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BY DONALD ALLEN
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PUZZLING TRICK WITH SACK
Man Placed In Bag It Enabled to Free
Himself In Few Seconds by
Holding Rope.
Tho magician appears accompanied
by his assistant. Mo has a sack sim
ilar to n meal bag only on n largo
iscale. Tho upper end of this bag is
shown In Fig. 1, with tho ropo laced
In tho cloth. Ho then selects several
Ifvuyiu tiuill mo uuuieucu ll U CUIU UUl-
tco to cxamlno tho sack to see that
thero is absolutely no deception what
over In Its makeup, says a writer in
the Popular Mechanics. When they
aro satisfied that the bag or sack is
all right, tho magician places his as
sistant tnsldo and drawing the bag
around him he allows tbo committee
to tie him up with as many knots
as they choose to mako, as shown lnl
img. z.
Tho bag with its occupant Is placod
jln a small cabinet which the commit-
'tco surround to see that thero is no
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luuisiuu ueip, iuq magician men iukuu i
'his watch and shows the 'audience
ithat In less than 30 seconds his assist
iant will-emerge from tho cabinet with
Ithe sack In his hand. This ho does,
Trick With Sack.
jthe sack Is again examined and found
to bo tho same as when it was first
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The solution Is when tho assistant
.onterB the bag he pullB in about 15
inches of tho rope and holds It, as
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lis tying him up. As soon ns ho is
In tho cabinet ho merely lets out the
.slack thus making enough room for
hlB body to pass through. When he is
.out of tho bag ho quickly unties tho
'knots and then stops from his cabinet
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SIMPLfc fUULb lb AMUblNu
By Making Geometrical Star as Illus
trated One Can Make Nino
Straight Rows of Buttons.
Get somo buttons or checkers and
place them In such an order that you
Jwill havo nino straight rows of five
ibuttons each. You will find by mak-
ling tho geomotrical design shown In
Geometrical Puzzle.
the cut this feat can -be accomplished.
Of course, when you toll somebody
else to do, that you do not want to
show them the Btar or give any hint
how it is to bo done. You will flnd it
Dosslblo to amuse a party or family
qulto a while with this simple puzzle,
which Isn't so slmplo until you know
how lt is done.
Color Your Own Pictures.
Somo of our amateur photographers
may bo interested In learning an
easy way of coloring a photogrnph
nicely without having first taken les
sons In drawing or painting. This Is
tho method: After you havo printed
your photogrnph, and before you
mount lt on cardboard, hold It against
the window, placing the picture sitro
toward tho glass; then sketch clearly
on the back of tho picture tho out
lines of tho parts to be colored. When
hu in competed Dlaco tho nlcturo
eido of the photograph against a blot-
ter and apply tho desired colors to
tho bacit oi tne picture, Keeping wun-
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pare a mlxturo consisting of ten parts
Cenzino ana one van vuueune, aim
nnnr this over the nhotosrrnnh. rub-
blng it thoroughly into tho paper with
tho finger. Do this both on the face
and back of tho picture. After the
cloture has become transparent
through this process let It stand for
in hour or two, then dry it with a
cloth and mount lt on cardboard.
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MONEY MADE IN BUTTERFLIES
Queer occupation by Vnlch Men Mako
Living In Wild Jungles of
India and Africa.
Ono of tho queerest of occupations
by which men mako thotr living is but
terfly hunting, and hh it 1b, now con
ducted in the jungles of India and
Africa it is also as full of adventuro
and narrow escapes as tiger hunting or
gold mining. The butterflies of our
Holds and woods are, of course, too
common to have any value, but thero
are very raro varieties that will bring
as high as $1,000 a specimen, and it is
to catch theso that men undertake all
manner of risks. Before a man can
attempt butterfly hunting ho must have
a thorough scientific education, and
then ho can go to Africa, and by col
lecung uzaruB and orchids and raro
plants along with the butterflies he can
often make- very large sums of money,
In capturing butterflies In tho Jungle
tho collector often has to climb trees
whnp np nr , ,nw, nn,,
lakes ana B,t vcry qu,ctly wUn h,8
long net in hand and wait for tho ap-
of Bome boaut,ful butterfly.
Tvn h ,,,. ,, annnn . in
t u down , nnd k ,t f ;
shipment to London. If he Is fortunate
0 h t0 flnd an enUre, new d
raro vnrlet h(J cftn soraotlme8 mk9la
wholo ycar.B Halnry out of lt M
woaithy people In Europo have magnifl-
cent prlva(o co,lectlons of Insects, and
there. are 0iBO good pubnc collections
ow"ned by the governments.
