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The Land of Nod.
live, mtte baby, lullaby ,
The crndlo Is baby's bout,
Close your oyes and softly sigh,
And away, away we'll lloat.
A-snll! n-unlit on a sea of dreams
In the beautiful boat called Sloop,
Arar where the silvery moonlight gleams
And the silence Is vnst nnd deep.
The boat Is here with gossnmcr beams
And the nrgent snlls nro wide a-sweep,
And we're off for the land of nod.
A sail! a unlit through the fragrant dark,
Where the popples of sleep ore red,
You may hear the wavelets, listen and
liarkl
To the sandman's stealthy tread:
Ho Is coming to guldo tho wonderful
bnrk,
And the silvery satis are spread,
And we're oft for tho land of nod.
A sail! n sail! nnd the boat speeds on,
But never n sephyr blows: ,
The waves nnd the sky aro the color ol
dawn,
And the foam tho color of rose
And tho stars above us stretch and yawn,
And the reason no one knows,
And we're off to tho land of nod.
By, little linby. lullaby,
The crndlo Is baby's boat:
Close your eyes nnd softly sigh,
And away, awny we'll float.
Ajnillt a snlll nnd we near the land,
Tiie wonderful Innd of nod,
And tho fairies greet us. a floating band,
That skim o'er the velvet sod.
And welcome us there on tho golden
strand,
Whore the wnkeful hnve novcr trod
In tho wonderful Innd of nod,
Chicago Chronicle.
Hero is a Jolly cut-out stunt. When
You havo learned to do it quickly nnd
well, it will bo a nice kind of sur
prlso for you to spring on your
friends.
It is all in tho folding. Follow tho
pictures and you can do it.
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Little Russian Girl's Bath.
When a little Russian girl wlshos
to tako a hath sho docs not uso a
porcelain bath tub or any of tho mod
em appliances to which you nro ac
customed, for sho bathes in steam,
not water.
In tho poorer villages there aro
bath-houses, which are used in com
mon, but every wealthy family has a
private bathhouse, a small building,
standing a few steps from tho house.
This bathhouso is qulto baro in
side, a great brick oven-Ilka stovo at
ono end, nnd some Bhelves, rnngod
ono above tho other, along ono Bide,
being tho only furnishing it can boast.
Evory Saturday a flro Is mado In the
stovo, and when tho bricks aro very
hot, water is poured on them until tho
room is filled with steam,
Tho little lady who is to tako a bath
lies on tho lowest shelf first, and
soon gets so warm that tho perspira
tion starts out all over her body. Sho
Is then placed on a higher shelf and
rooro water Is poured upon the bricks
and more steam raised. This makes
her still warmer, but nevertheless she
tries higher and higher shelves, get
ting hotter and hotter, until tho wat
er fairly runs from her body.
Sho looks moro Uko a boiled lobster
than anything else now, but sho does
not caro for that.
Then when she has been steamed
enough, sho Is slowly cooled off, by
having first warm and then cold wat
er poured over her.
After thlB, she is rubbed down and
you may be suro sho feels as sweet
and fresh as a flower.--Montreal Her
ald. "Revolving Serpent."
Here is a very ingenious toy that
can be constructed with a little care.
It is also an interesting experiment,
for It proves that heated air rises. Tho
"revolving serpent" looks dangerous,
but you will find it harmless and
without a sting.
To make tho reptile, tako a pleco of
thin cardboard, and on It draw a spiral
with a pencil, as shown in the cut.
Then, with a pocketknlfe, cut out tho
spiral, leaving an extra point to repre
sent tho tongue, which you may mako
forked, if jou like.
Now with ordinary paint the cheap
est water colors will do paint tho
spiral in a design of diamond shapes
spotted with dark ovals. Then paint
the eyes, and a moro solid effect for
be head. Use green, yellow, red and
blue paints, with an occasional dab of
steel gray, and you wfll have a bril
liant specimen of the dreaded reptile.
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Now mako a little stand of a
straight, Blonder plcco of wood, and
In tho top of tt put a needle. Edsten
tho tall of tho serpent to tho other
end of tho needle, and tho spiral will
open an you see It In tho picture.
Suspond tho sorpont by means of n
ploco of string attached to a tack. If
you now hold a candlo under tho top,
or hold tho toy over a stovo or a
lighted lamp, tho heated air will cause
tho serpent to rovolve, making a vary
amusing spectacle.
If you make two serpents, cutting
tho spirals in opposite directions, they
will rovolve In opposite directions,
their heads pointing toward each other.
An Amusing Trick.
