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Show ; " " ' " Te-Day. Wa atiall do ao mu'-h In the yaere to flut wlial haaa wa rtnna In-dafT Va ahall ilia out aild In a princely Bui what did wa glva lo-dar? Wa aliall lift IImi hr-rl and rirv the laer. V.'a al.all ilant a hna In lha puee of We ahall apak with wnrda of love and Bui what hava wa dona lo-day? Wa ahall ba ao kind In lha ati.r while, ll.il whal liata aa t-n In ilar? Wa ahll bring lu aauh lonaly Ufa a nut what hava w brought lo-darT Wa ahall la to truth a gramlar hlrlh. And t" alr-4'lfnat fallh a ilaaiwr worth Wa ahall laad lha hungarlng anula ot But whom have wa fad today? Nlaon Malarman. Haa Ita Traublta. Tha moat dtaconiolate fellow that walka the beach la the hermit crab whoae abelt haa become too mug for comfort It It were bla own, aa the clam'a. It would grow with hla growth, and alwava be a perfect fit; but to lha hermit there cornea often a "moving "mov-ing day," when a nnw hnuae must be ought. Dlicouraglng work It la, too. Moat of the doon at which he knock) ara etamraed In hla face. A tweak from a larger plncer than hi) own will often aitlafy him that the ahell he conaldere "distinctly poMlhle." and hopefully' venture! to eiplore, la already occupied by a near but coldly unaympathetlo relative. Finding no empty ahell of tollable llie, the hermit may bo driven to aak a brother hermit to vacate In hit favor. The prnpoaltlon It apurned Indignantly, In-dignantly, and a fight entuea. The battle bat-tle la the ttningnr. Often the attacking at-tacking party baa considerable trouble trou-ble In cleaning out the ahell. having to pick hla adveraary out in blta. A periwinkle or a whelk may be attacked attack-ed In a like manner bT a hermit who la hard preaaed and haa taken a fancy to that particular ahell. If the houae- older be feeble, the conquest la aaay. If lualy. ha holdi the fort A Water Treadmill. The men who work In the great logging campa In the Wait and North-weal, North-weal, where mllea and mllea of great loga are floated down the rlvera to eawmlllt below, hava a peculiar t port They grow ao at home on tllp-pery, tllp-pery, ahlftlng loga rolling and totting about In tha awltt currant that they can leap from one to another and ride on thuin Ilka clrcua performers while directing their court around a bend or bad place Id tb river. These "logger" make a specially of aland-Ing aland-Ing on a log and making It roll, first forward, then backward, by leaning on way or the other, and alandlng on tha log nearest the direction they with It to roll. They can even make tb log roll through th water like a wheel or t p rolling over tha ground. Bometlm when you ar "In twlm-mlng" twlm-mlng" or bathing find a good alted log, put It la th water, and try to aland on It. You will be surprised to And how difficult It la to do thla, and the Brat time you try It th log will probably roll over at one and dump you In th water. But you will very toon get tha knack of It, and then you will And that by alandlng wlih your feet on one of the sloping aldea of the lug you can make It turn In tbat direction, and by moving your feet Juat aa faat aa th log movea you can not only keep your upright position, but can make th log uiov through th water. Try It Origin of Namea ef Doga. There ar not many boya or girl, or grown folka, either, for that matter, mat-ter, who know how th breed name of doga first cam luto comiuoo us. Tor Inttance, th spaniel It so-called because the drat type of thlt beautiful beauti-ful and Intelligent aulmal arrived la England from Spain and were called Spanlah doga. Tha beautiful Blenheim spaniel It ramed after Ulenhelm palace, whore thla dog first waa made fashionable lu th time of th great Marlborough. The King Charlea, aa might ba guested, guest-ed, owea It name to tha merry monarch. mon-arch. Th aky terrier waa originally bred In tba Itl of Bkye. and tha Scotch terrier, ot course. In Scotland. h-any other doga thow the original plac of their breeding or development develop-ment by their namea, such aa th Ureal Dano, the Newfoundland, Siberian Sibe-rian bloodhound, and to on. Th mastiff nieatia "hotito-dog." no doubt because of hit great ttrength Iind tlie and ability to guard the horn. Poodle means "waddle," although t these pretty little pet of today dont aeem to partake of any ancestral clumsiness. Plndertoy. flctaaort and a pin only needed. Thla prattling parrot If cut out and fastened fasten-ed together with a pin will make a very attractive toy. If you push the) I pin firmly Into a cork or tha tai of a lick and past th plecea on tn old visiting card before the plecea ar cut cut thla pludortoy will laat lonfer. A Wlnglesa Bird. Car away on the oihor tide of th world. In Nnw Zealand, there It a rnrrel curious species of bird, which hat neither wings nor a tail. What do you think of that? There are very lew of theto tlrangn creature! left, even on their natlVe Irtand, but their couslni, the gl wit, ara still numerous In Australia. The kl-wl gelt Its name from IU peculiar cry. which lounda like "kl-wl, kl-wl." The learned name of thla bird It apturyi. It haa fenthert that iriero-I iriero-I le coarse hairs, and haa a lor bill, by which It secures