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Show Some People Believe It. Th flea is capable of being tamed, and of affording amusement to man by various little tricks. The first stop in the process is to restrain his natural inclination to jump. This is dono by placing him in a low, flat box with a glass, lid. The flea, supposing that he has an open space overhead, jumps, strikes the glass with great violence, and falls halfTstunned. This discourages discour-ages him, but unable to account for the phenomenon, he tries again and again, until at last, after some days, he arrives ar-rives at the conclusion that there is something altogether wrong with the atmosphere, and that jumping must be abandoned. After this tho rest is easy. He can be taught to drag a little lit-tle carriage, to sit on the box, to fire a. tiny cannon, or to perform other feats. New York Continent. |