All that is necossary is n napkin
ring. At tho tahlo Is a good time to
try it If you aro allowed.
Insert tho two forefingers into tho
ring from different sides and turn the
fingers around each other slowly, let
ting tho direction bo away from tho
body. Closo tho finger and thumb of
nach hand around tho ring and bring
tho tips of tho four together. Open
them and drop tho ring. This sounds
simple, but if ono succeeds in a half
dozen attempts it Is csionlshlng. Tho
important fact to got into one's head
Is, when tho tips of tho Angora nnd
thumb nro brought together tho tips
of tho fingers of tho right hand must
rest on tho thumb of tho left, and vice
versa. In opening keep tho fingers
nnd thumbs Joined together, perfectly
still, and tho ring will at onoe he free.
Capital fun may bo had with this
trick if ono not knowing tho secret
endeavors to do it.
John Dory.
This respectable name belongs to a
fish that is quito common In tho
Mediterranean nnd is sometimes
cnught off tho coasts of Dovon and
Cornwall. Though not a beauty It
Is very good to cat. It has a black
spot on each side, which was caused
by tho finger and thumb of the Apos
tlo Peter. For this reason it Is often
dried and hung up In churches In
Groeco. Its namo has given riso to
discussion. Tho most usual explana
tion Is that it Is tho French Jaune
dorec, "golden yellow," in nlluslon to
its colors. But Bomo folk, who think
this too simple, Insist that it Is a cor
ruption of tho Italian 11 Janltore, "tho
doorkeeper," its name on the Adriatic,
In reference to Peter's post as keeper
of tho gateB of Heaven.
A Camel's Stomach.
Tho stomach of a camel is divided
into no less than four compartments,
and tho walls of ono of these are
lined with largo cells, every one of
which can bo opened and closed at
will by means of powerful muscles.
Now, when a camel drinks it drinks
a very great deal. Indeed, it goes
drinking on for such a very long timo
that really you would think that it
novcr meant to lcavo off. But the
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AMUSING WEATHER VANE
People look at tho ordinary weath
er vano with no thought of amuse
ment, and tho only satisfaction they
may receive from tho sight of it is
a knowledgo of which way the wind
blows. They are apt to turn away
Impatlontly If tho vano forecasts bad
weather. Anyhow, tho vane doesn't
leave them in a Joking mood in that
event.
Suppose weather vanes were differ
ent In shape supposo some were
mado like tho ono described below
then people would liko to watch tho
vanes, because it would mako them
laugh, Just as this one Uncle Sam,
tho Weather Man will make your
friends laugh when you build it.
How the Vane Is Made
Jack Is from a foot to 15 inches in
height, and very little knowledge is
required to carve him from a piece
of straight-grained pine or hard wood.
When you have comploted this opera
tion drill a hole from shoulder to
shoulder, and then drive In a piece of
brass tubo to form a smooth bearing
for tho iron rod (A, Figure 1), which
carries the arms. This should be at
least an eighth of an inch thick and
bent into a crank form after being
placed In tho tube, and tho ends can
then be warmed up and hammered
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fact Is that it is not only satisfying ita
thirst, but 1b filling up Its cistern as
well. One after another tho cells in
its stomach aro filled with water, and
as soon as each is quito full It 1b
tightly closed, Then, you sec, when
the animal becomes thirsty, a fow
hours later, all that it has to do Is to
open ono of tho cellB and allow tho
water to flow out. Next day It opens
one or two moro cells, and so it goes
on flay after day until tho whole bup
ply is exhausted. In this curious -way
a camel can llvo five or even six days
without drinking nt all, and so is nblo
to travel qulto easily through tho des
ert, where the wells aro often hun
dreds of miles apart.
Riddles.
A riddle, a riddle, you may suppose,
A dozen eyes, but no mouth nor nose.
Long logs, crooked thighs,
Bald head and no eyes.
Answer Tongs.
Puzzle.
Place four pennies and four nickels
alternately in a row. Tho puzzle is,
in four moves, nnd moving two sido
by side coins at a time, to place tho
nickels together and tho pennies to-
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gether. The solution is shown In tho
diagram. First move 2 and 3 to 9
nnd 10, then C and C to 2 and 3, next
8 and 9 to 5 and C, finally 1 and 2
to 9 nnd 10 and thero you are!
The Quarter Test.
Hand a sliver quarter to each play
er, together with a sheet of paper, on
which ho should be asked to wrlto
his answers to tho following ques
tions, all bearing on things that can
be found on a silver quarter:
Name part of a river Mouth.
A hunted animal Haro (hair).
