Show FOR THE CHILDREN TI the Sll 3 n clock avery A very interesting e contrivance that can easily be constructed by nn an amateur is in attracting truc tr ting attention in france over the top of two side supports or side amis arms a cross crossbeam benin is placed in the shape of a knitting needle which must be perfectly straight of course and connected at one end with it a small hour hand that move around a dial A tiny pulley swings seln around the center of needle and in the 4 9 10 0 9 n groove of this pulley runs a thread to one end of which is attached a float and to the other end ft a balance weight an ordinary candlewick passes from the lar larger er glaas into the smaller one by its side As soon roon as the large glass is filled with water the operation bigins begins the wick grad bally absorbing the water making the float fall lower and lower which action determine determines the movement of the hand on the dial the clock is easily regulated if it goes too fast the thickness of the wick must be diminished if too slow it must lust be increased the form and size of the large 9 gl lass ws on which the regularity rity of the clock depends lias has been determined by N of th tho faculty of sciences in paris but with a little careful study even an ordinary glass can be made to render good service bt st louis louls republic playing store one who knows about the game must lie be storekeeper stoie keeper he ile stands behind the table it if the game is played in the house or bo be hind a gate or balcony railing or a bench if it is played out of doors and announces that lie is ready to sell by calling out or I 1 ging conic come and purchase hage at my store all abo have not been before ask BOO me right ill sell nt at once ask me v rong wrong be a dunce it if no one elso else knows the game it may take n good while dostart to start right the first purchaser should ask for something begin ning with A the next with U etc if the first ono one asks for bread he is told to go to the left of the store on the dunces side and another must come and try to buy when one lias has asked rightly as for exam pie tor for alcohol or alum ho he is told to go to the right side then the next must ask for something beginning with the next let ter of the alphabet or go to the left the ones on oil the light side join in the verse which roust must be said before each new pur chaser comes to buy it will make the game hauler barder the order of pur chasers going backward through the al chabet A Siti summer niner the quiet shadow shadows s wrap the lee sweet birdies all have hushed bushed to silence deep and wearied with vv ath their play beside the sea the little children sleep now rocking rocking far across the bay the brown ball haild ta fishing boats are out to night the moonbeams moon beams make for them a shining way dav and stars are golden bright 0 isher fisher toll tolliff at the midnight bourl 0 bailor sailor hatching watching while me ave peaceful sleep may he who holds tho the ocean in his big power your lives alv ca from danger keep in morning glow air fair brewes speed yon you home lome gliding BO so bayly eav ly oer tho the sunlit sea while loving ones w ho long to see vou you como come stand waiting on oil the quay dear little little ebil dreal yo 0 who safely share the aarm arm home nest wherein ve ye sheltered are before yo 0 sleep oh ob lift to god a prayer for alv lives cs at aca noarl margaret leacraft hav lla craft in childrens friends two swedish babies Ila blos two swedish peasant women attracted considerable consider ablo attention recently nt at tho the em grants bureau ut at hills I 1 his island by the aboriginal way in which they carried their babies the little ones were tucked in a leather bag suspended from froin the backs of tho the mothers from shoulder straps the babies would have looked like papooses oses if 4 they had been a little dirker darker peasant mothers of sweden have so much hard work to do afield that they have to take their bable s with them to have their bands free they must put their infant b bur uris de dens i 0 on 11 their hicks backs larger bags are used tor for twins when the two hardy mothers get out into the west they may find life easier than they did in sweden and when they havo have american babies doubt doubtless lem they will be able to carry them in the american way shot the tomatoes the family had stewed stew ed tomatoes for din ner iier and one of the diners found something round and h hard rd in a spoonful of the vegetable it turned out to be a drop of solder that had bad fallen in when the can was being sealed it was vv aa shown n to the baby with the explanation that it was a pretty little bul let then the baby who happens to be a boy of about four years and very v ery much in terestea te rested in guns looked up and asked do they shoot tomatoes to kill em C columbus dispatch what willie thought A thunders thunderstorm orm came up very suddenly accompanied by a high wind when the black clouds rolled over the sun and it began to grow dark lark dx six year old willie sagely remarked to his mother the wind the aun sun out ay barent st zt 0 1 ft 1 1 I S L atu t A r ill cried a abat cat to his wife see my dear the superlative e c circus Is herel here with the children well wo it go co alls our duty you know their young wa minds to enlighten a and n d ch cheer er st nicholas when yon you send solid your 5 conr check out of the city to pay bills write the name and residence of your our pace payee thus pay to john smith sinith co of boston this will put your bank on its L cuard aard it if presented at the ole counter it is calculated that it would take a person over years eara to beai rea all the standard works that are published and Iund y yet et we seldom come ac across rossa a mansho will acknowledge that ire has bas not read every one adaa |