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PLATTSMODTH. i i NEBRASKA.
EFRUM.
Whar's Efrumf Whar't Efrum? W'j, de Lawd
kin on'y telL
I sont him to de wood pile mo'n twenty yeah
ergo.
"Whareber he's a-llbln, I hopes he's doin well.
But he ouKhter brung dat wood back to he
mammy. Yes. dat's so.
An' you k no wed himf You knowed hlmf Well,
hit's comfortln' to tin'
Somebody ez war 'qualnted wld my harum
scarum boy:
Bit kinder brings him back Into hees poor ole
mammy's mln'.
An' makes her t'lnk he'll eome ergln to bring
her ole heart joy.
He alius war a mischief, but dor warn't nuthln'
bad
Erbout dat chile. Jlst 'ceptln' w'en he'd git
some devilment
Into hees haid. an' den he'd up an' make me
mons'us mad.
TJntwell I'd say I'd skin him; but he nebber
cared a cent.
Xe alius minded mammy, an' he'd do jlst w'at
she say.
'Ceptln' 'pon some 'casions he war kinder
sorter slow.
An' he do Jlst w'at she'd wanter ef she let him
hab he way;
But he'd oughter brung dat wood back to he
mammy long ergo.
An so you knowed my Efrum? Luwd bress uI
You doac' say I
Hit's twenty long, long yeahs I's been a
grleben fur dat boy.
X nebber kin f urgit hees prangs an' hees rap
skalllon way:
I's prayed fur him an' weeped fur him. an
ain't hab much ob joy
Scnce he went off. Ef I could ketch him now
I'd skin him. shoah.
Fur nebber brlngin' back dat wood. An' you
dat rascal knowed?
He poor ole mammy nebber will lay eyes on
him no moan.
W'at? You Is Sho! Ton Efrum? Hush!
La wd bress us, how you's growed !
Harry J. Shellman, in Harper's Magazine.
fT was roro antic.
but impossible.
She was the
fifth daughter
of Dr. Pilling
ham, of Curzen
street. Mayfair,
and he the third
son of the earl
of Broadmoor, with an allowance that
kept him in neckties and cigarettes,
together with a bedroom and "the
run of his teeth" at the family man
sion in Grosvenor square.
Lord Broadmoor had put down his
goutiest foot as heavily as he dared
and thundered: "No!" And as, in addi
tion to his lordship. Lady Broadmoor
claimed Dr. Pillingham's attendance
for five minutes every morning1 at a
guinea a visit, they were not patients to
be offended rashly.
So Miss Dorothy Pillingham and
Hon. Guy de Woking had one meet
ing1 to say "good-by," after which
they were to meet as strangers. No one
quite knew how they had ever met at
all.
"You will neither write to him nor
hear from him," said Dr. Pillingham,
sternly.
"Father, I cannot promise," said
Dorothy, sobbing1.
"I don't care whether you do or not;
I'll see to that," said Dr. Pillingham,
and from that day every letter into
and out of that house was scrutinized,
and every walk poor Dorothy took was
in company of some one stern and se
vere. "If I hear of you communicating
with that girl you go with a shil
ling," said the earl of Broadmoor to
his son.
"All right, governor, keep your hair
on. You've got to hear of it first,"
Baid Guy De Woking under his breath,
but his father fortunately did not
hear, and soon after sounded Dr. P'ill
ingharn as to how parental discijlini;
worked in '.he case of Dorothy.
"A changing nature. Lord Broad
moor," said the old doctor, "a charm
ing natu.-e; our affectionate inter
course is uninterrupted. Every morn
ing 6he helps me on with my overcoat,
just as usual, brushes my hat, sees
DOROTHY STOOD BEFORE HER FATHER.
that my stethoscope is in its place I
used to be contimially forgetting it
end, though I'll be bound she knows
where I'm going, says not a word."
"I am delighted to hear it," said
Lord Broadmoor. He had not watched
his son's correspondence, trusting
rather to th watching on the other
side, and ala to the fact that he had
never seen Guy read anything but a
sporting paper, or write at all, except
under compulsion.