An outline Profile.
An Eastern fruit Date.
Dutch flowers Tulips (two lips).
Edge of a hill Brow.
Center of crime I (eye).
Twinkling lights Stars.
Impudence Cheek.
Meaning of "understands" Knows
(nosef.
The greatest country in the world
Tho United States of America.
An American coin Quarter dollar.
A largo bird Eagle.
Part of sentence ClaitRO (claws).
"What angels hnve Wings.
One out of many E plurlbus unum.
What American citizens enjoy
Liberty.
Part of tho human face; Ear.
Indian weapons Arrows.
flat to allow of drilling a couplo of
holes, B B, by which tho arms, cut
from a sheet of zinc, can bo riveted
on. See that when secured they aro
properly balanced, and if necessary
trim a bit off one until they are equal
in weight.
Then give the flag ends a slight
twist so that they work at an anglo
and it is ready for painting in bright
oil colors, the brighter the better, but
take care nono gets into the tubo A,
or it might stick the arms fast -and
prevent them working. A drop of
pllvo oil should occasionally bo put
in the tubo to make the arms run
easily.
You can now mount him on a vano
with his face to the arrow, as shown
and as It-Looks at Work.
In Fig. 2, and this lively little man
will be constantly on the move.
The van has a brass or iron pin
fixed to the othor side of it and left
projecting about four lnchos, and tht
top end of it is screwed nnd helps
to support tho flguro If screwed well
up into it.
Tho lower end revolves In a piece
of brass tube C, Fig. 4, which has a
small flange, and a large sized screw
is soldered In as at D, by which tho
whole affair can be attached upright
wherever you desire to placo It,
Lccfc and Lightning
Love built a cottagn of del'ght
Where summer bloomn wre brlght'nlrg,
But, flash on flash came lightning bright
And so love fled tho llghttiliigl
(Well! Welti
How snd to tell!
But love will not with lightning dwell.)
He passed from nil the singing rills
To misty heights I wonder! i
But earthquake thunder shook the hills,
And so love fled tho thunder
(Well! Weill
How sad to tell I
But love will not with thunder dwell.)
Then love In deserts made his home
Where not a voice reproved him;
Birds fed 'him fruits nnd honeycomb,
And even the lions loved him!
(Weill Well!
How strange to tell ,
That love should with the lions dwell.)
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Jose stood at tho window of tho bell
ringer's loft of tho great cathedral and
looked down into tho city to the adobo
building that marked tho spot where
lived tho ono ho loved. His thoughts
wero not altogether pleasant as he
viewed tho magnificent panorama that
was spread out beforo him. Ho re
membered tho incidents of tho pre
vious night at his meeting with Anita
on tho Alameda. How vividly ho re
called tho conversation that set his
brain nflro with tho possibility of los
ing her. Could she havo meant It
when sho told him that ho was not
brave? Did she love Enrique, tho
commandant of tho Rurales? If not,
why had sho taunted him last night
when he urged her to marry him? Had
sho not told him that It Is only tho
bravo who aro deserving of tho fair,
and when he .nad charged her with
being In lovo with a soldier, had she
not confessed that Capitan Enrique
Bosalez had played bear under her
window for many nights?
"Do you love him?" Joso had asked.
The only answer was a shrug of the
pretty shoulders of his adored one.
Tho hot Latin blood surged through
tho veins of Joso. Dark thoughts
filled his mind. Then camo a calm
ness. Ho remembered that ho was
connected with tho clergy. To bo sure
ho did not wear tho vestments and
say tho prayers of tho good padres
whom ho served, but he regarded him
self as belonging to their class. Was
not ho tho bell-ringer in ihe great
cathedral? Had not his father and
his father's father been bell-ringers
before him? He would not bring dis
grace ftpon his sacred calling by com
mitting a rash deed. Ho would give
up Anita to tho bravo commandant.
Did she lovo tho capitan? That was
the question that Jose wished ho
coud answer to his own satisfaction.
Ho could hardly believe that Anita
would trlflo with any one's affections.
Sho was doubtless honest in her be
lief that her lovo was for Capitan En
rique and not for poor Joso, tho bell
ringer. Joso had left her tho night previous
with doubt In his mind as to her lovo
for him. It was now early morning
nnd tho chimes of tho bells wero still
echoing In the distance when Joso
leaned out of the window of tho bell
ringer's loft and breathed deep
draughts of the fresh morning air that
blow In from tho mountains. Did ho
long to be brave that ho might come
up to the standard of AnUa's thoughts
af Capitan Enrique? No such thought
was In Jose's mind. He did not belong
to the recognized class of tho brave.