Good Trap After All.
A Connecticut man being annoyed
by n huge rat which persisted In ma
king away with chicken feed and
pretty much everything else that lt
found In tho barn loft, set a trap for
the marauder. Tho trap was a now
fanglcd nffalr, baited with a nico plcco
of toasted cheese, but the rat was too
cunning, so an old-fashioned, steel-
pronged trap was burled under tho
chaff in' the well-worn path from un
der tho hny, nnd the new trap pushed
aside. The old rat was caught tho
first night and killed, and no one
thought of tho other trap for three
weeks. When tho farmer's boy went
to look for it, a mass of stuff in tho
center attracted his attention, nnd, on
examination, It was found that a cou
ple of half-grown rats had found their
way into it, and had settled down to
make tho bcBt of tho situation. Thoy
had drawn in through the spaces at
least two quarts of chaff and bits of
hay and had gone to housekeeping.
They looked surprised at being dis
turbed, nnd the farmer Is now exhibit
ing them as specimens of contentment
under difficulties.
DIFFERENT LIE8.
Tommy What's tho difference be-
tween black lies and whlto lies?
Lucy White lies aro what I toll,
and black ones aro what you'ro al-
I wn ta Inllin'
When you havent a Bcrttp of bw;a , lh.
home
And tho children begin to cry.
Don' "?,2tftnd com-H:1 tnern t0 tarv
outright.
Juit give them a little pie.
Tlnderbo Still Used.
Matches have not yet displaced the
tlnderbox In certain rural district of
Spam and Italy.
ty Mother
me & nice
FRAP NEST IS EASILY MADE
One Shown In Illustration Ha leen
Used at Several Stations With
Much Success. .
Tho trap nest shown In the lllustra
Jon horowith has been usod with sat
isfaction nt a number of poultry sta
tions. It Is vory simple, Inexpensive,
any to attond and certain in Us ac
tion. It is a box-ltko structure, 28 inches
.ong, 13 inches wide, and 1C Inches
leep, insldo measurements. A dlvl
lion board with a circular opening 7 "4
nches in dlaraoter is placed across
.he box, 12 inches from tho rear and
Nest Set Ready for Use.
15 Inches from the front Tho rear
lection Is, tho nest proper. Instead of
i tight door at tho entrance, a light
!romo of lxl4-lnch stuff Is covered
with wire netting of a one-Inch mesh
The door Is ten incheB square and
ioes not fill the entlro entrance, a,1
ipace of two inches being loft at tho
bottom nnd ono Inch nt tho top, with
i good margin at each aide to avoid
'rtctton. It Is hinged at tho top and
iwingB into tho box. Tho hinges aro
placed on tho front of tho top of the
loor rather than at tho center or rear,
:he better to secure complete clos
Ing action. Tho trap consists of ono,
piece of stiff wire about threo-slx-
teenthB of nn lndh In diameter and
22 inches long, This picco of wire
Is shaped bo that a section of lt 11
Inches long rests directly across the
circular opening in the division board
and Is held In plncb by two clamps
one on cither sldo of tho circular
spenlng. Tho clamps fit loosely and
tho slotB are long enough to allow tho
wlro to work up and down about six
Inches, without much friction. The
noxt section of wire Is eight Inches
long, and is bent so that lt is at right
ingles with tho 11-lnch section, and
passes along tho side of tho box 11
Inches abovo the floor toward tho en
trance door, and is fastened strongly
to tho wall by staples, but yet looBely
enough that the wlro can roll easily.
The remaining section of tho wlro,
which is thrco inches long, Is bent
toward tho center of tho box, with an
upward inclination, so that It sup
ports the door when the latter Is open.
Tho end of tho wire is turned over
smoothly, forming n notch Into which
the door may bo slipped when opened.
As the hen passes undor tho. open
door and thon through tho circular
opening to tho nest, she raises herself
so that her keel may pass over tho
lower part of the division board. In
doing bo, her back presses agalnBt tho
horizontal wlro and lifts lt enough
that tho end supporting the door
slides from under it. Tho door swings
down nnd passes a wlro spring (near
the bottom of the box at tho entrance),
which locks It and prevents the hen
from escaping and tho others from
entering. A strong button can be at
tached to tho center of the box at the
bottom of tho outside to hold tho door
Frame Work of Nest.
In position whon closed. "By turning
tbo button, the door con then be
swung outward to release the bird,
Selecting Eggs for Setting.
