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Show I Tha Old Swimming Hole. W fiv lnlht-. In U- wxrrii. clirtr wn-It wn-It wtirr the litithiii hiMlfd hla liiln; W have lnni''l In irlfn It t fie WfcV- lor--.-.! m- ami have illvfil In th nlty mu in ; nut nifmnry vi r (nk"t lis tn k, with tiiiKiriK tn our ul. To juinp unve tnorv an In ttin dny nf ''ro In tur buyhiMxI'a wlmniina hul! 'Two JitPt bflw lti hlfrh treitl, an4 mm ihr trultia MitHtHl tirur XVm waviHi wll.l hiu)m fr.im tha warm atiurt itmila and guv them a .uul 1 Happy yuuniv rnn'-al wfr then, ply , Ina IhoUKhllrwp rnV; For n. vT a ram rmilil r-arh tia thera at tha dtur old awlmmiita hula! Tha hi 1mi rllvni from tha trestle. ..mo tn r'"' hUh nr nrnre. Whha tha nun nn-a itfippfit. tt first, or hpf frum the olj aprlna tMir1 on ahr; And . tha thrill uf that moment whan our llral hlKh tttv, wna nuiie Krom the tre-tlva hlKht. In tha rnvtmi ltht uf thv utlurs whu wtra afralU! I!uw well wa ha1 notr.l the d.in. r-tha s.t her the burhr.l wlr- lay. Tha ahias-slrewn phu-a, nml the JKM I fit a of tha rock wliare ttia big crnha stay! Over there la the sunken loa; and here's wh.To tha blixxl-surker Ilea; j On the other bank, wrtera Ilia weeds ktuw rank, wera the tmkea and 1 Blliialng lllvs. tint O, wa would lova these dnnaers j cmihl we only meet thim today! If wa couUl rheir when the trains paused 1 neur and shout In tha boyhood wh! I Id aplta of thv arvat areen ocean l hero's a luntrltitf In our soul i To dive once more ns tn the days of yore Hi the dear old swlinmlna-hola! i Colorado Kprlnaa Oasetts. ! Miniature Borer. I Who can bore a bole throuKh a pin ! by blowing at tt? It la Impoaalble, eviTybody will dtt'lara; to do It you novd a aharp Inatrumont or a boring I lfpiXfV machine. Very well! Wo will make a boring machine by following the laws of gravity and equilibrium. We need only a few things, a sowing needle, a cork, two pocketknlve of equal weight and a bottle closed with a cork. Wo tnncrt the pin In ono or tho corks and Ihe eyo end or tho sewing sew-ing needle lu the cork, closing the bottle. Then we open tho two pocket-knives pocket-knives and Insert them lu tho rreo pb'ce of iiirk, an shown In tho Illustration. Illus-tration. Now we have to balance the two knives on tho pin. For that purpose pur-pose we place the pin on the tip or one finger and have somebody else move tbe knives to and fro until tho balance Is reached. Then wo place tho whole apparatus on tbe point of Iho needle, as shown In Illustration. Tho balance Is ennlly reached by slightly moving Ihe pin one way or the other. When the bnlance la finally fin-ally reached wo set tho knives and cork with the pin In motion by blowing blow-ing nt It. As Ihe sewing needle Is of bard steel, the pin or sorter metal, the turning motion of the needlo will bure a bole In thu pin like a boring machine. ma-chine. Th Mesmerized Hat. Prov'ulo yourself with an old hot and an ordinary black pin bent lu the shnpe of thu letter C. 1'ut tha hat on a table, crown upward, and aecrete the pin In your right hand. You will borrow tho hat from somebody In the audience. On receiving It, take It In your left hand, and while walking to the table place the right baud Inside and quickly push the point of the pin up through the crown and stand the hat on the table. Vou make a few passes over the hat as If you were mesmerising II. Lay your left hand flat on the bat. Blip your socond finger fin-ger In th book and slowly lift the hat from the table. After this bring the hat to the table, remove the hand, and lo returning Ihe hat you can easily withdraw tho pin, Th Singing Doll. Th experiment shown In the Illustration Illus-tration Is bound to find favor with 111 grown up people as well as with young folks. All you have to do la to paint two eyes, and underneath them a nose on tho knuckles of your Index and third finger, as shown In tbe lower part of the Uhmtrullnn. The thumb prcnHed against the Index Anger and Cloved up and down will reprejeut a 1nothlc.H mouth. The knuckle of the Index flutter forum the none, above It are the eyes, Ity draping Ihe face with a towel we have the feature or