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Show BOYS AMD GIRLS . Tepics That Will Amuse ond InMrucI Junior Members il the MaiisehalJ. rishtag ir We know tlit cats are fond of fish, and traveler tell us thnt the arctic dogs like them well enough to do their own catching. Their owner never feed Kaklmo dogs In the summer tlm and one of the most Interesting sights of thnt country le to watch them get their own breakfast, snys a traveler In the American Hoy. They will not go Into the Icy raid water till they are Tory hungry, hut In the morning they will wade out In the water and stand a atlll a a atone until a ft: h comes sailing by. Thny then Jinn p for him, diving Just a a tent would, frequently alnklng under the water ten or fifteen feet. Theae dogs are used for drawing sledges, hut they are tremendous hunter. hunt-er. When they ace a deer or other game, no matter how many sledges nre behind them, off they go like mnd. Their owners know they are likely to get beyond control at thla time, and each dog la fastened In the harness In aurh a way thnt one little pull of a particular airing hy the driver will set him loose, so when the dogs catch sight of game and start or wildly the driver Just pull the string and off tuey go. Thera waa one a fluh who rr f nurd to wlm (Now. what do yo tlilnk of that!) Ilia folka all plrailil and argued with him, . Put h aH hla flna down flat. Por wlmmlnf, ha aalil, waa much too alnw. And thla la a rapid air, you know. Ha wruM hunt tip aonit nwirtrr way to And ther thnt little flat. i:itt thotmht all tiny, and h ttmuuht all nlttht, Till his urn In tM-jrnn In nwlm: It thnuifht till h Innt hln aiift1t And hi friend all lnuKhod at him. They aald ha had alwaya been ao qm-r. Thty wrrrit t aitrprlacd at thla trail Idea; Out ont morning, when Ony caw to Jerr. 1t)4y law a wonderful alKhtt III hint harnred a nylna-flnh to a hell, k In ih hollow of which he mil; III relna of aeiiwefd, twlxtcd well ; ' '-' -'- -v- ' ' Sfl (Now. what do you think of that!) Old fishes gasped aa ha thundered by, With hla elbows out and his head held ' high. ' And the tody fishes would blush and sigh When he nodded and lipped his hat. i-d But the queerest purl of this queer af- r- fnlr n- (As I'm sure you'll agree with me), tlo, la the way folks changed their opinions hi there In ttiitt fish world under the sea. ag For they said he hud always been Bo t0 brlaht. 'Twas no wonder his scheme turned out all rlulit. And while thry were cheering with all Pr their mliilit. ,, This little lis. I winked at met ., Ida tlolilanillli Morris In Chicago rieo- '1 ord-llerald. Mesmerising a Hooetar, re- I knew a little boy who used to per- ,IB" form thla trick very successfully. He J""n had a bright young rooster, of which ,,,, lie very fond, and which he often iiuie brought Into the bouse, re. Ha would hold this rooster on hi em- lap, and with a piece of chalk draw ''JjJ (, line from the tip of hi bill to the mini hack of It neck, pressing very lightly rur. with the chalk. ar- At first the rooster would appear ring sleepy, and then would nod It head .ule.i. verjr drowsily, and finally to all ap- "a pearnnces go fust asleep, jj'.j. It put upon the floor the rooster units would remain standing, but with It cyea fnxt closed. Then the little boy . j would bring a light near to the roos- 1 " ter' eye, and It would atretch It " neck and crow a great many time, irt a It the sun were Just coming up. "Ic'' although It eye were closed all the Tell tlm6- .ukuu Then this young mesmerist would lightly tap the rooster's bill and spurs busl- 'ad pencil. The rooster would )a ( Immediately ruffle hla neck feather, Cen- t1ap hl" wl"KS' thrust hi spur and go ... , through all the motions of a furjous ,", nht ki. He ' would keep this up until nun- (topped by being lifted from the floor and then set down again, if tho When the little boy would give the , M1, usual call which summoned the chick- , en to their meal the rooster would li. i- tr)r 1"'"t ' P'cl hole In the floor, niui.ei thinking he was making a fine meul id at t corn. If a few plerea of grass were ;0 u a brushed against hi face and ome buttons but-tons dropped upon hi toe he would been ecratch away at a great rate, as If do- ,,( ilia tng his heat to destroy a gurden. Doea- eiil.'llt iug an iiiulu lie de- of Iho .A nt It Mem surirls:ng that a romter hoMld have su h an ImaKlnatlon ? The riHiter was awakened by stroking strok-ing the feather on the top of his head Jackward and then giving him a