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Show The Orlote's Nest. . . i. flwinw hlah. awlns low. Where the a. .hra a , 0 their b-nullfiil Man.le tu ai4 tVO mnir.l an T..lr , . - , 111 the aumnii-r air Where the stei-n lenvra throng Aml-I .been and n. To I shall not IIikI. In a kng la euett A ertr,-aa aii-oiis'-r. a lAvlit-r luMn. In a envallrr'a cmt Willi il limit ...!.-' ' Poere.1 from brta etisllepsl"! Ibmst, The llrl"le alia At hla rln.ir er Alia wither ami yomler In ursifnt raoi 1 briny; fur hla wife ao.l tll cl wiorows hroo.1 s The mnraela they a.k. 'Tla a v,-. .inn n lii.k. , tint a blr.l of alale Mnv toll fur hla miit-. .... . . Ul there a w,.n,l rful line like I fug Unfurled Un-furled . ,- A that wee little home In the (Hat b g woilil. awing high, awlns lew. W here the breea.-a I.I..W. anf the rnlna so alaiiiliig to ao.t fro. . fraille of meliy. ItiK kut like a auminar eea . ." where the rlimlea of nlr and sun Ml.lSle suit crt.a i-n.aa. a I. 'I meet anil run AnS we ahall notorlnd In a -weak-long queal pretnar alsht than an rirlct's neat -Margaret K. gansater In Will Carlvtoa's slusaaliia. Kveiy Where. ' . Spiders of the WaUr. The water apldvr. runs alropt on th leave of aquatic plant and catches the Insects that live among them; but the neat In which this spider live Is a silk bag tiled with air. and It l anehm-ed bnenth tho water. Its opening pulntn directly mmmf efrVaVC - ' Carrying Air Horns, downward, so that no air can escape when tho spider enters It. After th nest has been mad large enough the spider pit cowls to Oil It with air in tho moat remarkable way. She can-lea It In, lust aa human people peo-ple might carry coal or wood or water Into their houses, doing nearly to the surface, she puts th end of her body out of the watar fur an Instant, then Jerks It quickly undor with a bubble attached, crosaea her hind leg over It and descends to th nest, Into which she then allows the bubble bub-ble to escape. This Is repeated until Ihe neat '. filled with beautiful, shining, silvery bubble of air. The spider has chosen this singular Abode to escape destruction by water fowl. Th leaves ot most aquatic planta II flat upon the water and offer only few placea where the spider could hlilo from enemies. The thought of a house of silk filled with air and anchored In crystalline, sparkling liquid would do for fairyland fairy-land suiry, but hero It la In real life. Many a Slip. "There many a slip 'twlxt the cup and Uie lip" baa a classical origin. Anceoa, the hij human of the snip Argo, was told hy. a oir thaf he would not llvo to drink hla own win. Anccos Immediately ordered a ot wine from bis own vineyard to be placed before him; and culled for the aeor In order that hn might laugh kt th refutation of his prognostications, when th latter reiimt-ked: There's many a slip 'twlxt Die cup and. tke Hp." At that moment Anceoa was Informed thst a wild bnar taa.ravsg-. taa.ravsg-. lug his vliioy&rils, whereupon ho immediately im-mediately set down bis cup and set out to do peraonril Imttl with tint boar, and was klHcd In the conflict. To Build a Rustic Stair, Th treo around which yon Intend to build your atair should ho at It-awl two feet lu diameter. Th Larger the '; ; Tha Sipllnge Bent. ' - ' tree th easier It la to wrap th sap-Ltnge sap-Ltnge Into place. ... These should be cut from th nearest near-est forest and can be of beech or maple, (let them aa long as possible and nut more than two luc.he In diameter. di-ameter. Nail the and of one of your saplings last tu the tree at lis bottom, leUlnif It slant In the direction you re to bend It t-r the alalr. Bend Slowly around, fAStenlng wllh halls a you proceed, until you reach the lirst lliuli, where It tin be either tied or nallinl. When you have fastened this securely se-curely you niual noit bend lu outw support for your steps. Ttefore jon stK.