| Show ea irtle an 4 rural nocturne oh the he rl ket and the frog ros jn in the grams and in th the bog now ITOW their ripply ap ay music soothes thee onal how their potao chorus smooth emo ethe one not how the art rl to salute the night artal ikle juit just the th cricket and the frog roe in tho grass anil alki in the bog N will have no care to turan the things of nature ing sing hut but a holy quiet rests us u ahers mhers awre the th ight binie birds softly wing in and out the looping verdure of 0 the badges 1 an annl I 1 the trew trees ati and the acred sacred theme them in 1 wafted in to lull ui wo on th tho breeze there the kine in audile nd the fowl have cone gone to rrt rest aal 1 sweet nature seems me to nourish ml 11 things living at hr her breast strong full throated thron atel tel comos the music from prom the tra trees and from the bos bog A 11 I 1 the la lea term 1 in the carus are the cricket and the froal ohi ohl the criblet criel tt and the tb frog roe in the grass and in the th bog 1 low their ripply music bootha ootha onal how their chorus smoothed one onea how ilow the th oni arise to salute abut the night garafa bied jut just the th bricket ani the th frair in the gram ani a in the th o 0 bog how to make paper rutt rosei can you make paper roses it la Is quite easi ens and costs scarcely any thing first buy a cents N worth orth of 0 white or pink tissue paper for the rose and tome some green for the sterna stems cut the pa per from froin erd to end in straight lengths of about four inches aide ade that done cut the slits as in he I 1 ig 1 I about one inch apart thin get a hatpin and roll tho the pa 1 I 1 1 ts t I 1 cut paper like this pr per round it from the corner of each silt slit to the center as in fig 2 A ebon a bow how the pin should be on the top of tho the paper aa an it la Is corn com fenced 11 I 1 chos the paper as it la Is being rolled round tho the pin 0 shows the pin still in but the pa per la it rolle I 1 aa as far as it has to be D Is bow it should bo be jut just before the pin Is taken out when all the dif A b 0 fig 2 shorn in how to curl the paper feren ferent petals hale hae been curled roll the piper round a taper tightly aa as in hg tig 3 ahen the paper la Is rolled bourd fix it by a piece of 0 cotton tightly round the whole stem add enough petals to make a good sized rose then cut a narrow strip of green pa per atut stout an inch broad and twist it round pound the stem or taper beginning bp inning from the rose end and I 1 finishing fin ishin 1 at the fig 3 the petals ready to curl around the etem stem other with a twist ot of the paper to keep it from undoing jou ou only nave to bend the stem gently so as to malt make it lees less stiff and tie them up in a bunch when you have made five or six with pretty rib bon that matches you will be able to maki mako them after very little practice with hardly any trouble and they a are re very useful for decorations at christmas tim time e boy YeA jers of persia boys boy from 8 to 12 years old do a of 0 the carpet and rug beav leg ing in persia they are very deft dett having been shown the design and nod col cot oring of the carpet thoy are to work the boys rely on their memories tor for the rest of the task saye says the american doy boy it Is very seldom that you will see on any ol 01 the looms a pattern set before the workers the foreman of a loom N frequently a boy ot of from 12 to 14 he ile alad up and ond down behind the workers calling out in a singsong song manner mariner ohp number of stitches and the th 0 colors color 3 of the threads to be used he lie seems to have the design imprint cd ed in his mind A copy of a famous carpet now nt the south kensington Alu museum seum Is being made tae design and the coloring are but the boys who are vL working on tho the copy am are doing it without the design before them and at the rate of from thirty to thirty fire five stitches sti a minute nothing but handwork is employed in the manufacture of persian carpets and rugs and none but natural or vegetable dyes are auml this accounts for tae the superior quality of the products the et t of the beautiful dark blue dye la in the older days has bea been lost air and water test fill a glab glass with water and without removing it from the tb civill in which you flold it stand it udo down un tin der the waiter water until you are ready to use tl IL now take an empty jk alae and tern turn this directly mouth downward to the ame vessel of water aad no DO matter how hard iou ou press it down ward no water will how flow into it for it la Is not really empty as you at first sup J posed it te Is with air which J takes up room and this must flow out 1 before water nater can criter it now keep ing the flugt glass Is filled with 1 water aster mouth downward raise it near j tho the surface though not riot above the wat er now carefully turn ohp th glass ot of air under the water so that its mouth communicator with the mouth of the water aate filled glae glass since a r Is lighter than thin water the air from the lower veasel will flow up into the water filled 4 glass and the water which was in the y glass will nill flow down into the glass which had bad contained the air if the glass which contained the air had con bained oil which 1 L lighter than water the tamo same experiment could have been performed and the upper glasa glass would have received the oil the doll fisherman herman this Is an odd method of catching fish which is used in some sections of the country it consists of a lumping jumping Ingi jack ack or small 11 jointed man whose limbs are moved by jerking a etring string when a fish li Is caught attached to them thia this little figure Is fastened to a stick which Is ee ae cured in an upright position on a X foot float made of a piece of board through a bole hole in the float is passed tho the string attached to the figure and tied securely to aro tire the hook and line after the hook hou Is to baited batted the float Is placed on the surface of the water and the little man mar standing upright la Is left to wait in patience presently a alb attracted by the bait halt cornea comes nearer the surface seizes tho the hook quickly and dart darts downward pulling the string und and making the little littie figure throw up its aria arms and legs aj though dancing for joy at having baying perfumed perfo med its task so well the ca poring of jack la U the tho ignat signal to his master that a fish has been caught and la Is struggling to tree free itself from the hook this manner of fishing la Is u confined to quiet bodies of water euch AS small lakes or ponds for in rough weather eather poor little jack would be upset tho the illustration shown how to rig tho dan dancing cling fisherman fish trman conundrums when wat was beef the it has ever been when the cew cow jumped over the noon moon how ilow do we know that the 00 cow jumped over the moon uy by the milky way what Is a soldier told lers 0 definition of a kiss A report at headquarters why do some preachers preach era need no to umbrella in going to c burch on a rainy sunday they will be dry when they get into the pulpit what state Is a round at both ends aad nd high in to the middle ohio er like emblems of abri christianity cannity they do to one another as th y would that men should do unto them I 1 tremble at each breath of air and yet can heaviest burdens bear water watto to r why are two girls kissing each oth why Is a mischievous boy like a bottle of patent medicine when taken must be well shaken of what trade are all presidents cabinet makers the swimming fish cut a fish out of stiff A paper make a round bole hole in the center and from there u narrow channel to the tall lay the fish flat on the rater vater without wetting ns the upper side it if you put a drop of oil in the hole the fish will wim without being touched box take a cardboard box large or mail small aa desired cover with flo flowered ered wallpaper inside and out attach cover to box with garter elastic shada had it 1 the flower on paper glue back bat it eda of cover to box me ae as cover will stay ita up when box ie Is open glue trip strip of las tic tie to cover inside for hat etc make a doll i outfit and lay inside 1 box wita doll A email small piece of looking gam might be inserted Ineer ted on inside of coref if liked the boxy are aro very riles to give a little girl at christmas and can be made at it small cot coot any kind of figured thin cloth might be bc used if it on do daw act not bar bare paper but paper ie Is bt boot iv VM pea pf af to te tek kak t ek the aper paper or cloth en on wi with ab a it d draw ri 0 cut U t best |