"Very satisfactory," 6aid Lord Broad
moor, recurring to the subject ten
months later. "All blown over and
ended."
lie had been telling Dr. Pillingham
ut an excallont appointment in a gov
RT)
rnrcent office which he had obtained
for Guy.
"I should not have got him a billet
in London," continued his lordahlp,
"if they had not forgotten one an
other." "I hope he likes his work," said Dr.
Pillingham.
"It's the first thing he has ever per
severed with. There he goes to his
ofSco," said Lord Broadmoor, as the
front door banged loudly; "but he
ought to be earlier, all the same. How
late it is! You. too. must be later than
usual, doctor, I think."
"I fancy I am," said Dr. Pillingham.
"Is her ladyship ready to see ine?"
and he followed a powdered footman
out of the room. When he came down
stairs Lord Broadmoor was standing
in the hall. "I should be obliged to
Dr. Pillingham," he said, "if he would
take a hurriedly-written line from me
to Lady Honoria Shaucrotha to con
dole with her on Kir Patrick's acci
dent" "Certainly," said Dr. Pillingham,
slipping the little three-cornered note
into the lining of his hat. "I will put
it here, with one corner projecting; I
cannot forget it then."
"By the way." said his lordship. "I
hope Miss Dorothy does not regard me
as a terrible ogre."
"Tut! tut!" said Dr. Pillingham.
"She has forgotten everything, and
we have restored her liberty; she has
been quite civil lately to young Dr.
McGregor. She never would speak to
him before. In fact, I really hope "
"Quite so. A very suitable connec
tion. Thank you," said Lord Broad
moor, as he reached his 6tudy, while
the footman closed the door on the
doctor.
"My dear Lady Ilonorla," said Dr.
Pillingham, "a note of condolence
from Lord Broadmoor the sympa
thetic outpouring of a kindly heart."
"Dear Lord Broadmoor," 6aid Lady
Honoria. smiling at the old doctor
graciously as she opened it. How dif
ferent the courtly grace and dignified
stylo of our day from the slangy famil
iarity of the present time. She gave
a sudden gasp and sank back upon the
sofa. "This from Lord Broadmore!"
She moaned.
The note fell to the floor; the com
mencement, written large, caught his
eye at once.
"My own little Dolly Daddlecums."
"To me of all people," gasped her
ladyship.
"Certainly not," said the doctor she
would have turned the 6cale at nine
teen stone, so little Dolly Daddle
cums" was obviously inadequate.
"Written in a foreign hand, and
meant for whom I know not," she
groaned. "Poor Lady Broadmoor; but
stay, you must not read it."
"I have read it," he said, putting it
In his pocket, "and you may take it
from me. Lady Honoria, it was not
meant for you, and it was not from
Lord Broadmoor," and he bowed hur
riedly and left the room.
"Take this to your mistress." he said
to the butler in the hall, putting on
his hat. "and say that is the note I
should have given her," and to his
coachman he said, sharply: "Home!"
Ten minutes later Dorothy stood be
fore her father in his consulting-room,
pliant and submissive, her hands folded
together.
And how long, miss," he exclaimed,
"has this attachment been revived?
How many of these infamous missives
have I borne in my hat to and from my
patient's house?"
"It's a year since you said we must
break it off, father, a year yesterday;
you must have carried exactly," and
she made a mental calculation, "sub
tracting your month's holiday and the
day you wore your white hat unex
pectedly, and allowing for leap year,
674."
"And this," he exclaimed, "was your
filial solicitude. You have disgraced
my name."
"I changed it yesterday."
"What?"
For the first time in twelve months
he saw her smile.
"Allow me," she said, "to Introduce
Hon. Mrs. Guy de Woking, and at least,
dear father," she added, "for a whole
year you have never gone out without
your stethoscope." Baltimore Tele
gram. A Peppery Queen.