-t this, however, go to the wot da s and select several pieces if sapl.'iM ! eighteen Inches long and with a nai- f tirnl bond like a how. Trim flat on 1 th back and front of tltn bow with a sharp hnteliel Knktrm-thla st rii.rt-t J anales .o another ploco of sapling shout twenty Inciivs'long. ... , oplKisite the end of tl.c sapli.iK, ' which you first bent 'to the tree'n'nl j about two feet away from It, drive a r Stout pont. To Hi Ik rdateil the ar-ct-nd J sspllng wilt a strong rnim. Vim nro i now ready to bend It and you had j '' I Th Correct Joint. I better get your chum to help yon, as It requires conshlerahle strength. As yen- start to. bend the sapling pass It over the curved plec you have made (which resembles a pick ax In shape, the end of, the handle being placed against the trev). Th object of this pack ax shape- Is to dlstrlbut the strain over a greater surface on the sapling thsn would be the case If you simply used a stick without tho curved piece tin thai end. Yon will need Several of these shaped, and alter your sapling la bent you can faaten It lo these ploceo by nailing. After your sapling la properly bent you must fasten the end securely to th limb. Unless you want to go to th trotilil of selecting plectsi ot sapling with a very decided bow shap to act as supports to your stale. It will be much easier lo us upright aupiMirt. The former support 1 much prettier, of course. ' Th supports for the steps can n made of two pieces of sspllng fastened fas-tened together (see drawing) and then nailed to the sapling you havo Just benL- The. treads of atepa can be made of any sound, weather-beaten boards, but chestnut stands tha weath er heat. The handrail should he bent lu the same way as the second sapling. sap-ling. The space between the rail and th step can be filled wllh any shap of rustle work yon choose, either grapevine or sapling. .. Properly built, this rustic slalrway Is very pretty and graceful, and it your summer house, which It la presumed pre-sumed you will build In a tree, at the head of tha stairs. Is s artistic, you iff The Rustlo Stair Complete. and your friends will enjoy ynur bnudlwork moru than you Lav auy Idea. ... f Farocloua Bongal Tigers. The mail eater Is usually an alder tlgei1 whose strength Is falling and whoso teeth havu partly hint their sharpness. Huch, a beast finds It eualer to lurk. In Hie vicinity of settlements settle-ments and to' ph-li up"sh ocrtiiiional man, woman ' or cVilhl thnn to ri.n down wild catlle, yoiya lit. Nlehnlaa.. The lurgusl, flerceat sml mo.t brightly colored liners are foind lu I the I'ruvtrw of lletunl. -m ar " the mouths of the (lunges H Ivor, and not: far from ('skulls. A. full-grow n-u-gsl tiger suuiiiilrni'H nienaiirea l.-u feet from noae to tip of tail, huch a monster mon-ster mukcs no more'a'ecotint of spring ing upon a man than a ratMin-s of sollllis a, inoilHli, He suriiuaacs tlitf I lod in strength an I (enii iiy sil l has ( no rlal nilioug heiuiia of prey en-opt 1: the grlixly bear unii lbs n-oeijy dm. , covered glunt bear of Aluskn. ' Frozen Soap Bubbles. i ' Many Intrn-atltig exci Ibhmi'w fan ; be .tiutde with soitp lnilhi,,. blown from a mlxtiiru of caaillu susp f. glue, ft is not generally 'knoivii; ever, that buhbl rati. ti . fro,.t . I (hough It I very eiuttly done. Illow a biihhlb oi nioderato slzu and curry it ' to the door or put It out of tin opc.i window on a winter day. The .bubble 1 will fi-ecxp Instantly, ..retaining i ah ape, but foriulng nm-it biaiiilliil , crystuln. If you try I nx little exp.-ii- ' ment ou a clear dry whore there is Utile wind, you will .be dellgbttd w. It the result. An up to dale liver that .ttends strictly to buniiH'ss Is a nior'oiioly tl.ut the Iliad of a t;l ut trutl aebua tu i-ontrul. |
