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Show What Counts. Did yon tncklo that troublo that came your way "Willi a rcnolnto licnrt nnil chforfid. Or Hide your fnco from tlio llffht ot Jy With a craven soul and fearfui7 Oh, a trouble la a ton, or a trouble U an ounce. Or n trouble la wlmt you mak It; And It Isn't tho fact thut you're hurt that counts, Out only how did you take It? Tou are beaten to tarthT Well, well, wlmt'g that7 Come up with a nrnlllnK face. It'n nothliiK nnnlnst you to fall down flat, nut to I In there that's dliCTnco. The harder you're thrown, why, the hlh-tr hlh-tr you Dounce; Be proud of your blackened eyel It Isn't the fnct that you're licked that cnunta; It's how did you fight and whyT And though you bo done to the death, whiit thenT If you hnttled tho best you could. If you played your part In the world of men, Why. The Crltlo will call it Bood. Death coined with a crawl, or cornea with n pounce; And whether Iio'b alow or spry. It Isn't the fact that you're dead that counts. But only how did you die? Cdmund Vnnce Cooke. A Surprise In Marbles. This Ingenious llttlo trick may bo dono with a number of marbles of tho samo size. Placo soveral books upon a tnblo so that they form tho anglo with it shown in tho drawing. I-ny a dozen marblc3 In lino In tho anglo, each touching tho other, and nsk somo ono to bold a hat at tho edgo of tho tablo whero tho row of books terminates. Now toll tho onlookers that you aro nblo to detach any numbor of tho raarblos they may namo from tho lot and drop thorn in tho hat without touching n single mnrblo of tho group. After they havo puzzled over tho question ques-tion for a second, of courso somo ono will glvo you a number. Sny tho given number Is four. Extract Ex-tract from your pocket four marbles, tho samo slzo as tho others. Lay them In lino at about six Inches from tho group of twclvo. Then suddenly roll Marbles Ready for the Trials, thorn along tho anglo until thoy strike tho Drst group. Tho spectators will bo astonished to sco four marbles fly off tho ond of tho largo group and drop into tho hat. Thoy will probably test this trick several times by calling out different numbers, but for ovory numbor called uso tho samo numbor of oxtra marbles mar-bles to roll with, and tho trick will succeed every time. Tho samo result can bo obtained by using billiard halls or anv spherical objects all of tho same r.lzc. What the Moon 8 aw. "In tho inn parlor of a llttlo provincial provin-cial town," said tho moon, "sat a man who was traveling about with a bear. Ho was eating his supper. Tho bear was tied up outsldo against tho palings. pal-ings. Poor Drulnl ho would do no ono any harm although ho looked grim enough. Up In tho garret threo children chil-dren wcro playing together by tho light of my rays: tho eldest might bo six years old, tho youngest not raoro than two. "Stump, stump"; somebody was coming upstairs; who could It bo? Tho door flow open; It was Bruin groat shaggy Ilruin. Ho had got tlrod of waiting outsldo In tho court, and had found his way to tho stairs. I saw It all," said tho moon. "Tho children woro very much frightened nt tho shaggy beast; each of thorn crept Into n corner, but ho found them nil out and smelt them; but ho did not hurt them. 'This must bo a groat dog,' they said and began to stroko him. When ho laid himself down on tho ground, tho youngest boy climbed on his back, hid his head, with Its golden curls, in tho beast's shaggy fur, and played nt hlde-and-seok. Presently tho oldest boy took his drum nnd began to bent upon It until it rattled again. Thon tho bear roso up on his hind legs and began to dan.ee. Oh, It was most charming to see! "After that each boy took his gun, nnd gavo tho bear ono nlso which ho hold qulto properly; this was indeed n splondld playfellow tboy had found. Then tlioy began to march, 'One, two. One two.' Suddonly someono camo to tho door. It was tho mother of tho children. You should havo scon hor as sho stood In dumb terror, with a faco as whlto uj chalk, her mouth halt open, nnd her oyes fixed In a horrified hor-rified stnro. "Tho joungest boy nodded to her Joyfully, nnd said, 'Sco wo nro playing play-ing at soldur8.' Thon tho boar's mas-tor mas-tor camo .unnlng up." Hans Andersen Ander-sen Level Made In a Bottle. A level Is nil instrument usod in lovollng things; or, rather, in actor-1 actor-1 mining whether thoy aro level or not. A carpenter's lovel is a straight wooden ruler, to which is nttnehod a short and slightly curved glass tubo, with Its convox, or bulging, sldo up. this tubo is nearly Oiled with alcohol, , . Water Level at Work, and henco tho instrument Is commonly common-ly called a spirit lovol. Tho part of tho tubo which is not occupied by tho nlcohol is filled by n largo bubblo of air, which, of courso, rises to tho highest part of tho curved tubo. When tho ruler is lovol, or horizontal, hori-zontal, tho mlddlo of tho tubo is in its highest part, and thero tho bubblo stands; but when tho ruler is inclined inclin-ed tho bubblo moves toward its higher high-er end. Thero aro other kinds of lovols. Dut tho wnter lovol that wa are going to roako is much simpler. Thrust a long pin through a flat cork, attach a short thread to tho head of the pin, and, with tho aid of n stick, fasten tho other end of tho thread with wax to tho bottom of a wldo-mouthed bottle, on tho inside. Pour in water until tho thread Is stretched tight by