Show hysung A MAGIC KETTLE how ion may make water boll la paper receptacle it tabes degrees of heat to make water boll that Is a good deal of heat and the receptacle that holds the water gets pretty hot before the steam anil bubbles come yet yon can boll water in paper it you go about it la the right way it you want to prove athla and try the experiment here Is the way to do it one end of a heavy wire Is bent into a ring the other end into a spiral just the alza of a candle slip the spiral over the candae drive in a pin under tt iby on the ring a oc stout pa mites per considerably larger and press it down into a bowl eliace s ul uie bowl with water to a little above the wire and light the candle the water will bo heated until it bolls bu the paper will not catch fire even it the tip ot the flame touches it tl e beat ja car ried off by the water and the wire the wire must therefore bo larace and the water must briw above the ring boet im a tree John Widgeon ace field collector of the farlland Ma rlland academy of says that birds and reptiles live in close proximity to each other several jeara bigo while exploring kent island I 1 ventured up a forty foot hickory tree to inspect ft large elsh hawk s nest when almost to the neat I 1 was surprised to see an enormous black snake wrapped around the heavy at the bottom of the bulky cost the snake although at such in al from the ground did not lose its presence of mind but dropped gracefully from limb to limb until it reached the ground continuing to the nest I 1 found a birsa family ot field mice alae this was a nest full of lit tie and upon the top of the hawks neat there were three young hawks just batching A favorer game for the german band Is often a great favorite with children the band Is formed by eiery one assembling in line the leader on a chair and giving the signal for a start the different instruments are then imitated with more or less belll each performer taking tor bs model the conductor first an imitation of tho drummer try be given followed by the trombone or cymbals then vie the triangle clarinet fife brench horn and bass thol I 1 Is the point to be aimed at by all abo instrumentalists lag garda are punished with forfeits to meet the case aloir aird ny choso interested in the ways of feathered folk atre still discussing the question of how bagli birds fly again and again balloons auve been bent out to ascertain this and several german aeronauts aero bate collected va bable in formation at present it ja believed that the average height of bird tracks through the air la about 1300 feet above the earth though occasion ally they have been discovered at an elevation ot froin to 7 feet an experiment tale three bowls and eland them in a row in the bowl at one end put as hot water as your band can bear la the one at the other end put ice water la the middle bowl lukewarm water ow hold your right hand in the hot water and your left band in the cold eay for a minute or more then sudden ly place both hands in the lukewarm water and notice the effect it the one tested la blindfolded a good deal of amusement will follow A ureal spin though I 1 we sleepy aj a cat th aia 1 I would not car to tak a nap in any river bedami tl nib I 1 were 0 o d I 1 scarf hail strength th enough to alanl rd beg through fall th valley er I 1 lugt t land but oh bluit jolly alm fd hat 1 d play and never atop if I 1 could only tab a ami byln a mountain top |