A certain actress, having been dia
negaged for some time, had packed her
wardrobe in pepper, to preserve it
from moths. She was suddenly called
upon to take the part of the queen in
"Hamlet." Being rather late for her
first scene, she omitted to shake out
her royal robes, and her dignified en
trance had an astonishing effect. The
king, after a brave resistance, gave
vent to a mighty 6neeze that well
nigh made the stage vi orate. All the
royal courtiers and maids of honor fol
lowed suit sympathetically. Hamlet
came on with a roost sublime tragedy
air, but after a convulsive movement
of his princely features he buried them
in his somber robe, while sneeze after
sneeze was all the public heard from
him. Amid the hubbub on the stage
and the shrieks of delight from the
audience the stage manager, between
sneezes, rang down the curtain. Lon
don Press.
Open Confession.
The preacher was having a .ort of a
test meeting by asking the congrega
tion questions on their conduct.
"Now, brethren," he said, "all of
you who pay your debts will please
stand up."
In response to this there was an ap
parently unanimous uprising.
"Now," said the preacher, asking
the others to sit down, "all those who
do not pay will please stand up."
One man alone arose.
"Ab, brother," said the preacher,
"why is it that you, of all this congre
gation of brethren, should be so dif
ferent?" "I don't know, parson," he replied
slowly, as he looked around over his
friends and acquaintances in the meet
ing, "unless it is that I ain't a liar."
Detroit Free Press.
HIS Pi CU LIAR WHISKERS.
Be Was Waiting for Some Gay Youth '
Come Along and Have Fan.
A broad-shouldered man, fashionably
dressed, came into the lobby of an up
town hotel on Saturday evening. He
looked like an athlete. His step was
springy and his face ruddy with health.
He was just the sort of man you would
steer clear of in a fight. Still, it was
none of these qualities that attracted
the attention of every person in the
lobby.
He wore a peculiar whisker. Hanging
from his chin was a long blonde wisp of
hair, such as stage farmers and some
sure-enough ones wear. It was a whis
ker that waved briskly in every passing
wind. It was so clearly out of place
on this man of the world's face that a
young fellow, bolder than the rest, en
gaged its owner in conversations and,
after a time, asked him about it.
"That's a peculiar whisker you wear
there," said the young man, insinuat
ingly. "Yes," assented the other.
"That the style where you came
from?"
"No."
"Then, if the question is proper, I
should like to know why you wear it?"
The broad-shouldered man smiled a
bit, and said: "I'll tell you why. I
grew that whisker for the sole and
only purpose of getting fresh young
men to talk about it, and. thereby give
me an opportunity to get even with
them."
The young man shivered apprehen
sively. "Don't be afraid," said the other. "I
was not alluding. The fact is, I was
riding on the Boston & Albany awhile
pgo, and there was a man in the seat
in front of me who had a whisp of hair
on his chin. It was similar to this in
all respects, save that it was gray, for
he was an old man. There was a party
of fresh 3'oung collegians in the same
car, and when they saw the old man's
whiskers they began to make game of
it. One lantern-jawed youth amused
himself and his companions by reach
ing over, taking hold of the whisker,
and saying: N-a-a-a-a,' like a billy
goat. He kept that up forty miles,
greatly to the old man's discomfort.
Bight then and there I resolved to
grow a similar whisker. I did it, and
I'm looking for somebody to shake that
apiendage and say 'N-a-a-a-a. When
that somebody does those thinsrs there
is going to be trouble.and after that I'm J
going to shave it off. I have noticed,
however, that it makes a heap of differ
ence whose chin the billy goat whisk
ers are on." Buffalo Express.
A liar to Laziness.
"California." said the fat man, "must
be a delightful place for a lazy man,
from what I have read of it."
"It is if he hasn't got a wooden leg, !
chipped in the man with the red goatee.
"What on earth has that got to do
with it?" j
"Well, I knew a wooden-legged fel- :
low once who went out there and tried
to farm, but he had to give it up. You
see he was so lazy and the soil was so
rich that about half the time he would
find that he had stood in one place so
long that his leg had taken root, and
that, of course, inconvenienced him to
a degree that no true born lazy man
could stand."
The fat man merely snorted. Cin
cinnati Tribune.
The Light houne Parrot.