Itt food vastly. It lives on Insect! and worma, ablrh It catcbea on tb ground In lla tightly tight-ly rambles, for thla bird only goes abroad at night and hldea durltg the day. In alia It la about at largi aa a goose, the feathora on Ita head being abort but thote on the body latreaa-Ing latreaa-Ing In length. Altogether, Vu-eV a queer-looking creature, anil at I htt ro little meant ot defendlig Ittrlf, It full an easy prey to larger and atronger beaat. A Cat'a Revange, A gentleman who wat veiy toad of tithing, and who usually caugit a good lot of fish, frequently proalaed bit neit door neighbor to give Urn part of bla calch, but never fiilUled the promise. The cat of the ant door neighbor evidently ovarhetrd the promise and thought th bhtrmta ought to be mad to heap hit word, tor on day when th peoplt of both houses had gone out for a little while the tneaked Into th aikorman'i house, took two fine lsrgi trout ha had Just cnught and laid than on tha k'.tchen table of her own nlstreaa Thla lady returning and nrnflng them there, tupposed that her net(blor had at last kept hit promise, to lha proceeded pro-ceeded to clean and cook the flag for th next meal, thanking bin, when tn i neit taw him for hit luerotlty. Th fisherman It now trying to And torn aecret method of killing th eat Butttrfilsi of the Ita 11 you vltlt any ot th teuU towns touth ot Cape Cod pernios ton will be to fortunate at to tet a flock cf aea buttorfllea flitting tbrough th blue water on tome fair diy. You certainly will pick up tonit of their empty bouses on the beach. These thad from pnrt white, hrough buff, lemon, orangtud coffee color to dark brown. You n make many pretty souvenir wlta rhera. These "buttorfllet" sre M butter file at all, however, but artaolluaca, I being nothing twtre nor leaa than teal lope. The "butterflies" live among the el grant, and by rapidly opening and shutting the two halves of their shells and thus squirting out the wator, they can dart swiftly through the tea. Tha shells are prettily fringed and each "butterfly" haa thirty allvery blue eyet, but with all of .hose he can scarcely tee aa much aa w can with our two. Waya ef Eating In China. ' American hoyt and girls would And tome difficulty in eating In China. Kach guest Is supplied with a bowl and chopsticks, and there ar bowlt placed In the middle of the table containing con-taining food. Kvery on helpt with lit own chnpatlckt, and It It good manners to pick out th moat attact-Ive attact-Ive looking moraelt and plant them In your neighbor' bowl. It It rather tus-prlalng tus-prlalng to a tlranger to And hla bowl being filled In thlt way. Chopatlcka are about at thick aa a pencil, and both are held In on hand. Th Chinese contrive to pick up their meat, hold It lo their moutbt, and nibble nib-ble at It. Hut th unskilful will probably prob-ably have the humiliation of dropping It Into their laps or on to th floor. Guessing Colore. If mother haa asked you not to get dirty after you are dressed for a drive, and you do not know Just what to do lo amuse yoiirtelf. get aome on to play th following IHtle game with you. It la very simple, hut will help the time to puns pleasantly: "I te a color you don't tee," atyt one. "What color may It bef" aaki th other. "It may be pink (or some color In th room), ' sayt th first Inquirer. Then beglne tho questioning, la It the paperT The ribbon on your halrf The pink In tho doll'a drosaf And to on until happily the guesses mentloni he exact article of pink that haa been chosen. Tho successful gueaser then ukea her turn at tnylng "I ie a color tbat you don't toe." When Jumbo Gsvt a Sneeze. With mere men. a tnoeie la an cvery-day affnlr. but not to with "my lord th elephant," for It la vory rarely Indeed tbat an elephant snoer.es, and when he doea all the Oriental racet consider It a very good omen, and feel nire that tome special good fortun la about to happen. The famoua Jumbo'a tneeis la aald to have been like the bursting of a bolter, and It croatcd quite a panlo among the crowda of sightseers people peo-ple running in all directions, many not knowing what bad hnpponed, but Imagining Im-agining aome tremendous disaster bad recurred. How Old la Her How old It a boy on hla twelfth birthday? Twelve year old, of courte, you will antwer; but put on your thinking cap, and tea If vou don't And that anawer wrong. V know that it la tb utunl way of ax-pressing ax-pressing It t. for example, when w tay that a man become of age on hla twenty-Ant birthday, but It la Juat aa well to be right about theae things, and, aa a matter of fact, man become be-come of age on hla twonty-aecond birthday. A boy, therefore, la not twelve, hut eleven year old on hla twelfth birthday. birth-day. It la limply n matter of counting. count-ing. HI Aral birthday la th day be la born: hit aecond birthday la th day h la on year old, and ao on, until, on hla twelfth birthday h la eleven year old, the age keeping on year bohlnd th number of th birthday. birth-day. It would b different If w need th word "anniversary" Inttead of ' birthday," for tba first anniversary of the boy'a birth cornea on year after that event, tb aecond anniversary two year after, and ao forth. |