That was left to the soldiers. He
looked down into the street bolow and
watched the women as they left their
Domes and hurried silently along and
entered the worship room of the great
edifice to attend early mass. Ho
knew that Anita would be among
them. Many, many mornings had he
stood at this same window and
watched his loved one as she left her
homo and wended her way to tho
cathedral to offer up her dally prayer.
Perhaps it was not altogether right
and proper, but many lovo signs had
passed between them as, she. passed
along the street below. On this morn
ing there was such a soreness in his
Looked down Into the city,
heart that he thought only to get a
glimpse of her and then ho would go
back to his task of sounding the
chimes over the city. The first rays
of the rising sun were Just beginning
to glint over the mountains and reflect
themselves upon tho scattored clouds
that hung above their tops when Jose
saw Anita leavo her home and walk
towards the place of worship. He wel
coned the smiling nod of recognition
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that she gave to him, her upturned
face being to Joso the very light of
his existence. Could ho give her up?
Sho passed Into tho portals of the
cathedral. Over at the military bar
racks the reveille was being sounded.
Perhaps Capitan Enrique would bo
waiting to receive from Anita a word
of love as she entered her homo upon
her return from her devotions. Dressed1
In his bright-colored uniform, was it
any wbnder that Anita lost her heart
to tho brave commandant, mused
Jose.
Suddenly, there was a creaking and
crackling sound overhead. The sight
that met Jose's ejes when ho looked
up chilled his heart. The heavy cross
piece which had hold upright the great
bell for these many long years had
given way to tho ravages of tlmo and
wood worms and had broken square
In its center. The bell, with its enor
hous weight, was sagged and sway
ing and threatening to drop at any
moment. In its downward plunge it
would land In tho very front of tho
chancel. Its fall would mean tho
death of probably several worshipers,
particularly at that hour. Jose's first
thought was to give the alarm. To do
?
"You are my brave Jose."
this ho must reach the ground beforo
the bell could fall. Thero was but one
way down, and that was by the ladder
that followed tho narrow opening di
rectly underneath the great bell. With
out a moment's hesitation Jose sprang
for the ladder and went down It with
tho agility of one long experienced
In such descents. The safety of the
worshipers depended upon his quick
ness. He had no thought of tho dan
ger that threatened his own life. He
reached the stairway that led Into the
large worshiping room when thero was
a terrific crash abovo him.
"The great bell has fallen," ho cried.
"Fly for your lives."
His words of warning caused the
worshipers to rush pellmcll from the
place, and a moment later, with a
crash that shook the old structure, the
bell with Its enormous weight tore
through the narrow opening, bringing
down stone and timbers with it and
flfllng the room with dust.
Friendly hands removed the debris
from the stunned and torn body of
Jose. Anita, dry-eyed and perfectly
composed, was at his side giving di
rections for his care. Taps were being
sounded at the military barracks hours
later when Jose recovered conscious
ness. Ho looked about him in a dazed
way. A soft hand stole into his and
a voice spoke in accents low and
sweet:
"You aro my bravo Jose."
Perpetrated by Lawson.
Thomas W. Lawson was once visited
in his Boston office by a young wom
an who came laden with all sorts of
college diplomas and gilt edge refer
ences. It so happened that Mr. Law
son needed a temporary secretary, and
engaged her on tho spot. When, later
In tho day, the young lady handed Mr.
Lawson a number of letters that ho
had dictated, they were chiefly re
markable for their hideous orthogra
phy. He called the girl's attention
to her blunders, whereupon she re
plied with a giggle:
"Really, now, I think I must have
been bewitched."
"Quito bo," said Mr. Lawson; "some
fairy must have cast a bad spell over
you." Success.
Judges Display Wisdom.
The Judges at u Nevada ( Mo.) baby
show gave every child a prize. As
the mothers of the babies were all
thero. hey didn't caro to do otherwise.
NO JOKE TO BE A tIAMT.
Thlngct of Comfort for Ordinary Men
Ara Uncomfortable for Him.
George Auger, tho giant from Car,
dlff, Wales, is a freak who will testi
fy to tho drawbacks of tho life ho
leads. In his own words, "It's no
Joko to be a giant." Auger Is only 23
years of age, yet ho has attained a
height of 7 feet 8 Inches nnd a weight
of 320 pounds. His great sizo is a
constant trouble to him.