One of Uncle Sam's most faithful
servants in Maine, but one who draws
no salary, lives at the Portland Head
lighthouse. This is a large gray par
rot, brought from Africa, some time
ago and presented to the keeper of the
light. ;The bird soon noticed that
when the fog began to blow in from
the ocean somebody would cry out:
"Fog coming in; blow the horn!" One
day the fog suddenly began to come too
thick, and no one not'eed it, as they
were all bus'. Toll noticed this and
croaked out: "Fog coining in; blow
the horn!" and now, whenever fog is
perceptible. Poll never fails to give
warning. Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Greased the Wrong Wheels.
Passengers of the railways tip guards
and porters, but seldom give a thought
to the engine drivers, on; of whom tells
this story: A gentleman gave half a
crown to the guard, with the request
that he would do his bet t to make up
for lost time, as he wanted to catch a
particular train at a jifaction. When
the junction was reache I the train in
question was steaming out of the sta
tion, whereupon the nassenger, an
noyed, went to the driver and said: "1
think, driver, you migh". have enabled
me to get my train." "Ah. sir," replied
the driver, "you greased the wheels at
the wroug end of the train." London
Strand Magazine.
Ills Fear.
Chisel (the tombstone cutter) Have
you selected an epitaph for Mr. Black
stone? Mrs. Blackstone (relict of Blackstone)
How would this do, "Here lies a law-
. yer and an honest man!" That would
tell the story, wouldn t it?
Chisel Yes, but not quite clearly
enough. I am afraid that strangers
might think that there were two men
buried in one grave. Truth.
Showing; His VIndom.
Housekeeper I wish to get some
borax.
New Boy Powdered?
"I hardly know. I saw in a paper
that roaches could be killed with bo
rax." "Guess you'd better take the other
- kind, ma'am. It's most as hard as rocks.
Have you a little boy?"
"Y-e-s."
"Well, if I was you, I'd let him do the
throwing." Good News.
. Musical Item.
She Shall I sing, "Far Away?"
He Yes, I think you had better, un
less you want the neighbors to make a
complaiet.
N. B. He doesn't visit there now.
Texas Sittings.
Little Miss Mugg "Dr. De Fashiou
is often at our bouse, but I never sea
him at yours." Mi.s Freckles "We
don't owe him anything." Good News.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
Miss Annie Thomson Nettleton
has resigned her position in Vassar
college to become presiding officer of
Guilford cottage at the women's col
lege of the Western Reserve univer
sity.
The Woman's Home Missionary so
ciety has an Italian mission in New
York, which has just received a prop
erty at Tivoli, N. Y., valued at 850,000,
and will furnish accommodation for
ninety-six girls.
Cambridge university, England,
has 12,927 living members.or graduates
and students combined, according to
the calendar just out. Of these 6.826
are members of the senate; that is,
have taken the M. A. or some higher
degree; 8,2C2 are bachelors and 2,839
are undergraduates, a decrease from
last year of 191 members and 73 under
graduates.' Oxford had nearly 3,200
undergraduates in 1S93-&4, which was
about the number of students at Har
vard, Yale having 2,000.
The Missionary Review of the
World estimates the total missionary
gift of Christendom for 1893 at 814,713,
627, besides $1,500,000 raised from the
mission field itself. The total mission
ary force it estimated at 53,153, the
part of these of course being unor
dained native helpers. There are in
the world 16,602 mission stations, 1,
081,708 communicants of mission
churches in foreign lands, and 2,744,955
native Christians. There were added
last year to these mission churches 57,
555 souls.
The summer school of Cornell uni
versity was attended by nearly three
hundred students many of whom were
public school teachers fitting them
selves for a more intelligent prosecution
of their school work. The school had its
origin in a private enterprise of a few
prof essors and instructors in 1892, whose
courses were attended by eighty per
sons. Last rear the attendance rose
to one hundred and sixty -nine, which
was so encouraging that the university '
decided to conduct the school under its
own auspices.
The Ohio Wesleyan university has
just received a donation of fifty thou- '
sand dollars. The giver is Dr. Charles
E. Slocum, a physician of Defiance, O., '
who is a graduate of the Fort Edwards
institute, and of the Jefferson medical
college. He attended the Ann Arbor
chemical laboratory, and took as resi- :
dent student his degree of doctor of
philosophy from the university of Penn- i
sylvania. It is expected that steps
win be taken lor the immediate erec
tion of the library, which will be a fire
proof building.
