5 M In tho morning placo tho glass bo that B the ncedlo throws a shadow on oao B ond of tho strip of paper, and mark fl tho siot with a lino and No. 5. After HH each hour mark tho shadow of tho H noedlo, and at 7 in the ovening you B -will have a rellablo sundial. B The Ants' Suspension Bridge. M Mon .build bridges of strong wlro P ropes, monkeys, mako them by cling- B ing to one another's, tail. There aro, B how.over, other creatures who mako B suspension bridgos tho duvio ant of P Africa. It is half an inch long, with a P big head. A largo ant takes hold of B tho branch ot a trco with his forologs; B lio clings, letting his own body hang; P then another ant climbs down tho first m one, to whoso hind legs ho clings, lot- H ting his own body hang; so tho llttlo H fellows keep on until a long chain B' hangs from tho trco. Then thoy swing P until tho ono at tho loose end catches B liold of tho tree they wish to reach, PH and the bridge is .complete As soon L.- as tho main lod:f of tho army h.ais ilBFr mop tfi MaMtn-""lrna tho flrst pr ..-. - -'tea (ictirEoot thoj branch and climbs BJV- ip his comrades to tho second troo. B Tho other makers of tho living Buspon- BJ slon bridgo follow tholr leader's ox- H amplo, and thoy tnko their place at tho H roar of tho marching column. pB , Two Weil-Known Proverbs. f (i5KR Tje S&"Uq I JgfcyrSSj B4 BBJ -j- j v J pfl What well-known proverbs dotheso Bl rebusos mako? BBM . PB To Guess Four Cards. PPJ To guoss the cards which four por- PPJ sons havo fixed thoughts upon: You Pfl tako four cards, request him to bo- PPJ lect one of them in thought, and lay PPJ them nsldo. Then tako out four othor PPJ cards, let a second person chooso ono PB of thorn, placo these four cards upon PPj the tablo bosldo tho first four, but a fl little apart. Proceed in tho samo way PH with tho third and fourth person. PH, You now take tho first person's four PPJ cards, and lay them separately, sldo PPJ by side. Upon thoso four cards you PPJ place tho four cards of tho socond per- PPJ eon In the samo order, and so with tho PB four cards of tho third and fourth por-PPJ por-PPJ PB You now show each ptlo to the four BH persons, ono after tho othor, asking each in which pilo he finds tho card . ho has thought of. Bp. As soon as you know this, you dis- BB v cover tho cards thought of in tho fol- BpH lowing ordor; Tho card thought of by PPJ tho first porson is, ot courso, tho first PPJ in tho pilo in which he says it Is con- BpV tnlncd; tho socond porson's card Is the Hp. second of tho pilo, so also the third PB and fourth porson's card is tho third PB and fourth of tho pilo. PPPjP Squirrel's Revenge. PP"r A llttlo Connecticut boy had grown PP very skillful in throwing sling shots, PP He was so truo of aim that ho waB PB sometimes tempted to uso hln power PB unworthily, Ono day ho discoTered a M small squirrel porched on tho limb ot S a tree, and without stopping to realize PBH tho consequences of his act ho lot fly F his stone. It wont straight to tho H mark, and tho poor llttlo croaturo ro- T"'" ' colvod his deathblow. With an heroic H effort he twitehed himself Into a posl- H tlon right over his thoughtless mur- dorcr and letting go his dying grasp BvsYsyJ upon tho limb, fell upon the hand that had taken his life. Burying his teeth in tho palm ho bit clean through to tho back and then dropped lifeless to tho ground. Poor llttlo outraged spirit. Ho had nover givon ono moment of pain to any living mortal, nnd yet his llfo waB cru-oily cru-oily takon from him without rhymo or reason. Is it strange that ho showed by the only means in his power his sonso of wronged innocence? Reasons of Somo Animal Habits. "Animal habits aro easy to understand," under-stand," said a farmer, "if you stop to think about thom." "Why, for instanco, do sheep run to' tho highest point whonevor danger threatens? Simply becauso thoy originally lived in tho mountains and fled to tho peaks to oscaps tholr enemies. ene-mies. "Hogs grunt when feeding becauso their forefathers fed in dark woods and grunted to each