an old woman, especially effective when the light la nol very bright. Arter a little practice you will succeed In motlng the thumb I representing the lower Up and ciiln) up and down, whllo you sing a song In a nasal voice or carry on a tonverns'lon with the audience In tho voice or an old woman. wom-an. To make the audience laugh heartily let the old woman cough and anee.o and open her mouth wide whllo she Is laughing. To niako tho deeep-llon deeep-llon complete It la advisable to stand behind a sheet drawn aero Ihe room and let Hie doll perform a la I'unch and Judy Doll From trrartinln,u. An Interesting relic or Hie 111 rated town or Saint Pierre lo-wlt, an old-fnnhlonrd old-fnnhlonrd Martinique doll has been Installed at tho Muneo lVdaKoglque. . whero thero are dolls representing many French reigns and nearly all the French colunlc. The doll from Martinique Mar-tinique left the Inland a few days before be-fore the great eruption. This plaything play-thing Is a survival of the tlmo when black slaves wore certain stuffs Introduced In-troduced Into Martinique by tha Normans, Nor-mans, who originally eolonlted It A did the planter' wives of former time and a do the negreases ot the present pres-ent day, she wear a red and yellow handkerchief tied round her head, with tho ends rising up above her forehead, and gown of coarse eta-mine eta-mine or canvas cloth, so called because be-cause It preceded the hair slevo a a strainer, and a cambric apron or stuff that In the early day of Ihe last century cen-tury the children ot the Balnt Pierre Orphanage used to weave. Tho gown and apron are much longer than the rudimentary legs. The head Is largo, and the body stuffed with bran. The doll was found with other toys In a pros after the decease of a very old lady, who received It, when noarly grown up, as a relic of her. grandmother's grand-mother's childhood. Tha fashion In which It Is dressed prevailed from the time tho Island was first colonised by Normaus, In tho plantations, almost to Iho present day. Ijitidull Nuws' 1'arls telegram. I THE I TUliEFlTL the cat CA,7 ujjon 1he fonco dolh sit J .doleful lay, iced mijic'n for VJ- ia it-Ve it-Ve vi $K wvhe'd o'o ,Miii.1iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiA7'y,7.A-7VT;J5 Vet when yoii ,4 it Q hew 1h viol N if Remember W it; lir jtring'j vero ( jhj) mtvde! . ji ' Cetaj.i&l mufic j .)(( IhuJ- doth 4nnyi VYi From Her , Jl y j imern& ; w jj Ifurnihinp'. V-l How "Rosd-Runnors" Kill Snake. Wonderful sagacity Is shown by the bird nf Hiuithcrn California known aa the "road-runner." As theso birds can outrun the swlfest horse they usually choose to escape pursuit by their speed. The road-runner, bow-over, bow-over, ha one mortal enemy, tho rattlesnake rat-tlesnake This reptllo Is fond of devouring de-vouring the ro.id runnor' eggs when-over when-over It come across a nest In tho sagebrush. Hut the birds ofvin have opportunities or revonglng themselves. Whenever they come across a sleeping sleep-ing rattlesnake sunning hlmseir on a warm rock they Immediately prepare a trap for his destruction. Trlckiy pear abound In thoae region. Tho ad-runners, generally a pair, at once begin picking up the splny-covored leaves of this plant and piling thorn about the sleeping snake In a circle. When their work la completed they give their enemy a few pecks to awaken awak-en him, and then retire to watch tha result. In vain the rattlesnake trie to escape. es-cape. The ring or prickly leave hold him a prisoner. At every move he make the spines prick him, until at last In despair he turns, bite blmseir and dies. Travelers nrinn come across these circles ot dried l.-n.c.. iti the dead snake In l.ie center. At first no whllo man would believe Ihu Indian tales of this strange method the road runner run-ner employed In killing their mortal enemy, but they have since been observed ob-served In Ihe act by several eminent naturalists, who have corroborated the stories told by too Indians. Tho male bird Is not larger (ban a ! common barnyard roomer, and bis feather are as gayly colored as those, of the peacock. The hen Is of a dark, brown sage-brush color. |