One meets here and there at sum
mer resorts well-dressed young men
with delicate hands and the air of
knowing what comfort is, who come
from one or another Methodist theolog
ical seminary andconduct service in
some hotel parlor on Sunday. The
striking thing about these young men
to those that know the history of
Methodism is the contrast between
their case, outward grace, and air of
worldly knowledge and the rugged
plainness of the old-time Methodist
licentiate or lay preacher.
THE MINUTE WAS UP.
But the redler Got Mad and "Wouldn't
Sell at Any Price.
Lawyer Don't you see I am about to
go out? If you have any business with
me 3 ou'll have to call during office
hours.
Pedler Isn't this one of your office
hours?
"No, sir."
"All right. Pll take a minute of it,
by the watch. Now, if there's any
thing you need in the way of pocket
combs, toothpicks, hairpins, cuff but
tons, key-rings, pencils, pens, ink, pa
per or jewsharps, here's your chance.'
I call your attention to a neat little
device that's a whole box of tools in
itself. Opened out in this style it's a
corkscrew. Folded up again and opened
at the other end it's a screw-driver.
By pulling out this little ar
rangement, as you see, and ad
justing it in this manner, it be
comes a pair of dividers. Restor
ing it to its original shape and
pressing a little spring right here on
the back don't be in a hurry; you
haven't seen half its good points yet
it resolves itself into a six-inch rule on
one side and a penknife on the other.
Pull out this small lever and you have
a handy nut-cracker. Here on the end
is a handle for the insertion of this lit
tle file that lies snugly concealed along
the side. By successive changes this
wonderful little implement can be
made into a match-box, a wrench,
gimlet, a lamp chimney cleaner, a pair
of tweezers"
"Look here, you impu"
"A perpetual calendar, a cigar
holder, needle case, fountain pen and
a universal watch key, and all I ask
for this marvellous little combination
ia"
"If you don't get out of here ITT
."Is sixty-five cents, but lay minute's
up. I'm a man of my word, and you
couldn't buy this thing now if you
were to shove a five dollar bill at me
and get down on your knees, and good
morning to you, and you can go to
Halifax and soak your dog-goned
head." N. Y. Journal.
A Matter of Course.
A party of men were sitting around
the front of a country store, when a .
drummer, who had been selling a bill
inside, came out and joined them. One
man got up and offered him a chair.
. "Oh, no," he protested "keep it; IT1
sit here on a box."
"Take it," said an old fellow who had
the only other chair; "he's a candidate
fer office and is used to doin' that sort
of thing." Detroit Free Press.
Preliminary Arrangements.
Manager Well, have you the pro
gramme all fixed for Sunday night's
concert?
Assistant The programme's all
right: but there's another row in the
company.
"What are they quarreling about
mm?"
About whose tvrn it is to br loo tU
u.rDcnr." l'uck
pQR YOUNG PEOPLE
POOR DOROTHY TRUE.
Poor little, bored little Dorothy True!
A sad little maiden with nothing to do.
There's a room to be dusted, a bed to be made.
And the eggs to be found which the bam tain
has laid.
There's wee little boy. la the nursery near.
Who's sobbing and crying with no one te
hear.
But poor little, bored little Dorothy True
Btill sits and laments that she's nothing to dot
Margaret S. Hall, in St. Nicholas.
VERY PRETTY TRICK.
How to Make Soma AmulBf Little Pop
pets Perform.
This is a little trick which handy
girls can perform as well as handy
boys. In fact, there being dolls in the
game makes it quite appropriate for
girls.
Cut out of pasteboard two dolls and
attach to the hands of each one a
goose-quill tube. A goose-quill tooth
pick will be just the thing, because the
ends are already sharpened as they
should be. With two strips of paper
and a drop of paste they are easily
held in position, as shown by the cut.
BOW THE TRICK IS DONE.