othor in order to keep In touch. And so it Is with all animals tholr habits como from re-moto re-moto ancostors." Harmless Infernal Machine. Tho name "infernal machine" is commonly given to a box containing dynamlto or gunpowder with eithor a "tlmo fuse," or clockwork to oxplodo It at a cortaln tlmo, or with apparatus which will sot it oft when tho box is opened. Our Infernal machine is harmless, provided that no papers or curtains or othor lnflammablo things aro near at hand to catch flro whon it is oxploded, and that you look out for your faces All Ready for the Explosion, and your clothes. It is made of flvo llttlo sticks of wood; toothpicks will do if thoy aro very long, slender, tough nnd elastic, but you can cut slivers of wood that will suit the pur-poso pur-poso tetter. Lay two of tho sticks, crossed in tho mlddlo to form an X, on tho bottom bot-tom of an inverted wlno glass, lay a third stick on thom like an I, running straight through tho mlddlo of tho X, and hold these throo sticks In position with ono hand while with tho othor you weave tho other two sticks about their' ondE. Tho middle points of tho last two sticks are to bo put ovor tho onds of tho I or. middle stick, and their ends are to be put undor tho ends of the sticks that form tho X. It will tako somo bending to do this, so tho sticks must bo flcxlblo enough to bend a llttlo without breaking, but thoy must also be strong and springy onough to hold firmly together when WmWm When the Explosion Takes Place, thoy aro bent, to make tho explosion offcctlvo. f Now mako a little human flguro of cork, wax oVpiUty with sticks for hsgs, and arms. Set hlmastrido of thpmld. die stick, near omPedTandapply a lighted match tofro nearest corner of tho infernal machine. In a second one of tho sticks Is burned through and tho machine flics apart, sending tho llttlo liguro flying, too, and scattering its limbs if thoy havo boon loosely attached. An Intelligent Cat. Prof. It. L. Garner tolls an interesting interest-ing cat story: A certain cat was Bhut up in a room whero thero was a speaking-tube which ho had frequently seen used in calling people. Desiring to ge), out of tho room nnd having no means of oponing tho door, ho climbed upon a chair near tho tubo, erected himself upon his hind logs, steadied himself by placing his paws upon tho back of tho chair, placed his mouth to the tubo and began whining and mowing into It. In this attltudo he was found by his youn& jmlBtresjyrho osVio intotne ing to call sonlf iiU to his aid. Mother Goose's Grave. Was thero ever a real Mother Goose? That is a question often asked by.boys and girls. Yes, there was, and she lived in Boston. Bos-ton. Her gravo Is still to bo seen in tho old "Granary" graveyard closo to tho old Park Street Church, which Is noxt to tho famous Common. Only a tiny headstone marks it, and on it aro graven these words: "Hore lies Mary Goose, wifo of Isaac Goose. Died 1C90, aged 40." Answer to Last Week's Puzzles. Well bogun Is half done. What can't bo curod must be endured. en-dured. ' . A SIMPLE SUCTION PUMP. I SHB&I pBBff jp 111) Select a thick pioc of bamboo about eight inches long nnd wlthfully, making ma-king it ns Bmooth as possible. Boro a small holo about two inches from ono ond to hold a smallor ploco of bamboo which Is to form tho spout. A hallow pioco of bamboo (c) somewhat thinner than tho pump barrel is in-Bortod in-Bortod into tho lower ond of tho pump barrol, tho top of tho barrel (c) is closed with a ploco of mbbcr that Is fastoned with a small tack and can bo moved up and down. Tho pumping rod is mado of a thin stick of wood and anothor short piece of baml)oo d). Tho short pleco of bamboo (d) is closed on ono end by a piece of rubber similar to tho lower part of tho pump mentioned boforo. This pleco of bamboo bam-boo is fastoned to tho stick of wood with tho help of cord and putty and must fit tightly into tho pump barrol. Tho pump barrel will work satisfactorily satisfac-torily if a small quantity of wator la poured into tho upper barrel to got it started. |