slight Ml '! seating him upon his feit. It Is r.irloiu that t,B mort ie w tnini.rli.d ?he ensler It became ami the ninie thlngn he would d 1. Ami It did not hurt him In the leant, lie g e so larRe nnd handsome that he wa. Ilnnlly Mild for a fancy price Uulncv Optic. nsenlnm I'leee nt Work The fiilliiKing lugenloiis pine of po. eiry I, said to have been circulated In liilhidelphia .liirliiK the iMcupumn ol the lirltl,h In the War of the Revolution. Revolu-tion. Ma niitlmr la unknown. Its peculiarity pe-culiarity ciiiii.li.ts In the manner l:i which It tuny he rend In three different ways. Hi ; (I) It the whole be rend In the or-'ler or-'ler In which It Is written; t2) then rend the line downwards on the lefi of each comma In every line; 13) In the same nuinner on the right of eich comma. My the first rending It will bo observed thnt the Hevolutlonary cause Is deprecated, nnd lauded by the olh-era: "Hark! i,rk. ,rmpr, ,, h, din tr war's aliirma to' Vrm.'' l,"t" u Who for Kin, fiera, doth stand, ihelr honors ,.,, , ,hnr: Tnrlr ruin I. ., hnd who wlh h, t o,.re.. join. Th acta of Parliament. In them 1 much delight; I hate their euraed Intent, who for the i"n,r"" t.'ail" "' a"y' " Wy '1,l"y They toon ,.m ,,. ,By wh j.. peiiilenee boast Who non-realslance hold, they have my hand and heart; May they fr ,i,v,, be sold, who act a WhiKlah part. Old Man.lleld. North, and Bute, may tally tileaaln(a pour; Confusion and dispute, on Congress vef To Norm, that Hrlll.h I,rd. may honor lll be ilone, f wlh a l.lm k or cord, to (lenerul Wnh. lllKtoll." Ltaeola's Klueatlon. Lincoln was hungry for an education; educa-tion; he yearned for growth, for expansion, ex-pansion, and, because many volume were denied him, he appreciated all the more the precious books which he walked mnny nillna to obtain, and which he read before the log fire when all the rest of the household were asleep. There was no large library of books staring him In the face, bidding for attention, and distracting hla rholce. All the energy of his nature waa concentrated on that single "Ufa of Washington." He threw his whole being Into It. und duvoured it. aa only a soul thinning for knowledge can. Success. The r.alher Uaroe. A small feather with a vory little stem must be produced to play the feather game; also a tablecloth or small sheet. The feather Is placed upon this, and the company stands Id a circle, holding the sheet. Some one gives the feather a blow, and the object of the game la to prevent pre-vent It from touching any one. Each one gives the feather a puff whenever It comes near him, and over It goes to the other aldo again. The excitement produced Is very great, and It Is always a most amusing spectacle, the onlookers enjoying It almost as much aa the players themselves. The llu.y lie. Great, Indeed, la the imount of work which a buny bee will do In a day. Every head of clover consists of about 60 flower tubes, each of which contains a very small quantity of sugar. Dees will often visit a hundred different hcada of clover before retiring to the hive and In order to obtain tha annr necessary for a load must, therefore, thrust their tongue Into about 6.000 different flower. A bee will make 20 trips a day when the clover patch Is convenient to the hive, and thus will draw the sugar from 120.000 different flowers In the course ot a single day's work. Cat and Mouse. The players stand hand In hand In a circle, the mouse being Inside and the cat outside. They dance around, raisins rais-ins tbelr arms and lowering them alternately, al-ternately, which gives the cat a chance to jump In nt one side, while the mouse Jumps out at the other. The cat Is now a prisoner and goes round "miauling," "miaul-ing," hut aa the dance continues she soon sets out and chases the mouse, who darta In to save heraelf. if she gets In hy heraelf, the cat pays a forfeit, for-feit, but If puss gets In also It Is the mouse who has to Buffer for It, BeUeored Animals. An amusing game la "atiasored animals." ani-mals." Plain white paper, scissors and pencils are the Implements and the guests are allowed a few minutes In which to cut out any animal they may choose from the paper, and add eyes eara and other necesaary decorations wltn the pencil. Hut one trial Is allowed, al-lowed, and there must be no preliminary prelimi-nary sketching. The animal must be scissored right out of the papor. Fortunately, For-tunately, however, cuch one Is privileged privi-leged to write the name of the animal represented. |