Then till four-fifths of the quills with
sand. The remaining fifth of one tube
fill with gunpowder and the other with
phosphorus. Bits of paper can also be
used for the filling in place of the
sand. Try to put on a knowing air as
you exhibit your tools to your specta
tors and surround the thing with aU
the mystery you please. Have the can
dle lighted by one of the persons in the
room, which must not be too brilliantly
lighted to mftVe the candlelight insig
nificant. Hold your dolls, as you see
by the illustration, opposite the candle
flame and mumble something. As soon
as the powder becomes ignited there
will be an explosion, which blows out
the light, while a moment after the
phosphorous blaze will rekindle the
wick of the candle. It is a very amus
ing trick and causes great merriment
among an ar.dience of young people.
N. Y. Recorder.
A QUEER DRUNKARD.
The Bercnlea Beetle of South America
Goes on Reg-nlar Sprees.
South America can furnish a dread
ful example for a temperance lecture,
and yet not summon a human being.
The Hercules beetle will do as an ob
ject lesson.
About six inches long and &trong in
proportion, it is rightly named. In
stead of the ordinary nippers, with
which beetles are armed, this one has
an immense pair that work up and
down like jaws. These have sharp
ridges on the inside like rasps, and that
indicates their use. They do not fit
into each other, but, resembling the
pliers of the plumber, are made to fit
around something else. The writer
does not know what these nippers were
meant for, but knows what Hercules
does with them.
ne is a natural drunkard, going on a
spree regularly. When he wants some
thing strong he does not seek a bottle
nor a saloon, but he climbs a free.
Finding one that produces an intoxi
cating juice, such as grow in South
America, this toper ascends until he
reaches a branch that his nippers can
grasp; then he seizes hold, holds on,
pinches tight, and moves around. The
rasp cuts the bark, the juice flows, and
Hercules drinks until so full that he
can hold no more, and until too drunk
to hold on. His feet let go, his nippers
relax, and he tumbles to the ground.
There he lies helplessly drunk and
sleeps off his 6tupor. When sobered
he goes about his business, but signs
no pledges, nor does he give indications
of repentance. Again thirsty, he
climbs another tree and gets druns
once more. Thus his life is spent in
business, drinks, drunks and sobering
a natural and persistent drunkard.
The Joke Was on the Captain.
The following story is told of an
English military officer in the Chinese
army. Being visited by some friends,
the captain, to show the high state of
discipline of his command, sounded a
night rvlarm. The troops turned out
with commendable alacrity and fell
into their places, ready for emergen
cies, but whci they discovered the
cause of this sudden interruption to
their dreams they laughed heartily,
thinking it a good joke. The worthy
captain was elated at his success, and
determined to repeat the experiment.
Soon after he invited another party of
friends to witness the performance,
and the alarm was sounded at dead of
night, but not a soldier appeared, while
roars of laughter from the tents showed
that the joke was on the men's side this
time.
A Lone-Winded Piano Player.
A Milwaukee pianist named Gravagni
hajs just won a bet by playing for twen
ty Ave consecutive hours without a
reftt. ne began at eleven at night and
played till midnight the following day
under the supervision of a jury of eight
musicians, his selections ranging from
Wagner to comic opera. From time to
time a friend poured coffee, tea and
eggs beaten In Marsala wine down his
throat, and at the end he offered to
keep on for another six hours, but
found no takers.
A TLesaon In Gender.
I said to Johnnie, one day in class:
"The masculine lorm of 'duchess' give;
And what do you think his answer wasf
Tni "Dutchman" -Just as true as you live,
Helen Y Grove, la Judge.
THE CAT HAD SENSE.
TMe Story Ones -to Provo TTaas Animate?
Can Benson.
In the mountainous districts of Penn
sylvania two wrens had built their
nests under the eaves of an old farm
house, and there they reared a anrn, .
interesting family. Among the mem
bers of the farmer's household was a
white cat, and when the wrens became
so tame that they used to hop around
the piazza in search of crumbs the cat
would lie in wait for them, and several
times came within a bit of catching the
adult birds. When the farmer noticed
this he punished the cat, and she final
ly learned that it was dangerous to foot
with the wrens.
When the baby wrens grew laryer
ong of them fell out of the nest one
day, and, being too weak to run and
unable to fly, lay helpless on the grass.