A selected lot of ono dozen hena
will lay i as many eggs as the aver
ago farmer will caro to have hatched,
nnd if the hens are ro-matcd to a
puro-bredcock he will be the Biro oi
all tho chickens hatched on tho farm,
thus securing uniformity In color and
general characteristics, instead of
having chicks of all shapes, sizes and
colors and not of a characteristic
merit. The hens not In company will
lay Just as many eggs as If with
them, and the eggs will possess bet
ter keeping qualities than thoso thai
are fertile.
Care of Chicks. ,
As soon as tho young chicks are
hatched It Is a good plan to remove
them to the garden or out under tb
.trees. If the weather la favorable,
-where they can get plenty of InsecU
to eat and catch all they like.
(Copjiliht, I9it, by AuccIiuU Llttrtrr l'ttu.)
Miss Dora Hnrbon was out of sorts I
with tho world. When a girl feels
that way sho sheds n fow tears; she
feels herself neglected; sho thinks
of drowning; sho snaps back at
tho family cook; she would potson tho
family parrot -If tho family had one.
Thero is but ono thing to console
her, find that is to mako for n dell
In tho woods and -write somo sad
poetry.
Fortunately for Mlsa Dora, there
wnB a bit of woods back of tho ma-
nor house. Thero was a doll. Tho
afternoon was fine, nnd sho took
pencil nnd papor along enough to
write a dozen snd poems,
Miss Dorn was not In love, and a
stern father nnd nn ambitious
mothor hnd not been filing objections,
Nono or her girl frlf nds hnd been
crowing over her. Sho hadn't dtscov-
cred n freckle on her face or n molo
on her elbow. Sho wns sad because
sho wnB snd. Thero aro times when
oven men and women 80 yeurs old
get sad streaks on nnd turn to poetry
as tho panacea. Poetry is an cscapo
vnlve. Thoro nro hundreds of per-
sona in prison who wouldn't hnve
been thoro had they been provided
with a dell nnd pencil and pnper.
Miss Dora snnk down beside n rock
In tho dell with a nigh of rollof. Sho
could shod tho silent tear now with-
out tho parlor mold respectfully and
sympatneticniiy asking- her if she
hnd got popper In her eyes. Thoro
nro parlor maids and othorn who will
not understand when bouIb aro
a-wonry.
A rabbit ran across tho doll, but
wao scarcely observed. A squirrel
cnniiercu, ana was voioa u nuisance,
A quail sounded his "Bob White," and
a stick was thrown at him.
Thero was a program to go
tnrougn witu to wruo a saa poem,
Pencil nnd paper must bo mado ready,
nna men an tno snd tningB oi mo
must bo called to mind. Ono may
oven include tho various eruptions of
Bank Down Beside a
Dell.
Rock In tho
Vesuvius In tho thought Thon tho
pen or pencil must be chowed for long
minutes. By this time, ono feols thnt
if ono of tho trees were to fall and
body would bo glad. It is well to
roitinmhnr flin niinnloH nnil nnrrnfn
and kittens that have been drowned,
nnd tho snd fato meted out to them
sooner or later. In about half an
hour it Is high tlmo to begin to wrlto
the poem.
MIhh Dora hecan. Onco aha was
ready sho struck boldly out with:
ri, ,-t,i if ia nr., i ,
' wnrM it in nnd '
Tls a world of nothing but sorrow-"
a.. v
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nliiiiiifA Hm mnf isrltii n anil nnm i If
a sudden stop Bomcwhero, nnd tho
poor poet grits his teeth In vain,
After half an hour spent in trying
to flnUh verso number ono of n ten
verso poerq, tho paper and pencil
wero laid aside, and Miss Dora
strolled about Sho was feeling bet
ter, There wero wlntergrcen berrlos
growing In tho dell. She gathered
and ato some.
Then sho went down to tho creek
to watch tho Uttlo fish, and finally
went back to the houso feeling a
great deal better. Not until evening
did she remember tho two lines of
poetry loft on n flat stono In the doll.
She would recover them next dny.
Perhaps she would build on perhaps
not.