When ho stops for tho night nt a
hotel it is necessary for tho manage
ment to see that three beds aro placed
sido by side in his room, so that when
ho retires he may bo able to rest by
stretching his hugo frame across
them. All doors aro too low for him
and unless ho constantly has in mind
tho fact that ho must bend beforo
ho enters a room ho receives a sting
ing blow as a reminder and his head
gear suffers considerable damage. If
Is said that ho spoils three hats every
month In this way.
Then, too, his bulk Is so unwieldy
that he can not rido In a cab with any
degree of comfort, nnd is forced to
patronize the trolley. Ho Is obliged.
however, to remain on the platiorm,
because It is so difficult for him to
squeeze through tho door. Ho has to
bo careful about what chairs and
sofas ho sits upon, for fear they will
give away beneath his weight.
All of Mr. Auger's clothes must be
made to order. His gloves must bo
No. 15 nnd mado large enough to cov
er hnnds measuring ten Inches from
wrists to finger tips and flvp Inches
across. Leslie's Weekly.
The Bachelor's Hard Lot.
It Is hard to bo a bachelor In Amer
ica. The President abuses you In a
few well-chosen words. Tho women'
of tho country hold a congress and!
debate upon you. Even the Sennto
Joins In the fray. Senator Beverldge,
through tho medium of a Philadelphia
paper, has been telling the bachelor
what ho thinks of him. President
Roosevelt chastised tho unhappy man
with whips, but tho Senator takes to
scorpions. "You aro nobody," says
ho, genially, "if you are merely an in
dividual. Both Nature and society
havo uso for you only as ono of a pair.
If your arm is not strong enough to
protect a wife, and your shoulders not
broad enough to carry aloft your chil
dren in a sort of grand gladness, yon
aro really not worth while." This
doubtless is so. And yet tho fathers
whom ono occaslonaly meets In the
street carrying aloft their children do
not seem to be feeling a very grand
gladness. That probably is their mis
take. When Presidents and Senators
puff matrimony liko this, we reallzo
how much valuable exhortation we
lose by making a bachelor our Pre
mier. Xondon Telegraph.
A Maid of Honor in Fact.
The lato Lady Bloomtlcld was a
maid of honor and published a book
of reminiscences relating some very
Intimate Incidents of her years at
court. Tho result, the London corre
spondent of the Manchester Guardian
tells, was that the queen forbade her
ladles to keep dairies while they were
in waiting, nnd from that rule grew
one of tho neatest repartees that the
heart of tho profeslonal diarist could
desire. A young lady who had Just
been appointed a maid of honor was
receiving congratulations at a party,
and her host said: "What an Inter
esting Journal you can keep!" The
girl told him that Journal keeping was
forbidden, and tho answer was: "But
I think I should keep ono all the
same." "Then," said the girl, "what
ever you wero you would not bo a
maid of honor."
Infant Monstrosities.
Tho so-called "man-boys" aro char
acterized by extraordinary develop
ment in infancy. In respect to mero
physical growth history gives us many
Instances of rapid development. Wo
lead in the "Natural History" of Pliny
that Euthlmedes had a son who grew
to four and one-half feet in three
years.
Phlegon says that Craterus, the
brother of King Antlgorus, was an in
fant, a young man, a matured man, an
old man and married and a father be
fore ho was 8 years old. It Is also
recorded that King Louis II. of Hun
gary was born so long before his
time that he had no sklni was crowned
In his second year, reigned In his
tenth year, had a full beard in his
fourteenth year, married in his fif
teenth year, was gray at 18 and died
at 20. New York Sun.
In the Old Counthry.
Rushes that grow by the black water.
When will I see ye more?
When will the sorrowful heart forget ye.
Land of tho green, green shore?
When will the field and the small cabin
See us more
In the old counthry?
What Is to me all the gold yonder?
Her that bore me Is gone;
Knees that dandled and hands that
blessed me
Colder than any stone.
Stranger to me than the face of strang
ers Are my own
In the old counthry.
Vein o my heart, from the lone mountain.
The smoke of the turf will die!
And th stream that sang to the young
Run down alono from the sky
On the doorstone, grass-and tho cloud
creepln' "
Where they lie
In the old counthry.
Westminster Gazette.
Visits Alaskan Tribes. .
Accompanied only by Indian guides
and Interpreters, Dr. George B. Gor
don, curator of tho section of Ameri
can archaeology and general ethnol
ogy of the Free Museum of Science
and Art of tho University of Pennsyl
vania, will spend tho summer among
tho wild 'rlbes of unexplored Alaska.
Dr. Gordon, who Is to travel more
than 0,000 miles, is being sent out by
the department of archaeology to
bring bock specimens for the museum.
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