The cat saw the accident and ran rap
idly to -seize the bird, but, seeming to
remember the lesson taught her, when
she reached the helpless little thing
she only touched it daintily with her
paw and then lay down and watched it.
Presently there came a black and
yellow garden 6nake toward the flat
tering birdling. The eat was dozing
and was awakened by the fluttering of
the bird. Instantly she rose and struck
at the reptile with her paw. This was
an enemy the snake did not appreciate,
but it was hungry, and, darting for
ward, attempted to seize the bird
under the very shelter of the cat's
head. Like a flash the cat seized the
snake just back of the head and killed
it with one bite. When the farmer
happened along in the afternoon he
found the cat crouching in- the grass
sheltering the bird, and ten feet away
was the dead snake. This made it
clear that the cat had carried the bird
away from the snake. The young ad
venturer was soon restored to his
anxious parents. Harper's Young
People.
PERPETUAL WHIRLIGIG,
Ingenious Youngsters Can Maka Is the
Basis for Many Novelties.
Cut a thin section, about one-eighth
of an inch thick, from the top of a vial
cork, pass two fine needles through
this at right angles to each other so asv
to form arms projecting from the cir
cumference of the cork disk. To each,
end of these needles affix small rectan
gular pieces of cork of the same thick
ness as the disk, and to the left-hand
edge of each of these apply a thin coat
ing of sealing wax.
Cut small slices of camphor, slightly
smaller in area than the waxed edge
of each of the cork floats, and having
softened the wax over a candle, affix
the camphor slices. When the whole
is completed it should be about the
size and proportion shown in Fig. 3.
Now procure a perfectly clean basin
or saucer and nearly fill it with pure
water. As everything depends on en
tire freedom from grease, the basin.
PrttPETUAX, WHIRLIGIG
must be carefully cleaned and the wa
ter above suspicion. For the same rea- .
son it is necessary to see that the cork-and-needle
whirligig is free from even
as much grease as may come from the
hands, which should be verycarefully
washed; or, better yet, the- whirligig1
may be immersed in ether for a mo
ment just before placing it on the sur
face of the water.
When the whirligig is placed in posi
tion it will at once prove its right to
its name by beginning to revolve at a
rapid rate, and this it will keep up
for from three to five days according"
to its size and the amount of camphor
used.
To add to the novelty of th affair
thin paper waltzers appropriately col
ored. see Fig. 1, may be cut out and
fastened on the cork disk; or a needle)
standard may be decorated with a pa
per spiral, see Fig. 3, and made to giv
an oddly screw-like motion to the.
whole apparatus. In fact, an ingenious
boy or girl will find the perpetual
whirligig a basis for many novel in
ventions. YouthsCoinpnjiion.
HIS VIEWS OF GIRLS.
A Small Boy's First Experience at tiho
Dancing Sch'Xjl-
He was a little boy who lived in the
house with his father and mother, with
out any brothers or sisters. Like a
good many other little Troys, he thought
girls were not good for much because,
they could not play baseball, did not
like to fish, and cried when they feU
down. This winter he was greatly an
noyed because he had to go to dancing
school. - He did not like dancing; was
Bure ho never would; did not see any
use in dancing. But to dancing school
he must go; that was the decree.
ne went to dancing-school, rw4 when
he came home he said:
"Our teacher doesn't thuix very
much of girls, anyway," as though that
gave him a higher respect for the
teacher.
"Why do yoa think that" asked his
mother.
"Because she never let the girls one
ask the boys to dance? they just had tt
sit still and wait until the Vys asked
them, and some little pirl? tfidn't dance
at all, 'cause they wertn'I asked;" and
just a little look of sorrow for the little
girls who did not have a good time
came into his face.
I heard the other day of a little
knight who watched for the little girls
who were not asked to dance by the
other boys and always danced with
those little girls. Outlook. ,
Where Bays BInst Keep StUl.
News comes from Austria that a few
weeks ago a boy fourteenyesvjrs of age
was arrested at Trieste for speaking
disrespectfully of the emperor. He
was tried secretly, and sentenced to
two months in prison, with hard labor.
At first it was proposed to Ob4&!a alca.
from the country.
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