Something took place up In thnt
dell within nn hour aXter Miss Dorn
icii u, anu sno was in ignoranco oi
It until tno next afternoon. She
strolled that way again, humming
to herself Instead of 'sighing, and
when she picked up her two lines of
poetry behold) In a neat but mas-
-iiiinn hnn.i mmn nnn m,i nrtrtni tho
f wo HnoR-
"And It fills me with grief nnd makosi
on tnnA
That I'll hie mo for homo on tho
morrow"
w a mn.nuiinn hnnrf? Had hTia
flni.h,! th ver- without realizing
It? Had she written that she was
mad when Bhe was only sad? Here
was a mystery. The girl looked all
around, but Sherlock Holmes was not
thero. Sho sat down nnd thought
and stood up and cogitated, but It
was a quarter of nn hour beforo tho
bright thought came. Then sho sat
down and wroto two more linos:
'"Tls n struggle to llvo 'tis easy, to
dlo-3-
A sigh nnd n gasp, nnd 'tis over."
Then sho laid tho papor down nnd
weighted lt with n pebble, nnd laid
tho poucll across. If n ghost had
como nftor her tho day beforo nnd
written those nddltloual lines, Bho
wanted to mako suro of It. If It wna
a mnn, then ho hnd trespassed on
prlvnto grounds nnd done an luipu-
dent thing, nnd sho would lay a trap
nnd cutch him nnd toll him what she
thouijht of him.
j,ut the minute she had bolted nor
noonday lunch tho next day, Mlsa
Dora set oft for tho doll. Sho was
two hours ahend of time. Sho np-
proached tho spot on tiptoes. No
ono there! She sat down behind a
bush to Walt nnd watch. Halt arc
hour passed, nnd thon Hal hnl A
young mnn appeared on tho scono. Ho
iB trim of flguro and rnlhor good
looking, but ho sinlles llko a villain,
h0 advanc-s to tho Btono and picks
nn tho imuer and reads and chuckles.
Then ho sits down nnd ndds two
unoa o complcto verso number two:
vnd blow yourself up Bomo forty
rr,dB hltth.
ynd innd In tho thistles nnd clover."
Ho i enlaces tho paper on the stono,
BmilCB rnd chuckles, nnd Is about to
!, 1,1. dennrturo when ho feels tho
nrsonco of a crlzzly bear or tiger
on unod-looklnK girl near him, and
turns
yor n moment he and Miss Dora
onk into each other's ovcb. Then
.ho stons forward and nlokd up the
sheet nnd reada what ho has writ
ton, and turns on him with:
sir. how daro you do such u
tiling!"
"II beg your your pardon,"
"But you nro a trespasser horo."
"I I didn't know it"
"And you nro Impudent, sir very
Impudent!"
"I didn't moan to bo, you know.
Truly, MIbb "
"Don't say you didn't know. You
knew, you wcro adding thoso lines
didn't youT lmpudent7 Why, It's
far worse. I don't know how you can
excuso yourself."
"Tho only excuso I havo Is that I'm
also a pool."
"I came out horo to wrlto a poem
on grief," said MIeb Dora, as she
stopped back n paco, "and you como
along and mako fun of It
"But I didn't think I did so vory
badly," ho defended, ns ho reached
for tho sheet In her hand. "Let mo
rend tho verses aloud nnd boo If tho
rhymes and tho sentiment nro not
maintained."
In a well toned volco he started out
and finished tho first verso, but bo
foro ho could begin tbo second, the
girl stopped him with tho Ingenuous
quory:
"Do you really and truly think that
Is poetry?"
"No, I really and truly don't," he
laughed.
"I wbb sad when I wroto my part
"And I was In n hurry to get nwny
when I wroto mlno. I think you nro
Miss Hnrben. I am Mr. Arthur
Wnyno. Tho family Uvea on tho hill
a m"0 W' .ana httV0 bcon .truv.01.
,nK "nu JUBl Bl
nnd
homo. As for
poetry "
"Yes?"
"I think wo nro both poets, but we
can't wrlto poetry!"
But thoy both proved to bo good
tamers, wnicn is mo nexi uobi ming,
and young Mr. Wnyno called, nnd they
tnlkcd nnd talked, nnd tho moro
-hoy tnlkcd the moro interested they
became, nnd at the prcBont Juncture
thoy aro hnppily looking forward to
H trip that mny extend around
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tho
He Just Told Her to Stop Talking
Lady Sybil Smith, ono of England's
militant -suffragettes, obeyed tho first
command, pf mnn as soon ns sho set
her foot ashore from tho Lusltanlu tho
other morning. Sho Is young and hand
Bomo, nnd hnd begun to toll what
her plans woro for her stay In Amor
lea as the guest of J. I'lerpont Mor
gan, Jr., whon her husband, Vivien
Smith, who lacked n militant air,
stepped up and told her ladyship not
to tnlk too much.