tho floating cork. Closo tho mouth of tho bottlo with a well fitting cork, and through this thrust n long hatpin and push it down until its point nearly touches tho point of tho pin below. Now sot tho bottlo on a Burfaco which you know to bo exactly level, nnd, If necessary, adjust tho cork In tho neck so that ono pin point is exactly ex-actly over tho other. Then fasten tho cork securely In this position with scaling wax. Now, if tho bottlo Is placed on a table, ono point will stand over tho other if tho tablo is lovol, but not if it Is Inclined. Hy raising It on ono sldo or another until ono point is over tbo other you can mako it level and bo suro that it Is lovel In all directions. direc-tions. You can test any other surfaco In tho samo way. Green Sailor Boy. A waterspout is ono of the first things a green sailor boy wants to see. Ho has read about it as ono ot tho wonders of tho son, and It rouses his kecnost curiosity. Ho gets the old sailors to promiso to call him when ono is sighted. They promise, winking stealthily nt each other, Tho ship gots down into tropica waters, and tho hoy is told that a waterspout may bo coming along aV most any tlmo. Ono night ho is awakened suddenly. sudden-ly. An old sailor shakes him: "Como onl Hurry up, young follor; there's a waterspout on tho starboard bow bearing right down on us." Tho boy hastens up tho compan-lonway compan-lonway without waiting to dress, and as ho darts out on deck bo is thrown down by a mass of wator descending on him llko a wot mountain. He struggles to his foot, gasping, sputtering: sput-tering: "W-a-s tha-t-t a wa-a-a-tor spontT" Tho sailors aro around him, roar lng. Then ho looks up above the companlonwny and sees an empty hogshend. Having scon and felt thi waterspout ho descends to his bunk, wipes himself dry, nnd turns in. Next tlmo waterspouts in great number! may bo reported on both bows, but ho will havo no particular desire to obsorvo them. Chinese Sports. Wo always think ot tho Chinese as having and doing things in a sort of upsldo down fashion. Perhaps this is becauso thoy nro on tho other sldo oi tho world. In tho matter of tholr play oven thoy aro different from ourselves. For lnstnnco, their most popular gamo Is a sort of battledore nnd shuttlecock, but not played with bats and bnlls as wo play It. Instead, the shuttlecock Is a plcco of copper monoy and tho feet, bands, head, back or any parts of tho body that is handy for tho moment is used In placo ot battledore. Tho plcco of monoy (called (call-ed a "cash") Is covered with a piece of cloth, to which Is attached o bunch of feathers. Thon tho first player cither kicks or tosses tho shuttlecock shut-tlecock Into tho air. Tho other players play-ers stand around In group and as tho shuttlecock comes down all mako a rush for It to knock it up again. It is then that tho different ways of driving tho shuttlecock are brought out. Maybo ono boy will catch it on the top of his head and send it up into tbo air. Another may catch It on his elbow. Another will stand on his hands, throw his feet into tho air and kick the shuttlecock that way. Home-Made Motor. This motor goes very woll if you havo tho mngnot strong enough. You can either uso wet or dry batteries. Tho whcol C can bo olthor qulto heavy or light. Tho driving rod P is to bo of two pieces bo that tho wheel will turn easily. You can uso No. 24 or 30 wlro for tho magncL Tho rod that tho armaturo is on Is to bo of brass, tho -lC?-- i& ! Tpaft, " . A-M H MltTM lV r C-CfclVt Wltt. ' MOTOR -utm , nwiVf t'AIUUNt slzo to bo determined by tbo marmot. You can cither make a whcol ot get it anywhero at hardwaro store. ODD 8PELLINQ PUZZLE. - a - " Placing tho Separate Figures. With a ruler draw seven parallel straight lines, nt equal distances apart, on a lorgo stiff card. Tho easiest way to do this Is to lay tho uppor edgo of tho ruler along tho first line, draw tho second lino along tho lowor edgo, movo tho ruler until Its uppor edgo Is on this second line, draw tho third lino along tho lower edge, and so on. In tho samo way draw sovon other lines, tho samo dlstanco apart, at right angles to tho first soven. You havo now drawn a squaro divided di-vided Into llttlo squares which nro mar. .ed out by tho five lines in the ill'tf tratlon. -ut out tho largo squaro, mark the heavy lines shown In tho plcturo and Baked Candy. Boys, cheer up! Hero Is a candy rcclpo that is no relation whatever to fudgo. One cup of chopped nuta (always uso peanuts, for whero Is ths boy who doesn't llko peanuts?) The white of ono egg beaten very stiff and one cup of brown sugar. Mix well aud put in a buttered pan and bake until light brown, or about twenty minutes. Be very careful not to lot it bum on the bottom. cut along every ono of thorn, taking caro not to cut too far. You will find that you havo divided tbo largo square Into eight queorly shaped pieces. Four of theso papers aro Just allko and look exactly llko capital I.s until you turn them over, when thoy look moro like Js. Tho other four plecos nro also exactly alike and look homothlns llko Zs In ono position nnd Ns In nnother. And when tho plects nro mixed up end somo of them nro turned over It In a very pretty puzzlo to put thorn tPKOther again to mako tho big squaro Tho card should havo no prlntlnf or other marks on It and both sldei should bo exactly allko, so that It Will bo Impossible to bco whether a piece has been turned over or not. t |