Tho Englishwoman hnd hnd tlmo to
sny that she had not planned tho pn
rado of women In London for Juno 1",
although sho Intends to return In tlmo
to take nnrt In It. She said Bho would
iiko to moot Mrs. Belmont, hut sho l
going to Canada nnd Vnhcouvor, and
tncn rjght back to London. Now York
American.
Even Obvious,
A Marshall negro wbb locked up tho
othor day for vagrancy. When his
case camo up hla lawyer put on tho
tMd a 400 pound washerwoman, who
W8B BUOWn lO OO
w
"Qcntleraen, earn tno attorney,
"can anyone look on tho wlfo of this
defendant and say that he Is without
Ul v
The Jury thought not Saline Coun-
ly (Mo.) News.
The fashion pago attracts tho eyes
Of nil tho laaicM rnir;
Who knows what luring fancies rise
At what Is ftlctured thereT
The lady who Is skin and bone,
Tho lady who Is fat
Knch thinks about herself alone
And smiles: "I'll look HKo tnau-
Tho sylphllke waist, tho lUsomo shape
Appeals to iter wno s piump;
Tho Kanaly ono thinks they can drape
Her till she's less u rrump.
tone, lan; short, stout-all think tb
same
And In their mental chat
Enrh lets hCr fancy flash to flamo
With: "I will look llko maw
Ah, woll, Rood brother, you and I
Look nt the fashions, too
You may he more than six feet high
And slender to'tho view,
I may bo short and round, but we
Observe tho tailors piai
And say: "That style will do for me.
Twill mako mo look like that"
I sometimes wonder if on earth
Thoro Is a living one
Of such a perfect shape and girth
But when all's said and done
It Blmmers down to this same thins
Of shoes nnd clothes and hat:
Each of us gives his fancy wing
With: "I will look llko thatl"
Kindness Thwarted Again.
Tho man with the tromulouB Bide
whiskers and tho stately silk hat
stopped at tho edge pf the excavation
and said to tho hunky laborer -who
was Kbout to push tho wheolbarrow:
"Ah, my friondl It is Bplendld to
contemplato the Influence that your
bono and sinew, will havo In tho con
structive perfection or tho Btructuro
that will arise here, and"
"One sidol" grunted tho laborer,
going ahead with tho -wheelbarrow.
Tho man turned to another laborer
who wan about to descend Into the ex
cavation and "who hnd a pick on his
Bhouldor.
"Tho personification of energy!" ha
smiled, tugging at his right Bldewhis
kor. "Energy! In the days to como
our chlldron'a children will gaze upon
tho mighty cdlflco that shall stand
here, nnd thoy will see the concrete
result of tho Inspiration bf labor,
which"
"Qnngwny!" Bhoutcd another man
with a wheelbarrow, and tho man
with tho pick, having lighted hlB pipe
Bturtod down the ladder, turning so
that hlR pick knockod oft the silk
hat of tho enthusiastic man. As the
latter stooped to pick up his hat ha
wna bumped by a whoolbarrow, and
.when ho flnully assembled himself ho
was being supported by tho crossing
pollcomnti, who hold tho wreck of tho
hat in his free hand. ,
"Hn-n-a-al" Bhouted tho kindly mnn
"Coarso, unfeeling, unthinking! I nt
tempt to show them tho higher side
of llfo, to awaked in them tho "
"Run on. now," said tho officer. "It's
enrly in th' day for you to get Btewcd
this way, Btr."
So tho man went to his office and
dictated a complaint against tho offi
cer, whoso number ho had forgotten
to take
A Tense Tragedy.
Ho clnBped her waist
With a Blgh tho beauteous girt loolo
ed Into his eyes.
"Please!" sho whispered.
"No!" ho muttered.
She bent forward until hqr soft halt
brushed his face.
Still ho grasped her waist.
Sho pleaded with him to loosen hit
claBp, but ho was obdurato,
Suddenly her eyes flashed with th
flro of wrath,
Sho glared at him with tlo boraerk)
or rngo that slumbers lh tho soul oi
all women.
Daunted to Bomo extent ho rotrent
cd slightly, but tenaciously kept hit
hold on her waist.
"I command you!" Bho cried.
"Command nothlngl" ho answered
"I got my orders that I ain't to lcl
you havo this waist till youpay th
$10 C, O. D., and I guess I know mj
business."
Thon with a soft shudder, she du&
up tbo money and got her waist.
A Business Question.
FJrBt Stock Promoter Yes,
skinned this Hon myself.
Second Stock Promoter How man)
shares did you sell him?
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